Michigan introduces double red flags to beach warning system: What to know

ByGreat Lakes Commission 24 May 2023

After an alarming number of Great Lakes beach drownings last summer, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has updated its flag alert system, adding a new, more serious designation: the double red flags, which goes beyond the single red flag and requires, not just recommends, swimmers to stay out of the water. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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Sewage overflows into Lake Erie at Edgewater Beach, second time this month

ByGreat Lakes Commission 31 August 2022

Authorities posted a public advisory Tuesday at Edgewater Beach in Cleveland, Ohio, after a combined sewer overflow at the beach Monday night, the second time this has happened this month. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer. Read the full story

Nursing an important fish stream back to health

ByGreat Lakes Commission 21 October 2022

One of Ozaukee County, Wisconsin’s, most important streams for spawning fish is nearing a return to its natural state following years of disruption due to the habitat being destroyed by heavy rainfall and an emergency response. Read the full story by Ozaukee Press. Read the full story

More land along the Buffalo River preserved near Houghton Stachowski Park

ByGreat Lakes Commission 24 March 2023

Loons are now migrating north after spending the winter along the coastal United States. Read the full story by MLive. Read the full story

‘This stuff won’t go away’: PFAS chemicals contaminate Wisconsin’s waterways and soil

ByGreat Lakes Commission 25 October 202126 October 2021

PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam has contaminated waterways and private drinking wells in Wisconsin for decades. Between July and October, officials in nearby Eau Claire, Wisconsin shut down half its 16 municipal wells over PFAS contamination, and across the state PFAS have poisoned drinking water supplies, surface water in lakes and streams, air, soil and wildlife like deer…

Grain shipments on Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System remain strong

ByGreat Lakes Commission 22 August 2022

The Great Lakes Seaway Partnership today announced the tonnage report for traffic through the St. Lawrence Seaway through July, showing a continuation to a steady 2022 shipping season. Read the full story by KIWA – Sheldon, IA. Read the full story

Traverse City shipmate dies, remembered by Great Lakes community

ByGreat Lakes Commission 24 January 2022

Richard Gray, 35, died Monday from a tragic accident aboard the 1,000 – foot freighter Walter J. McCarthy, off the shore of Gary, Indiana. Gray was a graduate of Great Lakes Maritime Academy. He also served as 1st Vice President of the International Shipmasters’ Association Grand Traverse Lodge #23. Read the full story by WWTV…

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