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Michigan state lawmakers have introduced new bills that they say will help make sure pipelines in the Great Lakes are safe. One would prohibit any anchor dropping in the Straits of Mackinac; others would create reporting requirements for pipeline owners and provide penalties if oil or gas is spilled. Read the full story by WEMU – Ypsilanti, MI. View the full article

E. coli bacteria poses a serious threat to beaches along Lake Michigan – but an invasive mussel found on the bottom of the lake might help to keep beaches open. Read the full story by Michigan Radio. View the full article

Of the 10,000 ships believed to have been lost on the Great Lakes, only about a third have been found. Shipwreck hunters hit the water every year as soon as the weather warms, eager to make a new discovery and unearth a piece of the past. Read the full story by Erie Times-News. View the full article

The Great Lakes’ two oldest freighters passed each other at the Soo Locks on Tuesday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates the locks, shared a picture of the shared moment between the historic 826-foot Lee A. Tregurtha and the 519-foot Alpena. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

Scientists said they still don’t know if the scattered, initial blooms being seen now are here for the rest of the summer, or if they will dissipate in the coming weeks before the main seasonal bloom becomes established. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article

When the people of Flint, Michigan, complained that their tap water smelled bad and made children sick, it took officials 18 months to accept there was a problem. Read the full story by The Guardian. View the full article

The Little River Wetlands Project and government agencies replaced the chain-link fence serving as net-like barrier in Fort Wayne, Indiana with a permanent berm to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Chicago Tribune. View the full article

The blown-in blooms causing warnings at beaches in Cleveland, Ohio are separate from the harmful algal bloom that grows in the western basin of Lake Erie and include a different kind of cyanobacteria. Read the full story by The Cleveland Plain Dealer. View the full article

At the two-day Water Leaders Summit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin last week, corporate heads, water industry experts, and environmentalists gathered to talk about the role business plays in water stewardship. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now. View the full article

The Alliance for the Great Lakes is offering everyone a chance to take a pledge to avoid using plastic on this Fourth of July, which comes this year literally days after the United States federal ban on plastic microbeads went into effect. Read the full story by WSJM – St. Joseph, MI. View the full article

The United States and Canada have worked to keep the lakes clean, but there’s more to do and it requires the efforts of both countries that are suddenly threatened with divisions. Read the full story by The Buffalo News. View the full article

The Lake Ontario Counties (LOC) Fish Derby kicked off on Saturday and runs through July 29, offering weekly and grand prizes for catching the biggest salmon and trout. Read the full story by New York Upstate. View the full article

Master and advanced amateur sculptors from across North America will gather in Port Huron, Michigan this weekend for this year’s Blue Water SandFest, an annual fundraiser for Michigan’s oldest lighthouse. Read the full story by The Voice. View the full article

According to an economic justification released by the Army Corps of Engineers last week, a billion dollars spent on another Poe-sized lock would bring at least $2.3 billion in benefits to the United States. Read the full story by The Times Herald. View the full article

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder will not lower the state’s standards for dumping ballast water in the Great Lakes. He vetoed a bill with the changes Friday because he’s concerned about invasive species. Read the full story by WNMU – Marquette, MI. View the full article

In a recent executive order, President Donald Trump revoked an Obama-era policy that aimed to protect major U.S. bodies of water, but advocates for the Great Lakes have different thoughts on how the order will play out. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

A federal report greatly improves prospects for building a long-awaited, $1 billion Great Lakes navigational lock needed to ensure flow of raw materials essential for steelmaking and other manufacturing, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and other supporters said Friday. Read the full story by The Associated Press. View the full article

High maintenance costs and minimal government funding present serious challenges for Michigan’s lighthouse preservation societies. The groups are hoping to expand their ranks of volunteers by focusing recruitment efforts on older generations. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo. View the full article

Lake Ontario water levels are down from 2017, but still high enough to erode property. For most of this year, the lake’s water level has fluctuated between 1 foot and 5 inches above its long-term average. Read the full story by the Niagara Gazette. View the full article

Labor strife has effectively shut down overseas cargo shipments to and from the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority’s general-cargo docks. At issue is the years-old failure of the labor union and Midwest Terminals of Toledo International to negotiate a new contract for union dock workers. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article

A nearly 1,700-mile long water trail follows the Lake Michigan coastline in four Great Lakes states, and provides exceptional access to scenery, rare plants, and wildlife. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently hosted events to introduce the public to the trail through free canoe and kayak rentals. Read the full story by the Lake County News-Sun. View the full article

A weather phenomenon that was caught on camera in Au Train, Michigan, looked like a giant tsunami rolling in from the ocean. But it was really a shelf cloud rolling over Lake Superior. Read the full story by CBS News. View the full article

President Trump traveled to Wisconsin for the ground-breaking of a sprawling high-tech factory where Foxconn will make LCD panels, but the plant also has sparked debate because it will use millions of gallons of water each day from Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Great Lakes Today. View the full article

The House and Senate farm bills take very different approaches to conservation programs that benefit Lake Erie, but Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, thinks the Senate will likely prevail. Read the full story by the Sandusky Register. View the full article

President Trump traveled to Wisconsin today for the ground-breaking of a sprawling factory where Foxconn will make LCD panels. The plant has sparked debate because it will use millions of gallons of water each day from Lake Michigan. Read the full story by NPR News Buffalo. View the full article