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The Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission, ORSANCO, uses its traveling aquarium to teach people about aquatic life in the Ohio River. Shedd Aquarium reached out to the group after hearing from Chicagoans who wished they had a similar way to learn about the Great Lakes watershed. Read and listen to the full story by WVXU – Cincinnati, OH. View the full article

Last week, the Port of Monroe, Michigan, penned an agreement with Great Lakes Towing Co. and Great Lakes Shipyard to establish towing and shipyard services at the port. Read the full story by The Monroe News. View the full article

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder said Friday that the state of Michigan intends to sue the Minnesota-based manufacturer of chemicals linked to contaminated water near military bases and industrial sites, citing “significant costs” that will only rise in the future. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article

Michigan and Canadian officials will turn the first shovels of dirt Tuesday for the Gordie Howe International Bridge project and, perhaps more important, send a signal to any and all doubters. The bridge will cross the Detroit River, and a similar groundbreaking event will take place in the fall in Windsor. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article

A proposed federal law being re-introduced by two New York State legislators would broaden the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s powers to regulate nonnative species and keep them from being imported or sold in the United States. Read the full story by The Buffalo News. View the full article

It’s been years in the making, but this month plans for a Lake Erie wind farm took a step, or at least a half-step, forward. The staff of the Ohio Siting Board conditionally approved plans to put wind turbines 8 to 10 miles offshore. Read the full story by ideastream. View the full article

High water levels on some of the Great Lakes have been causing trouble for some shoreline communities in recent years. Read the full story by The Associated Press. View the full article

Lake Superior State University is breaking ground on what’s billed as a year-round center for research and education about upper Great Lakes ecosystems. Read the full story by the Associated Press. View the full article

The Samuel Risley joined the Canadian Coast Guard fleet in the fall of 1985 and during most of the navigational season, the ship operates out of the Coast Guard base in Parry Sound, Ontario providing icebreaking and aids to navigation duties on the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the St. Catharines Standard. View the full article

Another significant algae bloom is likely to spread through western Lake Erie this summer, but it will be smaller than the largest ones of recent years. Read the full story by The Associated Press. View the full article

People can kick off Lake Superior Days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center in Duluth’s Canal Park. Various science, environmental and business organizations will set up informational tables about water use and water issues. Read the full story by the Duluth News-Tribune. View the full article

With each powerful punch from the hydraulic jackhammers, the Sandusky River moves closer to a return to its former role as a free-flowing stream in the Lake Erie watershed. The Ballville Dam, just beyond its 100th year as a barrier in the waterway, is being taken apart. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade. View the full article

The largest rubber duck in the world will make Lake Erie its own personal bathtub this weekend as it sets sail for the Bicentennial Celebration and Festival of Sail in Sandusky. Read the full story by the Cleveland Scene. View the full article

Ohio’s governor is calling for regulations on thousands of farms as part of a new strategy to combat the fertilizer and manure that flows into streams and feeds persistent toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie. Read the full story by the Associated Press. View the full article

The Limnos, a 44-metre-long Canadian research vessel, is celebrating 50 years of service in helping clean up the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Bay Observer. View the full article

A couple describes a trip across the Great Lakes on the Paul R. Tregurtha that they won in an auction benefiting the March of Dimes this past winter. Read the full story by the Times Herald. View the full article

According to a NOAA forecast, this summer’s Lake Erie algal bloom is forecast to be six on a scale of 10 for severity — not quite as large as last summer’s bloom, but thick and sizable nonetheless. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article

In the past five years, the board controlling the amount of water flowing from Lake Superior into lakes Michigan and Huron has stepped up discharges, raising an outcry from a group representing property owners along the shoreline of Lake Michigan and potentially harming seasonal tourism. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune. View the full article

The International Joint Commission has released recommendations to limit the toxic impacts of flame retardant chemicals in the Great Lakes environment. Read the full story by Michigan Radio. View the full article

One day before Gov. John Kasich announced an executive order for Lake Erie that critics claim was written to appease Ohio’s powerful agricultural lobby, the U.S. Department of Justice was making a case in federal court in Toledo for why it believes the state should not be required to impose what is seen as the most aggressive strategy for cracking down on the farming industry’s algae-forming pollution. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article

This past week, New York State native Tammy Bleier organized a cleanup at Ontario Beach Park in Rochester, NY through the Plastic Lake Project. The grassroots effort resulted in 109 pounds of trash being removed from Lake Ontario shoreline. Read the full story by WXXI News – Rochester, NY. View the full article

For the second consecutive year, a pair of federally endangered piping plovers is raising chicks in the state park, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission officials. Read the full story by GoErie.com. View the full article

A small, rocky island in Lake Superior known for getting hit with some wicked waves is the latest place NASA is using to gather data on Earth’s radiation. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

Boaters are turning out in higher numbers on Lake Ontario than last season. Residents and business owners attribute the increase to lower water levels. Read the full story by WSYR-TV – Fair Haven, NY. View the full article

These picturesque Great Lakes lighthouses serve as a reminder of the lake’s legacy as a major transportation avenue. Read the full story by the Journal Sentinel. View the full article