Author: Great Lakes Commission
Rare sightings of Lake Erie jellyfish have people buzzing
PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio — Rarely seen Lake Erie freshwater jellyfish have created an Internet buzz after being spotted first in Presque Isle Bay near Erie, Pa., and most recently this week near the shorelines of Middle Bass Island and South Bass Island.
One bacteria threat over, another begins
Maumee Bay State Park’s latest beach-bacteria threat was declared over at 10:40 a.m. Thursday, 19 minutes after a new bacteria advisory was issued for the East Harbor State Park beach in Marblehead, Ohio.
DTE resists Trump push to delay coal-plant shutdown
Even with Trump Administration pressure to keep coal-fired power plants online, DTE Energy has no plans to veer from its published schedule of retiring the first two units of its mammoth coal-fired power plant near Monroe in 2028 and the second pair in 2032.
Bacteria threat returns to Maumee Bay State Park inland beach
The Ohio Department of Health said that Maumee Bay State Park’s inland beach has a new bacteria advisory that went into effect at 10:47 a.m. Tuesday.
Online petition launched to save Sylvania's ‘Triad of Trees’
A petition to preserve a sculpture in James E. Seney Triangle Park in Sylvania has more than 200 signatures since it was launched on Thursday at Change.org.