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Three of the group’s members made the 90-mile trip across Lake Superior from Sinclair Cove in Canada to raise money for the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society. Read the full story by UpNorthLive.com. View the full article

The 469-foot MV Arubaborg arrived Tuesday morning at KK Integrated Logistics’s riverside warehouse with a load of wood pulp and newspaper rolls from Itaqui, Brazil. Read the full story by the Green Bay Press Gazette. View the full article

Last November, just a day after Michigan Governor Rick Snyder announced an agreement demanding a host of safeguards along Enbridge Energy’s Line 5, state environmental regulators received an alert that the pipeline had sprung a small leak near a creek in a swampy patch of Crawford County, Michigan. This leak and others in years past demonstrate risks along the entire pipeline that crosses nearly 400 bodies of water in Michigan. Read the full story by Bridge Magazine. View the full article

Robert Delaney, a Superfund section specialist and 30-plus year employee at the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, took his concerns about per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, to state environmental leaders more than six years ago in a prophetic report that called for decisive action on a looming health crisis. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

In Minnesota, a new study is deploying underwater listening devices to find out why more young walleye in Lake Mille Lacs aren’t surviving to adulthood. The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe is using a technology called acoustic telemetry to track the movements of the juvenile fish. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio. View the full article

While the term “invasive species” may make people think of large-scale fights against high profile species like sea lamprey and Asian carp, other battles against invasives are being fought on the local level. Read the full story by The Mining Journal. View the full article

A group of dedicated Great Lakes surfers is always chasing the next big wave, even if it means surfing in dangerous water alongside grimy landscapes home to some of the area’s largest polluters. Read the full story by the Chicago Reader. View the full article

Since 2011, Ohio has spent more than $3 billion on efforts to solve Lake Erie’s harmful algal bloom problem. Yet the majority of the money isn’t going to projects that stop algal blooms at the source. Read the full story by ideastream. View the full article

A public hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in Mackinaw City, Michigan, where Michigan regulators will take public comments on a proposal for more anchor supports in the Straits of Mackinac to bolster twin oil pipelines. Read the full story by The Associated Press. View the full article

Just off Wisconsin alone, it’s estimated there are as many as 750 lost ships and most of their final resting places remain maritime mysteries. But these discoveries, some 400 feet underwater in near freezing inky blackness, are now being threatened by an invasive species potentially more destructive than the ravages of time. Read the full story by CBS News. View the full article

An overwhelming majority of people who live near the Great Lakes want more investments in protecting those iconic bodies of water even if it means slightly higher costs to consumers and taxpayers, according to new poll results issued by a binational commission that reports to the U.S. and Canadian governments. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade. View the full article

Ohio’s governor is set to announce a new plan to combat toxic algae in Lake Erie. Read the full story by The Associated Press. View the full article

With companies, such as Starbucks, joining the movement to ban plastic straws which are a known pollutant in oceans. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI. View the full article

As News Tribune editorials have been pointing out for nearly a decade, the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative works. And deserves — no, needs — to continue to be allowed to do good. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune. View the full article

Embattled U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned last week after months of allegations and investigations into his ethical behavior while he ran the agency. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now. View the full article

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known collectively as PFAS or PFCs, are contaminating water supplies and the environment across both peninsulas of Michigan. The toxic compounds are found in our rivers, our lakes, our soil, our groundwater, our drinking water, our fish, our food, our bodies and our Great Lakes. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

Starbucks is the largest food and beverage company so far that has announced it will eliminate plastic straws from its stores, and Illinois environmental groups are welcoming the move. It’s estimated that 22 million pounds of plastic enter the Great Lakes every year. Read the full story by the Chicago Sun Times. View the full article

A kind of cyanobacteria called Microcystis can produce algal blooms which can be toxic to dogs swimming in lakes where they occur. Read the full story by Michigan Radio; National Public Radio. View the full article

Fifteen teachers will be doing research on Lake Ontario for a week as part of the Educate Great Lakes Teachers program. The program is hosted by the US EPA and the Sea Grant. Read the full story by WBFO – Buffalo, NY. View the full article

Call it another sign the 2018 algae season is here: the city of Toledo, Ohio, has expanded its testing for the algal toxin microcystin to three times a week. Read the full story by The Blade. View the full article

In certain places, harnessing the wind just carries an unacceptable price tag. We need to be certain Lake Erie is not in that club. Read the full story by The Blade. View the full article

Two Quebec companies are in the running for a major federal contract for icebreaking ships, but there is debate over whether they should be built in Canada or elsewhere. Read the full story by CTV – Montreal, QC. View the full article

Dozens of boaters launching from West Point Marina in Rochester, NY are reporting damage to their propellers while passing through the channel from Braddock Bay into Lake Ontario. Read the full story by WHEC-TV – Rochester, NY. View the full article

The mystery behind a missing lifeboat belonging to one of Isle Royale’s most famous shipwrecks was solved earlier this summer – just in time to mark the 90th anniversary of the America’s demise. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

A group of researchers at Cornell University has developed a new, faster test to determine whether bacteria are present in beach water, and will be testing it on Lake Erie beaches next week. The test requires a pint-size sample of water and results are displayed on an iPhone about an hour later. Read the full story by WBFO – Buffalo, NY. View the full article