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On Friday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul celebrated the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s designation of the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary – the first to be designated off New York State’s coast. The sanctuary will cover over 1,700 square miles of state waters in eastern Lake Ontario and protect approximately 43 known shipwrecks and one submerged aircraft, spanning centuries of history. Read the full story by the Finger Lakes Times.
Hundreds gathered as the Gun Lake Tribe released roughly 160 hatchery-raised lake sturgeon into Michigan’s Kalamazoo River on Friday. The fish eggs were collected in April 2024 from mats put in the Kalamazoo River by the Tribe’s Environmental Department. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
As a National Historic Landmark, the SS Milwaukee functions as a travel through time for visitors who climb aboard to hear her maritime history. For the first time since she returned to Muskegon, Michigan, in 1998, the ship is offering haunted tours taking place Fridays and Saturdays in October. Read the full story by MLive.
Bruce Area Solid Waste Recycling (BASWR) is hosting its 27th annual food drive from Sept. 9 to Sept. 20. Read More
The South Bruce 4-H Dairy Club gathered for an educational and interactive session on July 24 at the Walkerton-Hanover Veterinary Clinic. Read More
Bruce Area Solid Waste Recycling (BASWR) is hosting its 27th annual food drive from Sept. 9 to Sept. 20. Read More
Is Canada and the world waiting to know if Teeswater or Ignace, Ont. is the location for a deep geological depository (DGR) for nuclear waste? Do people even know or care where these locations are? Read More
South Bruce OPP has charged a 39-year-old of no fixed address with three counts of assault with a weapon following an incident in Huron-Kinloss. Read More
The Adopt-a-Beach program, an initiative to keep litter and waste out of the Great Lakes, has passed a milestone. Volunteers with Adopt-a-Beach have removed more than 10 million pieces of litter from Great Lakes beaches and shorelines since 2003. Read the full story by WSGW – Saginaw, MI.
After nearly a decade of waiting, Oswego County, New York, is celebrating the designation of the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary and inviting the public to join in the festivities. Read the full story by Oswego County News Now.
Fertilizer made from city sewage has been spread on millions of acres of farmland for decades in states across the country, including Michigan. Scientists say this fertilizer can contain high levels of PFAS, and the national scale of farmland contamination by these chemicals is only now starting to become apparent. Read the full story by The New York Times.
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