Tag: lake
Michigan officials weigh measures to reduce cyanobacterial blooms on Lake Erie
NOAA is predicting the annual cyanobacterial bloom on the western end of Lake Erie will be mild to moderate this summer. Cyanobacteria is not currently detectable by satellite in western Lake Erie. But it is expected to begin forming next month.
Waves of Change: Meet Ojibwe leader, activist and water walker Sharon Day
Waves of Change is an online interview series highlighting the diverse faces and perspectives shaping the environmental justice movement throughout the Great Lakes region.
Sharon Day is enrolled in the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe and makes her home in Minnesota, where she is a founder and the executive director of the Indigenous Peoples Task Force, a vital provider of culturally appropriate health services, programs and housing.
Man charged with arson and robbery after fires near Wiarton
A 39-year-old man of no fixed address faces robbery and arson charges following two structure fires in Oliphant and a theft at Bluewater Park in Wiarton. According to the Grey-Bruce OPP, police responded to a report of an assault in progress at Bluewater Park in Wiarton at approximately 1:36 p.m. on Wednesday, June 25. Police […]
Mild to moderate algal blooms predicted for western Lake Erie
GIBRALTAR ISLAND, Ohio — Only a mild to moderate algal bloom is predicted for western Lake Erie this summer, despite heavy April rainfall and an unusually wicked June heat wave.
Feds issue $3.7M in ag grants to Ohio, Michigan groups
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it is dividing $3.7 million in grant money among four groups trying to help fight western Lake Erie algal blooms.