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National Museum of the Great Lakes is starting a book club
The National Museum of the Great Lakes is hosting a virtual book club in 2022. The series will bring people together to read and discuss books about the Great Lakes region. Read the full story by WTVG-TV – Toledo, OH.
Great Lakes researchers predict record-low ice coverage
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory’s most recent projection shows that only 12.3% of the lakes’ surfaces are likely to freeze before spring. Read and hear the full story by Michigan Rad…
North Shore Steelhead Association will be requesting support from the City of Thunder Bay
The North Shore Steelhead Association in co-operation with the City of Thunder Bay, Ontario is proposing the installation of fish counting devices and the making of minor changes to the internal structure of the fishway at Boulevard Lake. Read the full…
Icebreaking season underway on Great Lakes, says Canadian Coast Guard
Icebreaking operations are underway on the Great Lakes with two Canadian Coast Guard ships working in partnership with the United States coast guard. Read the full story by the Welland Tribune.
Ice coverage increases on Lake Michigan, still running below average
Overall, ice coverage stands at 7.1% across all of Lake Michigan. In comparison, last year Lake Michigan was under 1% (0.7%) covered. Read the full story by WFRV-TV- Green Bay, WI.
Why the water in the Great Lakes should not be “for sale”, according to one Michigan author
Dave Dempsey, a senior advisor for the Traverse City-based nonprofit For Love of Water (FLOW), argues that commodifying the water in the Lakes would amount to a massive failure of stewardship. Read the full story by WMUK- Kalamazoo, MI.
Flooding remains possible due to lack of ice cover on Lake Erie
In a shoreline outlook statement issued on Monday, the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority said strong winds out of the south or east could still cause result in flooding and shoreline damage along Lake Erie due to a lack of ice cover. Read the …
EPA’s coal ash ‘crackdown’ imperils Midwest power plants
EPA today took its first steps to ramp up oversight of toxic coal ash following a Trump-era rollback, a move that threatens early retirement for some coal plants in the Midwest. Read the full story by E&E News.
Lake Superior’s forever chemicals
Early last year, the state of Wisconsin issued a fish consumption advisory that recommended eating no more than one meal a month of Lake Superior rainbow smelt, caught by tribes and local anglers during smelt runs in the spring. Read the full story by …
When the ships come in: Vessels are headed to Donjon for winter repairs. How to see them
Several ships will soon be making their way into Erie, Pennsylvania’s Presque Isle Bay for repairs. Read the full story by Erie Times-News