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Enbridge is claiming that covering the dual Line 5 pipelines beneath the Straits of Mackinac with rocks and gravel while installing a new boat communications system could reduce the chances of an anchor strike causing an oil leak by 99.9 percent. Read the full story by the Detroit News. View the full article

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a bill into law to streamline approvals of large groundwater withdrawals. Read the full story by Mlive.com. View the full article

On June 25, the Wisconsin Historical Society launched “Milwaukee: A City Built on Water,” a 225-page chronicle of the multiple ways in which our community has used — and abused — its liquid resource over the generations. Read the full story by the Journal Sentinel. View the full article

The four GOP candidates to be Michigan’s next governor talked immigration, trade, Great Lakes water issues, education and more at the Detroit debate. Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio. View the full article

While everyone agrees that more needs to be done, more is not being done. In the meantime algae continues to form on Lake Erie every summer, posing a threat to drinking water, fishing and tourism industries, economic development, and quality of life. Read the full story by The Blade. View the full article

Two dozen beaches across Michigan are closed or have contamination advisories because of elevated bacteria levels ahead of a scorching hot weekend forecast. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article

To help Lake Ontario landowners recover from last year’s devastating flooding, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is extending a general permit to allow residents to repair or stabilize their shorelines from high water. Read the full story by the Niagara Gazette. View the full article

In Michigan, the annual Waterways Festival kicked off Thursday morning and runs through the weekend. The annual festival celebrates the Cheboygan area’s extensive inland waterways and coastline. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI. View the full article

A recent study determined that if Asian carp ever gain access to the Great Lakes, they will thrive and seriously jeopardize the $7 billion sport fishery and the $20 billion recreational tourism industry, not to mention the resources and way of life they provide. Read the full story by the Midland Daily News. View the full article

Thanks to several acoustic telemetry studies that have been ongoing for several years, fish management agencies are starting to get a better understanding of fish migration and movement in Lake Erie. Read the full story by The Buffalo News. View the full article

Great Lakes steel production rose to 640,000 tons last week, a 1.58 percent increase. Read the full story by the Northwest Indiana Times. View the full article

The Port Authority’s board of commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to purchase the aptly named Seaway Building on Rice’s Point for $935,000. Read the full story in the Duluth News Tribune. View the full article

Mayflies have been used as a key indicator of environmental health by agencies like the Ohio EPA to assess how Lake Erie and the other Great Lakes are faring over time. Read the full story by WJW-TV – Cleveland, OH. View the full article

As the water temperatures in Lake Erie become warmer, all species become more active. Invasive species are able to take advantage of these warmer temperatures to improve their competitive advantage over native species. Read the full story by WGRZ-TV – Buffalo, NY. View the full article

New research reveals nitrogen could play a greater role in the causes of algal blooms than what scientists initially believed. That’s what Andrew Camilleri, a masters student at the University of Minnesota Duluth, found in his two years studying sites in the Great Lakes. He will be presenting his research at the Science on Deck event on Friday aboard the Blue Heron research vessel at the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune. View the full article

Peter Annin, co-director of the Northland College Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation in Wisconsin and author of “The Great Lake Water Wars,” discusses the impacts the Foxconn diversion may have on the Great Lakes Compact, a binding commitment to keeping Great Lakes water in its basin. Read and listen to the full story by Interlochen Public Radio. View the full article

The Fort Wayne berm was built to halt carp if flooding ever reached historic, 100-year levels, plus 2 extra feet. Since it was finished in 2015, there have been three times that floodwaters rose high enough so that carp could have crossed if no barrier existed. Read the full story by The Republic. View the full article

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay said Wednesday that it has inked a deal with VanEnkevort Tug & Barge of Escanaba, Michigan, to build the self-unloading vessel by mid-2020, according to a press release. Read the full story in the Green Bay Press Gazette. View the full article

The public was recently updated on the Sandusky Bay Initiative plan, which ultimately aims to make Ohio’s Sandusky Bay and Lake Erie cleaner by filtering out nutrients from water flowing into the bay and creating better and safer habitats for fish and birds. Read the full story by the Sandusky Register. View the full article

The Door County Soil and Water Department partnered with local students to paint bright blue signs next to storm drains, alerting people that water heading down the drains is not treated before entering Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Green Bay Press-Gazette. View the full article

There’s been a lot of buzz around town lately concerning the lighthouse in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and with good reason. After about 10 years with no lighting and several decades of abandonment, the beacon of the lakeshore is coming to life. Read the full story by the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter. View the full article

Barry County, Michigan, is activating an emergency operations center in response to heavy flooding at Crooked Lake. About 90 percent of the 280 people who live along Crooked Lake have been dealing with floods, some since January. Read the full story by WXMI-TV – Grand Rapids, MI. View the full article

More than 30 acres of wetlands along the Maumee River in Ohio will be restored with $300,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D -Ohio) announced Tuesday. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade. View the full article

Higher water levels on Lake Michigan have not only affected summer activities but are eroding some shorelines in the Door County, Wisconsin, area. Read the full story by the Door County Daily News. View the full article

Shedd Aquarium is taking learning and exploration beyond its walls this summer with a new traveling aquarium, floating island conservation program for Chicago River kayakers and hands-on science experiences on Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune. View the full article