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Oswego Trustees will be looking at the feasibility of supplementing the town’s current well-water supply with a diversion from the nearby Fox River or bringing in water from Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune. View the full article

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced April 16 that the state had awarded the additional flood relief funds to local governments in Niagara, Orleans, Wayne, Cayuga and Jefferson counties. Read the full story by Idea Stream. View the full article

Racine’s application to divert water for a manufacturing plant outside of the Great Lakes basin has sparked debate over the request’s compliance with the Great Lakes Compact. Now, the Wisconsin Compact Implementation Coalition is requesting a formal review of the application. Read the full story by the Wisconsin Gazette. View the full article

Boaters seeking bi-national access to the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway are now able to use a new system for clearing customs. The new app replaces an older reporting system which many users found challenging. Read the full story by WIVB – Buffalo, NY. View the full article

U.S. District Judge James G. Carr said he wants to see indications the federal agency is complying with the Clean Water Act and ordered the agency to turn in status reports by May 15. Read the full story by the Sandusky Register. View the full article

The Chicago Law Department and the nonprofit Surfrider Foundation are challenging a federal legal settlement with U.S. Steel, accusing the Trump administration of failing to punish the steelmaker harshly enough for repeated spills of toxic chromium into Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune. View the full article

Michigan Sea Grant says that water levels on Lake Superior have reached the highest levels since 1986, citing the large amount of precipitation over the past five years. Read the full story by WLUC – Marquette, MI. View the full article

Recent damage to underwater oil and electrical lines in the waterway connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan that’s blamed for an insulation fluid spill was caused by a tugboat dragging its anchor, Michigan’s attorney general announced April 17. Read the full story by the Associated Press. View the full article

The legislation is included in the U.S. Coast Guard Authorization Act and calls for giving the Coast Guard the exclusive authority to regulate the shipping industry when it comes to discharging ship-steadying ballast water that can harbor invasive species. Read the full story by the Journal Sentinel. View the full article

On the fourth anniversary of the Flint water crisis, state and city officials say the crisis has ended and Flint’s water is safe to drink. But residents aren’t buying it. Read the full story by Mother Jones. View the full article

While the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is expected to decide soon if the technology giant Foxconn can divert water from Lake Michigan to build liquid crystal display panels, many feel that this would be a violation of the Great Lakes Compact. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. View the full article

The company that owns twin oil pipelines beneath the waterway that connects Lake Huron and Lake Michigan is preparing to launch an underwater vehicle to inspect damage that may have been caused by a ship’s anchor. Read the full story by the Associated Press-Mackinaw City, MI. View the full article

The Boyne City, Michigan City Commission approved a request last week from an area leadership program to release beetles on city property with a goal to help control purple loosestrife, an invasive plant species. Read the full story by petoskynews.com View the full article

There were reports of significant flooding in Grand Beach, North Shores and Luna Pier, south of Detroit on Lake Erie, according to the National Weather Service, as snow, sleet, and freezing rain have plagued Michigan this April weekend. Read the full story by MLive.com. View the full article

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said Wednesday that twin oil pipelines in a waterway linking two of the Great Lakes appear to have sustained minor damage from a vessel that may also have caused a recent leak of coolant fluid from electric cables. Read the full story by WWMT.com West Michigan. View the full article

Biologists from the Toledo Zoo and a combination of state and federal wildlife agencies remain on schedule for their first release of iconic lake sturgeon into the Maumee River, making Toledo the southernmost and newest point in the Great Lakes region for a long-term restocking program. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article

Speakers at a two-hour forum offered ideas and hope about caring for and enjoying Lake Michigan, as well as the area’s many other manmade and glacial lakes. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune. View the full article

On the fourth anniversary of the Flint water crisis, state and city officials say the crisis has ended and Flint’s water is safe to drink. But residents aren’t buying it. Read the full story by Mother Jones. View the full article

Residents captured photos and video of an early spring storm in Michigan that brought ice, freezing rain, as well as high waves and winds. Read the full story by MLive.com View the full article

Complicating matters has been the fact that temperatures at the surface and aloft have been leading different precipitation types with some areas dealing with heavy snow, others inches of sleet and/or icing due to freezing rain. Read the full story at upnorthlive.com View the full article

While the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is expected to decide soon if the technology giant Foxconn can divert water from Lake Michigan to build liquid crystal display panels, many feel that this would be a violation of the Great Lakes Compact. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. View the full article

Job Opportunities The Great Lakes Commission office has moved to a new location! Our new space is not far from our previous location. We’re still conveniently near the State Street exit of I-94 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, now at 1300 Victors Way, Suite #1350. Please update your address books! 1300 Victors Way, Suite 1350 Ann Arbor, MI 48108 Click here for a map and directions tel: 734-971-9135 We look forward to greeting guests in our new space! ← Previous news release Contact For questions or media inquiries, please contact Beth Wanamaker, [email protected]. Recent GLC News We’ve moved – please note our new address! The Advisor e-newsletter: March 2018 Great Lakes Commission names Darren Nichols new executive director Great Lakes Commission calls for full funding of GLRI; reaffirms commitment to NAFTA and U.S.-Canada trade Upcoming GLC Events Great Lakes Dredging Team Annual Meeting May 22 - May 23 2018 Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting October 2 - October 3 View GLC Calendar > View the full article

In Ontario, as South Bruce Peninsula works to appeal a stop order against cultivating and grooming Sauble Beach, environmental groups are voicing support for the Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry’s directive. Read the full story by the Owen Sound Sun Times. View the full article

From Manitowoc, Wisconsin, across to Ludington, Michigan, down to Benton Harbor, Michigan, and back to Manitowoc is an area that people believe to be the Lake Michigan triangle. Read the full story by WGBA-TV – Manitowoc, WI. View the full article

It may be far away and in a different country, but the water Foxconn is asking for is the same water that much of Ontario relies on. Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are intimately connected — so much so that, hydrologically, they’re considered a single body of water. Read the full story by TVO. View the full article