Local governments make pledge to care for, support Lake Huron

ByGreat Lakes Commission 30 August 2023

This month, Alpena, Alpena Township, and Alpena County, Michigan, all passed a resolution to take the Lake Huron Forever Pledge to advance water quality protection and healthy, sustainable communities on both sides of the lake. Read the full story by The Alpena News.

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Indiana man guilty of illegally dumping more than a ton of catfish into Illinois lake, officials say

ByGreat Lakes Commission 18 November 2022

An Indiana man pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay $10,500 in restitution after illegally importing 2,600 pounds of live channel catfish into Illinois. Read the full story by The Southern Illinoisan. Read the full story

Ice cover on Great Lakes at near record low

ByGreat Lakes Commission 16 January 2023

NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory keeps track of the ice cover percentage each day and has built a database of average ice cover, record high ice cover and record low ice cover. Graphs shared by NOAA displaying current ice cover in contrast to past years over the Great Lakes, show the region is set…

2 wetlands restoration projects set for Pickerel Creek in Sandusky County

ByGreat Lakes Commission 21 April 2023

As part of Gov. Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio initiative, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is collaborating with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) on two coastal wetland restoration projects at Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area in Sandusky County. Read the full story by USA Today. Read the full story

Michigan Senate weighs $2.5B ‘transformational’ water plan

ByGreat Lakes Commission 22 October 202122 October 2021

Michigan officials are working to iron out the details of a $2.5 billion spending plan focused on replacing lead water lines, improving the safety of dams and installing filtering systems in schools. Read the full story by The Detroit News. Read the full story

Fish sorting research project in Traverse City goes to court of appeals in Petoskey

ByGreat Lakes Commission 14 October 2022

A 20 year-long restoration effort on the Boardman-Ottaway River in Traverse City, Michigan is nearing completion, but a legal roadblock has delayed the effort which includes a “FishPass” component to identify methods of sorting fish moving through a new dam. Read the full story by the Cheboygan Daily Tribune. Read the full story

Kaptur: $1.5 million awarded to combat Great Lakes algal blooms

ByGreat Lakes Commission 21 October 2022

Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) has announced $1.5 million have been awarded to five projects focused on combatting the harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes. The funding will support a variety of research and technological projects that are being led by national partners in both private and public sectors. Read the full story by WTVG…

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