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Researchers at Ontario’s University of Waterloo urge for a reduction in the amount of road salt applied during winter, in order to reduce impacts of salinization on Ontario’s groundwater and lakes. Read the full story by CBC News. Read the full story

There has been an increased push in recent years to integrate Indigenous Nations’ ancestral knowledge and western science to find better ways to understand and manage land and water resources. Read the full story by USA Today. Read the full story

More than 4,000 cruise ship passengers visited Duluth, Minnesota, in 2023, resulting in a $600,000 economic impact for the city. Read the full story by the Star Tribune. Read the full story

To bolster disappearing groundwater reserves, water will flow from Chicago to Joliet, Illinois, via a 31-mile pipeline built to connect Lake Michigan to the city. Joliet is leading the way for proactive approaches toward water sustainability and finding a solution for the future of water sourcing. Read the full story by the Chicago Reader. Read…

The littoral combat ship USS Marinette LCS 25, built in Marinette, Wisconsin, and commissioned in Menominee, Michigan, traversed 15 locks, four Great Lakes and more than 1,400 nautical miles to reach the Atlantic Ocean and then continued its journey to its home port of Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida. Read the full story by…

A recent report by Illinois firm PLG Consulting has found that a potential shutdown of Enbridge Energy’s controversial Line 5 pipeline would have a minimal impact on natural gas prices as existing energy transportation infrastructure could sufficiently address the absence of the petroleum pipeline. Read the full story by Michigan Radio. Read the full story

An Ohio Sea Grant extension report surveying charter fishing captains about their business in 2020 was compared to survey results from 2010. The report says revenue for Ohio’s Lake Erie charter fishing industry increased more than 50% over this period— considerably higher than inflation. Read the full story by The Beacon. Read the full story

The Environmental Law & Policy Center, Environmental Integrity Project, and other environmental groups filed comments with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management last week asking for tougher water permit standards to restrict the 5 million pounds a year of discharges now taking place at Cleveland-Cliffs Indiana Harbor in East Chicago, Indiana. Read the full story…

The five Great Lakes are among the fastest-warming bodies of water on Earth, but major uncertainties and research gaps affect how governments and communities respond, according to the new National Climate Assessment. The report says many effective solutions are grounded in local knowledge, Indigenous leadership, and collaboration with Indigenous Nations and communities. Read the full…

The Sault Convention & Visitors Bureau says spending from about 9,000 cruise ship passengers generated nearly $1,000,000 in direct economic impact for Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, in 2023. Read the full story by WWTV – Cadillac, MI. Read the full story

The National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo, Ohio, plans to add 5,000 square feet so it can offer more permanent exhibition space, room for temporary exhibits, and a new Great Lakes Community Education Center. The expansion will break ground in the spring of 2024. Read the full story by The Advertiser-Tribune. Read the…

From Wisconsin’s Great Lakes shipwrecks to a pair of ancient Ho-Chunk dugout canoes found in Lake Mendota, a Wisconsin Historical Society underwater archaeologist has some great stories to tell. Read the full story by Wisconsin State Journal. Read the full story