Author: Great Lakes Commission
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Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission requests support for Buffalo Reef stamp sand removal
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The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission is looking for support on a proposed Buffalo Reef stamp sand removal plan. Mining stamp sands are encroaching on the 22,000-foot reef […]
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After 15 years of the Great Lakes Compact, report urges state action to address shortcomings
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More than 15 years after the Great Lakes Compact was signed, For Love of Water (FLOW), a Great Lakes advocacy organization, has reevaluated the compact and its goal of protecting […]
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Repaired and ready! S.S. Badger to set sail for 71st season
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The S.S. Badger is fully recovered and ready for another season on Lake Michigan’s open waters. The opening voyage for the 410-foot boat will be manned by 100 employees, ready […]
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Sea lamprey control planned for Lake Michigan tributary
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel will apply lampricides to the Cedar River in Michigan to kill sea lamprey larvae burrowed in the stream bottom. Applications will be conducted between […]
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Pennsylvania beach selected as site to test renewable energy tech
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A renewable energy company announced it will use the shores of Lake Erie in Harborcreek Township, Pennsylvania, as the spot to test how wave energy converters hold up to different […]
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Bipartisan bill extends Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, increases funding
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U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow, co-chair of the U.S. Senate Great Lakes Task Force, and Gary Peters applauded the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works passage of its bipartisan Great […]
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Wisconsin DNR: Over 6 million fish stocked throughout inland waters, Great Lakes in 2023
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced that over six million fish were restocked throughout the state’s inland waters and the Great Lakes in 2023. Over 1.3 million Chinook Salmon […]
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Meet the man who has been cleaning the Rouge River for 35 years
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Beginning in the 1940s, businesses started using the Rouge River in southeast Michigan as a dumping ground for industrial pollution. Local activists formed the Friends of the Rouge in 1986. […]
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Former lightkeeper reflects on motherhood and isolation as Lake Superior lighthouse marks 100 years
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A former lightkeeper reminisced on her family’s stay at Trowbridge Light Station, off the northern shore of Lake Superior, from March to December while the lake was free of ice. […]
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Moderate to large algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie due to heavy rain
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In its first early season forecast, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said that April’s record rainfall will probably lead to a moderate or large algal bloom in western […]