Gov. Whitmer to serve as next Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors, Premiers Chair

ByGreat Lakes Commission 16 October 2023

Along with running the state, Gov. Whitmer was named the next Chair of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers on Friday. Read the full story by WWMT-TV – Kalamazoo, MI.

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Scenic boat tour offers new U.P. adventure with lighthouse, ancient lava flows

ByGreat Lakes Commission 12 June 2023

Keweenaw Boat Tours, located in Houghton, MI is expanding. It’s added a larger, second boat and a new tour that offers some spectacular scenery. It includes ancient lava flows, a lighthouse, and a waterfall that rushes over volcanic rock and into Lake Superior. Read the full story by MLive. Read the full story

Get Into Your Sanctuary program teaches students about shipwrecks

ByGreat Lakes Commission 15 May 2023

In Michigan, the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center recently partnered with Alpena Public Schools to host the first-ever “3rd grade Get Into Your Sanctuary Program”, a multi-visit field trip that culminated with the students taking a boat ride to explore the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Read the full story by The Alpena News. Read…

Great Lakes steel production slips by 16,000 tons

ByGreat Lakes Commission 7 October 2022

Great Lakes steel production fell by 16,000 tons, while steel capacity utilization ticked up last week, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. Read the full story by The Times of Northwest Indiana. Read the full story

Feds double grant for UM’s Great Lakes research center to $53M

ByGreat Lakes Commission 29 June 2022

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded the University of Michigan a five-year, $53 million grant to continue and expand the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, which leads research for sustainability in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Detroit News. Read the full story

EPA restarts assessment of health risks from nitrate in water

ByGreat Lakes Commission 3 November 2023

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, reversing a Trump-era decision, is restarting a human health assessment of nitrate and nitrite, a move that has potentially far-reaching regulatory implications for one of the country’s most pervasive drinking water contaminants. Read the full story by Circle of Blue. Read the full story

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer pushes FEMA to activate flood-prevention funding program

ByGreat Lakes Commission 13 July 2022

As the threat of high Lake Ontario water levels worries shoreline communities in New York, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer visited Sodus Point to push for activating FEMA’s $500 million revolving-loan program to help pay for flood-prevention projects. Read the full story by Finger Lakes Times. Read the full story

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