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This is the third year of a partnership between Labatt and the Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper in upstate New York, but the first time employees at the beer company are delving beyond mere shoreline cleanup efforts and into a bona fide citizen science program. Read the full story by the Buffalo News. View the full article

The America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 released by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Tuesday includes several of Ohio Senator Rob Portman’s bipartisan initiatives to protect the Great Lakes and prioritize upgrades to water infrastructure. Read the full story by the Portsmouth Daily Times. View the full article

Underwater robots, experts in marine technology, and eager students ready to test their skills are what you can find this Saturday in Alpena, Michigan at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Remotely Operated Vehicle Competition (MATE ROV). Read the full story by WBKB-TV – Alpena, MI. View the full article

“As global temperatures continue to rise, the Great Lakes Basin will be of importance to malaria distribution as many vector species shift or extend their regions,” a newly published avian study said. Read the full story by the Great Lakes Echo. View the full article

Jon Allan, director of the Michigan Office of the Great Lakes, grew up in northeastern Ohio and remembers when the river near his home ran blue or orange, depending on what kinds of industrial waste were being dumped in the water that day. Read the full story by the Herald-Palladium. View the full article

Thanks to a recent donation, the Minnesota Historical Society has acquired a rare book published in 1619 showcasing what life was like in the Great Lakes region in the early 1600s. Read the full story by KMSP-TV – Eden Prairie, MN. View the full article

An assessment crew will conduct work May 15-23 to estimate the abundance of sea lampreys on the West Twin River in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. A first step in the control of sea lampreys is to survey tributaries to the Great Lakes to determine the presence of larval sea lampreys. Read the full story by the Herald Times Reporter. View the full article

With only one breeding pair of wolves remaining on Michigan’s Isle Royale in Lake Superior, scientists have decided to reintroduce wolves from Minnesota to target a growing moose population. Wolf numbers on the island have plummeted in recent years as warmer temperatures prevented the formation of ice bridges, isolating the population and preventing new wolf arrivals. Read the full story by KMSP TV – Minneapolis, MN. View the full article

Western Lake Erie is headed for another bumpy algae ride this summer. Data so far suggests this summer’s bloom could be milder than it was in 2016, or — on the far end — rival 2013 as the third-largest bloom since satellite images started becoming available on a regular basis in 2002. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article

State and local officials’ efforts to grow the tourism industry are proving effective, as some Michigan counties continue to see significant growth in their number of visitors. Tourism is a one of the state’s leading industries, according to a recent report by the Outdoor Industry Association. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo. View the full article

An issue is rippling across the world of paddlesports in the Michigan: a proposal to require registration fees — not to exceed $10 — and registration stickers for all rigid-hulled kayaks, canoes and paddleboards. Read the full story by The Detroit News. View the full article

A second small earthquake struck under Lake Ontario in the last week. The latest temblor, which had a magnitude of 2.4, occurred shortly before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. It was 6.2 miles below the surface. Read the full story by the Democrat and Chronicle. View the full article

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and a group of dedicated volunteers are working this spring to ensure the survival of 33,000 Atlantic salmon yearlings that were released into the AuSable River and Lake Huron. Read the full story by the Iosco County News-Herald. View the full article

It’s “absurd,” but the organizer of a major cleanup effort says people have been using the Scarborough Bluffs, one of the most beautiful parts of Toronto, Ontario, as a garbage dump. On Tuesday morning, volunteers used a flat-bottomed boat to gain access to a difficult-to-reach stretch of Lake Ontario shoreline that’s littered with vehicle carcasses, tires and shopping carts. Read the full story by CBC News. View the full article

Bright green colors reflected off the Straits of Mackinac – the waterway that flows under Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge, connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Huron – as the Northern lights paid a welcome visit to the area over the weekend. Read the full story by Fox News. View the full article

Data collected by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources on anglers and their catch is essential for managing the fishery and stocking programs. Read the full story by WKAR – East Lansing, MI. View the full article

University of Wisconsin Green Bay researchers are investigating how many sturgeon are spawning downstream of the De Pere Dam in Wisconsin. Read the full story by WLUK-TV-De Pere, WI. View the full article

A Traverse City diver’s chilly excursion into Old Mission Bay last week provided an incredibly clear look at one of Lake Michigan’s oddest “ship” wrecks — a 1979 Ford Pinto. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article

Federal forecasters filed their first-of-the-spring harmful algal bloom projection for Lake Erie’s western basin today, and the predictions for the summer are not optimistic. Read the full story the Plain Dealer. View the full article

New York Sea Grant and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently awarded nearly $200,000 to projects that advance the practice of resiliency within the Great Lakes watershed. Read the full story by the Monroe County Post. View the full article

Long, colorful dragon boats won’t race across the Maumee River in Toledo this summer; the 17th annual Dragon Boat Festival has been canceled, in part because of ongoing construction at International Park, and also due to concerns raised last year about the impact of algal blooms on the race. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article

Oil transport giant Enbridge, owner and operator of the controversial underwater Line 5 oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac, has also taken a deep plunge into Michigan politics. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article

Illinois has proposed negotiations with federal officials and other states in the Great Lakes region over fortifying a Chicago-area lock and dam to prevent Asian carp from invading Lake Michigan and threatening its native fish. Read the full story by the Associated Press. View the full article

New York’s Lake Champlain’s very brief – and much derided – designation as one of the Great Lakes has apparently resurfaced to reward it, to the tune of $1 million in annual research funding. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

It’s the second consecutive year that a pair of federally endangered piping plovers has returned to Presque Isle State Park in Erie, Pennsylvania for the nesting season. Last year, the pair raised two chicks, the first new members of the species produced in Pennsylvania since the late 1950s. Read the full story by Penn Live. View the full article