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Since the Clean Water Act of the 1970s, Minnesota has made significant progress when it comes to water. A lot of pollution from factories and old sewer treatment plants has been cleaned up. But clean water advocates say those successes mask real problems, and about 40 percent of lakes, rivers and streams in Minnesota still don’t meet pollution standards. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio. View the full article

Michigan fish hatcheries are preparing to release fish for this year’s stocking program; each spring the six hatcheries stock about 27 million fish in the Great Lakes, rivers, streams and other locations. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI. View the full article

Researchers from the University of Minnesota Duluth are making breakthroughs in how we understand our frozen lakes in winter, but sometimes there are more questions than answers. Read the full story by KQDS-TV – Duluth, MN. View the full article

U.S. Steel agreed Monday to pay nearly $900,000 to settle a complaint filed after one of the company’s plants spilled toxic chromium into a Lake Michigan tributary last year. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune. View the full article

In Michigan, Lake Michigan’s near-record water levels could have an effect on how long it takes to wrap up work on the last phase of Grand Haven’s south pier reconstruction project. Read the full story by the Grand Haven Tribune. View the full article

Residents of Michigan’s Neebish Island have had to stay put for days after excessive ice build-up in the St. Marys River that surrounds them forced the suspension of the ferry service they use to reach the mainland Upper Peninsula. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

Maritime artist Jim “Cap’n Jim” Clary, 78, died Saturday. Clary, who had galleries in St. Clair and Port Huron, Michigan was famous for his depictions of shipwrecks such as the Titanic and the Edmund Fitzgerald. Read the full story by the Port Huron Times Herald. View the full article

Cleveland-Cliffs is ready to break ground April 5 on its long-promised hot-briquetted iron plant in Toledo; the company also expects to spend $50 million this year upgrading production at Northshore operations in Silver Bay, Minnesota to produce the new HBI-ready pellets. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune. View the full article

Toxic PCBs are on a steady decrease in Great Lakes region air but over the past decade one type remains constant—it’s likely due to yellow pigment manufacturing. Read the full story by Environmental Health News. View the full article

In Ohio, the Miller Boat Line will add a 140-foot-long ferry to its fleet in 2019 to keep up with demand for service from Catawba to Put-in-Bay (South Bass Island) and Middle Bass Island. Read the full story by The Blade. View the full article

Ahead of a public hearing by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Foxconn has assured regulators and the public that the company will remain committed to compliance. Read the full story by the Journal Sentinel. View the full article

A new report is highlighting different research efforts to understand and improve the quality of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River ecosystem in New York. Read the full story by Watertown Daily Times. View the full article

Aquatic invasive species ravage ecosystems throughout the Great Lakes basin. Here’s what you need to know. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio. View the full article

A $10 million competition will award the researcher or research team that can best demonstrate a cost-effective solution for removing phosphorus from natural bodies of water. Excessive amounts of phosphorus are considered a key reason for the annual summer algal blooms in Lake Erie and other bodies of water. Read the full story by the Sandusky Register. View the full article

The first part of a new feature-length documentary on the oil pipeline running beneath the Straits of Mackinac will soon be released on YouTube and Vimeo. Read the full story by the Detroit Metro Times. View the full article

In Indiana, East Chicago’s marina and lakefront have been undergoing a $15.5 million transformation that includes a permanent stage on the beach, a new harbor walk and 25-foot-tall beach ball and umbrella sculptures. Read the full story by the Northwest Indiana Times. View the full article

Flooding along Lake Ontario last year cost residents and businesses millions of dollars. Now, residents are worried about repeated destruction as the lake’s water levels remain several inches above average. Read the full story by North Country Public Radio. View the full article

A Michigan State University law student is researching ways to encourage people to obey conservation laws in the Great Lakes and globally. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo. View the full article

The work, which will take seven years to complete, will see the mouth of the Don River rerouted, “renaturalized” and lined with wetlands to better absorb rainfall. Read the full story by the Toronto Globe and Mail. View the full article

A plan to improve use of the Muskegon Lake shoreline and better connect it to downtown and city neighborhoods is poised to move from the imagination stage to action. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

An Asian carp fishing demonstration held Monday at Rock Run Rookery Preserve in Joliet, Illinois highlighted state and federal efforts to keep the invasive species from getting farther upstream in the Illinois River waterway and into the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Daily Journal. View the full article

Over the last 15 years, the Lake Erie walleye fishery has gone from one amazing hatch in 2003 to a string of very good hatches. At the Lake Erie Committee meeting, Great Lakes fisheries experts raised the total allowable catch (TAC) of walleye by a whopping 20 percent for 2018. Read the full story by the Plain Dealer. View the full article

The Welland Canal welcomed a new navigation season on Thursday with “top hat” ceremonies in Port Colborne, Ontario, and St. Catharines, Ontario. The annual events salute the first vessels to pass through the 27-mile waterway, which connects Lake Erie and Lake Ontario while bypassing Niagara Falls. Read the full story by the Buffalo News. View the full article

The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute announced a $2.8 million 2018-20 omnibus grant to fund Great Lakes research, including three projects involving the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Read the full story by WFRV-TV-Green Bay, WI. View the full article

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has issued a letter to the U.S. Chair of the International Joint Commission asking that the entity maximize outflows from the Lake Ontario system to reduce the flooding risk for New Yorkers living and working along the lake’s shoreline. Read the full story by New York Up State. View the full article