The Lake Huron Coastal Centre (LHCC) announced that the Ontario government is investing $44,000 in plastic pollution reduction projects on Lake Huron. Through the Great Lakes Local Action Fund, communities will protect and improve the health of the Great Lakes and their connecting waters. Read the full story by Goderich Signal Star.
On Tuesday, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) held an instructional webinar on how to use a new map that identifies environmental inequality. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio. Read the full story
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 Radio. Read the full story
On Tuesday, Jan. 31, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a $1.1 billion supplemental spending bill which contained $25 million to develop a water shutoff prevention fund at the state treasury department. Read the full story by MLive. Read the full story
President Joseph Biden nominated Southfield, Michigan attorney Gerald Acker to be commissioner and chair of the International Joint Commission, a binational group that regulates uses of the Great Lakes and other waters shared by the U.S. and Canada. Read the full story by The Detroit News. Read the full story
A U.S. National Weather Service Station radar signature of an estimated 500,000-member bank and barn swallow and purple martin “roost ring” (or bird doughnut) over Long Point, Ontario has bird enthusiasts fascinated. Read the full story by The Toronto Star. Read the full story
Illinois fishery managers rebrand four invasive species of carp as copi. They hope the new name will help the bountiful fish land on more restaurant menus and grocery lists and eventually slow the carp’s march toward the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WBUR-FM – Boston, MA. Read the full story
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