Category: Great Lakes Commission
Federal budget proposal puts Great Lakes research at risk, raising concerns as fishing season starts
The Executive Office of the President’s proposed 2026 federal budget includes a 25% reduction — nearly $1.5 billion — to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That could gut funding […]
Funding slashed for Great Lakes research: Will algal blooms go unchecked?
Federal funding cutbacks have impacted the staff at NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. Severe spending limits have made it difficult to purchase ordinary equipment for processing toxic algal samples, […]
Toledo-area sand dunes to become state nature preserve
Next month, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Metroparks Toledo will dedicate Girdham Road Sand Dunes in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark as Ohio’s next nature preserve. Read the full […]
‘Water came in’: 60 years ago, the freighter Cedarville sank in the Straits of Mackinac
On May 7, 1965, the SS Cedarville sank beneath the waters of the Straits of Mackinac after a collision just one mile east of the Mackinac Bridge. The freighter plied […]
Underwater, fish-eye footage brings Sleeping Bear’s aquatic life into focus for new school program
The educational team at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is unveiling a new program, “Sleeping Bear from Below.” The underwater documentary will be projected on the park’s 12-foot inflatable planetarium […]