Author: Great Lakes Commission

This past weekend at Edgewater Park in Cleveland, Ohio, an abundance of dead gizzard shad, a non-native species of fish commonly found in the Great Lakes, was found floating in the water. Read the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH. Read the full story

As of March 24, all of the Great Lakes remained above their March long-term average levels, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District. Specifically, on Lake Ontario, water levels were eight inches above the long-term monthly average for March and four inches above levels in February. Read the full story by WWTI-TV…

Dredging will start soon on a Lake Michigan channel near Muskegon, Michigan, that otherwise would be impassable to all watercraft. Water depths in the Mona Lake Channel are as low as one foot in some areas. Read the full story by MLive. Read the full story

In southeastern Wisconsin, starry stonewort, an invasive alga that can significantly harm aquatic ecosystems, is starting to make its way across lakes and rivers. First confirmed in Wisconsin in 2014 at Little Muskego Lake, starry stonewort has been documented on 27 other lakes, including 4 in Southeast Wisconsin. Read the full story by the Kenosha…

In Newaygo County, Michigan, anglers should be on the lookout this spring for Michigan Department of Natural Resources personnel collecting walleye eggs below Croton Dam. Electrofishing boat crews will collect walleye starting as early as the week of March 27, depending on water temperatures, the presence of ripe fish and other factors. Read the full…

Canada has pledged a significant increase in spending to improve water quality in the Great Lakes following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, whose administration also has boosted funding for the shared waters.  Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio. Read the full story

For two to three weeks each year, the Army Corps of Engineers pulls tons of sludge from the Black River in Ohio. Normally, that material would be poured into a collection facility in the harbor. But by next year, it will find its way farther downriver and, eventually, shipped back out as topsoil or other…

The National Park Service is about halfway through the prescribed burns it has planned for this spring to restore and renew natural habitats in the Indiana Dunes National Park, adjacent to Lake Michigan. Read the full story by The Times of Northwest Indiana. Read the full story

Parking was hard to come by Friday night as people made their way into the Soo Locks Park to watch the first freighter officially open the 2023 shipping season in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. A few hundred people packed the viewing platform at midnight to photograph, video, and talk about the 1004′ x 105′ Edwin…

The “status quo” for the Hamilton (ON) Waterfront Trust isn’t among the mix as the new city council pursues a fresh approach to the harbor. That involves studying the arm’s-length agency’s dissolution with the city taking over its functions. Read the full story by the Hamilton Spectator. Read the full story

In Michigan, Muskegon River anglers should be on the lookout this spring for Michigan Department of Natural Resources personnel collecting walleye eggs to stock ponds in the state. Read the full story by Up North Voice. Read the full story

A strong geomagnetic storm caused the Northern Lights to be visible over Lake Erie last Thursday night into Friday morning. Read the full story by WJET-TV – Erie, PA. Read the full story