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9-year old saves up $1,000 to become a Life time member of the Lake Superior Maritime Museum. Read and view the full story by KQDS-TV-Duluth, MN. View the full article

Though only two years away from a state-imposed deadline to stop open-lake disposal of dredged material, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proceeding as usual this summer with plans place dredged material into the open water of western Lake Erie. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article

Library | In this edition: GLC names Darren Nichols new executive director, news from the recent GLC Semiannual Meeting and Great Lakes Day in Washington, release of a framework to improve Western Lake Erie through water quality credits, GLRI funding, and more. The Advisor e-newsletter offers Great Lakes Commission news and information to keep our partners up to date on our work on behalf of our member states and provinces, and the 48 million people in the Great Lakes region. Subscribe today! Published March 2018 | View March 2018 E-Newsletter Click here to view an archive of recent Advisor e-newsletters, or to subscribe to the Advisor! Return to the Library main page CONTACT For questions or media inquiries, please contact Beth Wanamaker, [email protected]. Library by Subject About the Commission Advisor Air Quality Aquatic Invasive Species Areas of Concern Data and Monitoring Economy and Transportation Energy Habitat and Coastal Land Use Maps Newsletters News and Announcements Policy and Advocacy Ports and Navigation Regional Agreements Soil Erosion and Dredging Tourism and Recreation Water Quality Water Quantity and Use View the full article

The population of Lake Michigan’s top predator fish was well balanced with its primary food source in 2017, according to an annual estimate released last week by fisheries scientists. Read the full story by the Journal Sentinel. View the full article

When you think about greenhouse gasses that are driving our warming climate, maybe you think about power plants or your car. But lakes can release greenhouse gasses, too, and the amount of nutrients that get into lakes from farms and cities matters. Read the full story by Michigan Radio. View the full article

Last week the Ohio EPA officially declared its waters of western Lake Erie impaired. Now, the process of determining how and when those waters can be declassified with a clean bill of health begins. Read the full story by WTOL-TV – Toledo, OH. View the full article

Regulators from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency asked the state’s chief administrative law judge Wednesday to reverse her rejection of their attempts to change the state’s water quality standard for protecting wild rice. Read the full story by the Star Tribune. View the full article

After more than four decades in the maritime industry, Jim Sharrow is retiring from his position as Director of Port Planning and Resiliency with the Duluth Seaway Port Authority. Read the full story by WDIO-TV – Duluth, MN. View the full article

The St. Lawrence Seaway navigation season opens today, with officials hoping for another robust year of moving an increasing amount of cargo through the international waterway. Read the Watertown Daily Times. View the full article

The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation has filed additional documents supporting the development of the first wind farm on the Great Lakes, including a letter from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service projecting “limited direct risk” to migratory birds and bats. Read the full story by Michigan Radio. View the full article

A third Canadian Coast Guard ship has been added to the fleet of Canadian and U.S. icebreakers already working to open the Great Lakes as the 2018 shipping season gets underway with the opening of the Welland Canal and St. Lawrence Seaway Thursday. Read the full story by the Welland Tribune. View the full article

Great Lakes Fishery Commission officials say funding authorized in the recently passed federal spending bill will allow local partners to move forward with improvements to critical sea-lamprey control infrastructure. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

Great Lakes Fishery Commission officials say funding authorized in the recently passed federal spending bill will allow local partners to move forward with improvements to critical sea-lamprey control infrastructure. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced that the city will be joining the Great Lakes Basin Partnership to Block Asian Carp. The partnership is a multi-jurisdictional coalition that supports the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ plan to reduce the risk of invasive carp entering the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune. View the full article

The ice boom will likely remain intact near the mouth of the Niagara River at least for a few more days, the International Joint Commission said. There’s still too much ice on Lake Erie to begin removal of the apparatus. Read the full story by The Buffalo News. View the full article

Waterfowl by the thousands are resting and feeding this week on Erie, Pennsylvania’s Presque Isle Bay, Misery Bay, the open waters of a still icy Lake Erie and the inland ponds and puddles at Presque Isle State Park. Read the full story by Go Erie. View the full article

Since the late 18th century, Ohioans have insisted that a huge, snakelike creature lives in the depths of Lake Erie. Bessie is the American cousin of Scotland’s famed Nessie of Loch Ness. Read the full story by OZY. View the full article

Roughly 400,000 gallons of wastewater from a lagoon in Grant Township on Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula made its way into Lake Superior earlier this month according to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Read the full story by the Upper Michigan’s Source. View the full article

The Canadian Coast Guard will be able to enlist pre-approved companies for help as needed without having to go through a formal bidding process, resulting in quicker and more reliable service for those in need, officials say. Read the full story by Toronto City News. View the full article

Michigan has more than 11,000 inland lakes. They’re places where people like to swim, boat, and fish — and many people buy lakefront property to do just that. But Eurasian watermilfoil could change that and it’ll hurt more than just the people who own lake houses. Read and listen to the full story by WMUK Radio – MI. View the full article

By identifying 12 water bodies most vulnerable to these toxic blooms that threaten drinking water, recreation and tourism, health and environmental officials hope to learn to devise action plans that can meet the needs of communities across New York State. Read the full story by Democrat and Chronicle. View the full article

Lisa Erdle, a PhD student at the University of Toronto, is studying two species of fish from Lake Huron and Lake Ontario and says she found as many as 100 microfibers from synthetic fabrics per fish in her research. “We should be looking at what some of the effects are in humans,” she says. “There’s enough to cause concern.” Read and listen to the full story by CBC Radio. View the full article

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Pierre Radisson was the first vessel of the season to transit upbound through the St. Lawrence Seaway locks that make navigation possible from Quebec City to Lake Ontario. Read the full story by Lambton Shield. View the full article

The state of Michigan has declared a winner in its contest to find new ideas for preventing Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes; Edem Tsikata, a software consultant at Harvard Medical School, proposes specially designed propellers to generate a wall of bubbles on the Illinois River. Read the full story by CBS Detroit. View the full article

About a million pounds of Asian carp are pulled out of the river system each year between Brandon Road Lock and Dam and Starved Rock State Park, Irons said. About 800 fish annually are pulled from the Dresden Pool area, he said. Read the full story by The Northwest Herald. View the full article