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As another summer begins in Minnesota, North Shore fishing villages, local charter boat captains and individual anglers are enjoying a lake trout revival of epic proportions. Read the full story by the Winona Daily News. View the full article -
In Ohio, Toledo Public School students have been raising baby fish from the declining Northern Pike population to restore the wetlands of Lake Erie and the species that live there. Read the full story by WTOL-TV – Toledo, OH. View the full article
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The fifth annual Lake Ontario Central New York Lighthouse Challenge will take place this year over the first weekend in August. The challenge is to visit eight unique New York lighthouses within two days. Read the full story by Oswego County Today. View the full article
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Anglers on Michigan’s Saginaw Bay took 123,793 walleye, the most ever measured since creel surveys began on Saginaw Bay in 1983. Read the full story by the Times Herald. View the full article
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Lake St. Clair has worse E. coli bacterial contamination than Lake Erie. And goose poop — not humans — is the source of much of the E. coli readings being found along the Detroit River. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article
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Hikers peppered the steep sandy climbs on a cool, cloudy day two weeks ago, proving that the 3-Dune Challenge in the Indiana Dunes State Park on Lake Michigan isn’t much of a backyard secret. Read the full story by the South Bend Tribune. View the full article
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The State of Michigan will set aside $50 million in its 2019 budget to cover its potential share of a $1-billion project to build a new supersize shipping lock at Sault Ste. Marie, Gov. Rick Snyder and legislative leaders said Wednesday. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article
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A regionwide effort to better understand West Nile virus in ruffed grouse is getting underway in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The virus may have contributed to ruffed grouse population declines in areas of lower-quality habitat or where habitat was scarce. Read the full story by the Laker Pioneer. View the full article
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The Great Lakes Fishery Commission plans to create new technology would sort fish as they swim toward the Boardman Dam in Michigan, blocking the fish that aren’t wanted and allowing the fish that are wanted in the river. Read the full story by WWTV-TV – Cadillac, MI View the full article
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Two tugboats have arrived at the scene of a ship run aground in the St. Lawrence Seaway. The Chem Norma, a tanker, hit shallow waters and became stuck at 4:09 a.m. Tuesday. Read the full story by the Watertown Daily Times. View the full article
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A new report says Line 5 puts Michigan at risk for an environmental disaster but has evolved into what is mostly a shortcut for a Canadian company to move Canadian oil to Canadian refineries. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article
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Nestle says it will restock Flint’s bottled water supply for at least 16 weeks. The announcement came in the wake of the State of Michigan’s decision to stop giving free bottled water to residents four years after the Flint Water Crisis began. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now. View the full article
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Students from Toledo Public Schools spent three months carefully raising Northern Pike fingerlings and on Tuesday, they took them to their new home along Lake Erie. Read the full story by WTOL-TV – Toledo, OH. View the full article
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The Environmental Protection Agency is defending a decision to restrict attendance to the second day of a summit on hazardous chemicals, calling criticism by Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) that his staff was barred from coming a “mischaracterization.” Read the full story by The Hill. View the full article
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From canoes to large wooden boats, to iron and steel ships, the business of shipping in Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin, has shifted to fit the times throughout the years. Read the full story by KQDS-TV – Duluth, MN. View the full article
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Little bank swallows have been busy digging out nesting cavities in sandy dunes and inland riverbanks. In Muskegon, Michigan, a large colony of the species had visitors on standby to watch the spectacle. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article
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Record high temperatures engulfed the Great Lakes region over the last four days and all the Great Lakes have seen dramatic warming in the wake of the heat wave. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article
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An environmental advocacy group has filed legal action in opposition of a recently approved decision by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to divert 7 million gallons of water each day outside of the Great Lakes basin. Read the full story by The Journal Times. View the full article
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Key legislation was approved by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee last week that will authorize the Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study to move forward. The study would examine infrastructure improvements that might prevent flooding throughout the Great Lakes basin. Read the full story by The Buffalo News. View the full article
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At the end of last month, President Donald Trump stood before a roaring crowd in Washington Township and promised that we, as a nation, were going to fix the Soo Locks. Representative Paul Mitchell, R-Dryden, Michigan’s 10th Congressional district, writes about the importance of the Soo Locks. Read the full story by The Detroit News. View the full article
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Brook trout are doing better on the Boardman River after dam removals have allowed waters to cool, but fans of the fish worry letting steelhead upstream could hurt their recovery. Read the full story by the Traverse City Record-Eagle. View the full article
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Lake Erie’s algae bloom problem is no longer just a threat to Toledo. Harmful algal blooms happen all over the world and that’s why teams from around the world have gathered in Canada to compete to find the answer, with $10 million in prize money at stake. Read the full story by WTVG-TV-Toledo, OH. View the full article
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A Duluth-based software engineering firm has stepped up to create a new version of a longtime favorite tool for Twin Ports shipping enthusiasts: a shipping tracker called Harbor Lookout (harborlookout.com) that offers some of the best arrival and departure times of its kind. Read the full story in the Duluth News Tribune. View the full article
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Lake Erie’s toxic algae problem is well documented, but another issue along Ohio’s western shore hasn’t received nearly as much attention: sediment. Oregon’s bay has plenty of it, and in some places, too much. The city recently wrapped up a 1½-year-long study and presented findings at a public meeting. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article
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Minnesota DNR is validating fruits of success of its decades-long plan to revive lake trout. In some places on Lake Superior, it is more common to catch wild lake trout than the stocked lake trout. Read the full story by the Star Tribune. View the full article