Although it’s been standing in Lake Michigan since the 19th century, Chicago’s Harbor Lighthouse is little known except as a quaint feature in social media photos. Now a rescue group hopes to transform it into a tourism magnet. Read the full story by Crain’s Chicago Business.
Underserved communities will be able to access $30 million in environmental justice grants for restoration projects in the Great Lakes region under a new federal program. The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced it is setting aside the funds as part of the Great Lakes Environmental Justice Grant Program, funded through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative….
Michigan officials have released their 2022 “Eat Safe Fish” guides and there are several notable updates. The state says the guides can help Michiganders plan their fish consumption to minimize exposure to chemicals that can build up in fish, while still getting all the health benefits of eating fish. Read the full story by MLive….
Visitors to the Lake Michigan shoreline in southeast Wisconsin have been welcomed over the past week by the unmistakable scent of dead fish as hundreds of dead alewife wash up on shore. Read the full story by Spectrum News. Read the full story
The Great Lakes Fisheries Commission and Michigan State University recently brought a new $3.4 million research lab online, which will focus on sea lamprey control in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Keweenaw Report. Read the full story
New data published by the journal Science shows most of the world’s lakes are shrinking. But according to Environment Canada, lakes in Southwestern Ontario are slowly rising — contradicting that trend. Read the full story by CTV News. Read the full story
West Creek, a 9-mile meandering tributary of the Cuyahoga River that drains a large portion of Parma and parts of several neighboring suburbs, has received a lot of attention from conservationists over the years. The nearly $20 million stormwater management project, the largest ever undertaken by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, is designed to…
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