Members from Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project and The Lake Michigan Water Front Safety Initiative- Indiana traveled to Indiana’s statehouse to testify on behalf of the need for safety stations on all Lake Michigan beaches. Read the full story by The Times of Northwest Indiana.
Scientists with Fisheries and Oceans Canada spurred an online furor this week by posting photos of a nearly four-pound goldfish found as part of ongoing three-year project with the goal to study what can be done to control the exploding aquarium released pond populations and prevent ecological damage and potential release to Lake Ontario. Read…
A chemical release in a tributary of the Huron River was ongoing Friday but contained to a back channel of the river as officials work to determine its source. State and federal officials have been working to contain the leak since Monday after anglers notified city officials of a “sheen” on the river. Read the…
The Justice Department announced a proposed modified consent decree with Canadian oil transport giant Enbridge on Tuesday that would no longer require the company to conduct internal inspections of certain kinds of cracks in its nearly 70-year-old, twin underwater oil and natural gas pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac. Read the full story by Detroit…
Expanded shipping, growing recreation and preparing for climate change are all areas that need increased focus among the Great Lakes. Officials must find ways to bolster the potential of those industries to meet the future. Read the full story The Morning Journal. Read the full story
The union local in Chicago representing Environmental Protection Agency employees across the Midwest is asking President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency and take major unprecedented actions to slow global warming. Read the full story by the Chicago Sun-Times. Read the full story
This year’s annual Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fish survey of Lake Superior found a strong lake trout population and is a good sign of the lake’s reclaimed productivity after decades of damage caused by blood-sucking sea lamprey that are now being controlled. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune. Read the full…
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