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Crude oil shipments through the Port of Milwaukee would risk our lakefront, our water supply and our city’s reputation. Read the full story by the Wisconsin Gazette. View the full article

The international agency that regulates outflows from Lake Ontario continues to blame the weather for last year’s flooding on the lakeshore, concluding that water would have been even higher without its intervention. The study drew strong criticism from local government leaders. Read the full story by the Buffalo News. View the full article

Since 2010, 643 people have drowned in the Great Lakes and all but six of those victims weren’t wearing a personal flotation device. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

The downpour that took place last weekend in parts of the U.S. Upper Midwest – Wisconsin, Minnesota and especially northern Michigan – caused an extensive flow of discoloring sediment into Lake Superior as shown by satellite images. Read the full story by EarthSky. View the full article

Ohio Division of Wildlife biologists worked with biologists from multiple agencies and groups to sample the Sandusky and Maumee rivers for grass carp, a type of Asian carp considered invasive but not as big a risk as other Asian carp species. The June 12-14 surveys collected 30 grass carp, 27 from the Sandusky River and three from the Maumee. Read the full story by the Sandusky Register. View the full article

Ohio Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman have worked in a bipartisan manner to protect and restore Lake Erie. This cooperation is needed again to protect the small streams and rivers that feed Ohio rivers and other waterways flowing into Lake Erie, as well as wetlands that cleanse water of pollutants before it flows into rivers and lakes. Read the full story by the Columbus Dispatch. View the full article

The breakwall in Milwaukee’s harbor has a rich history dating back to 1881 and not only protects ships but an estimated $1 billion in real estate along the lakefront according to Larry Sullivan, chief engineer with Milwaukee’s Port Authority. Read and listen to the full story by WUWM – Milwaukee, WI. View the full article

Wisconsin’s decision to let Foxconn draw water from Lake Michigan may set a precedent for water use that resonates across the Great Lakes region and beyond. But an emerging challenge is a battle over how to interpret the Great Lakes Compact, the decade old eight-state agreement that governs access to one of the world’s largest supplies of freshwater. Read the full story by Urban Milwaukee. View the full article

A new predator has emerged for piping plovers in the Great Lakes. For the first time, snowy owls were recently seen eating critically endangered plovers in several locations along the Great Lakes, including Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in lower Michigan and Vermilion Point in the Upper Peninsula. Read and listen to the full story by Interlochen Public Radio. View the full article

In mid-July, three Michigan residents will attempt to paddleboard across Lake Superior, the largest, coldest, and most dangerous of the Great Lakes, with the goal of raising $10,000 for the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society. Read the full story by Detroit Public TV. View the full article

Michigan has moved too far in treating our wealth of waterways more as consumer products than as public goods. This is most evident with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, the statewide public agency whose effectiveness has been impaired by years of budget cuts and lost capacity. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Tuesday reversed an Obama-era policy that ordered for the protection of oceans and the Great Lakes. U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) sent a letter to the President on Wednesday to remind him that there is a permanent federal ban on gas and oil drilling in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WWMT – Kalamazoo, MI. View the full article

Michigan’s AuSable Harbor on Lake Huron will undergo a $420,000 dredging project in the near future, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District. Read the full story by Oscoda Press. View the full article

The Michigan Cleaner Lake Erie through Action and Research (MI CLEAR) partnership formed last summer to prevent algae blooms and improve the lake’s water quality. It includes 20 organizations that have partnered to better inform Michigan residents about ongoing science and research centered around the health of Lake Erie. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article

Officials with Ontario’s Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area say they’re pleased with recent cleanup efforts in a north shore bay, but pollution prevention is key going forward. Read the full story by CBC. View the full article

The heavy rains that pounded Milwaukee on Monday caused the Milwaukee Metro Sewerage District (MMSD) to send untreated sewage into rivers and Lake Michigan for the first time in nearly two years. Read the full story by WTMJ, Wisconsin. View the full article

The Minnesota Department of Health has issued “water contact not advised” warnings for Agate Bay Beach in Two Harbors, Knife River Marina Beach and Twin Points public access near Gooseberry Falls State Park after high levels of E. coli bacteria were measured at the three sites following heavy rainfall last weekend. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune. View the full article

A measure to put $36 million in state funds behind efforts to stem the flow of the nutrient runoff fueling the toxic green slime that annually plagues Lake Erie is expected to reach Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s desk by month’s end. Read the full story by The Blade. View the full article

This Sunday in St. Catharines, Ontario young Niagarans will be encouraged to look at working on ships as a career as the Seafarers’ International Union of Canada, and Niagara Centre MP Vance Badawey kick off the Be a Seafarer recruitment campaign. The initiative is a partnership between SIU of Canada, and Canada’s major Great Lakes shipping companies. Read the full story in the St. Catharines Standard. View the full article

Catastrophic rain and flooding in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and parts of Wisconsin have left two counties in “a state of disaster,” at least one person dead, and thousands of residents without crucial roadways. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article

Rachel Coale, outreach coordinator for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Office of the Great Lakes, said the exhibits are aimed at bringing “cultural resources” to somewhat smaller communities that don’t always have access to such programs. Read the full story by the Petoskey News Review. View the full article

A shortage of Milwaukee County lifeguards left Atwater Beach without lifeguards last year, so this year, the village of Shorewood is partnering with a local firm to staff lifeguards starting Saturday, June 23. Read the full story by the Journal Sentinel. View the full article

Less than one month after environmental and voter organizations challenged the state of Wisconsin’s approval for Foxconn Technology Group to use Lake Michigan water for its planned Mount Pleasant complex, the company said it will spend $30 million on a system that will reduce its daily water use by more than 50 percent. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Business Journal. View the full article

The state of Michigan is auctioning off 41 prime parcels of land in picturesque Presque Isle County, including Lake Huron waterfront property. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article

A CBC reporter spent a day with the crew of the Kimmy Sue, a Wheatley, Ontario-based commercial fishing boat that catches perch and pickerel on Lake Erie. Read the full story by the CBC. View the full article