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Researchers are exploring new techniques to remove an invasive crayfish from Michigan waters, including pesticide treatments, introducing predatory fish, adding lights to traps, and increasing public awareness. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
The Eurasian ruffe is suspected to be spreading east along the northern shores of Lake Erie and has been recently confirmed just outside of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and the United States. Read the full story by CBC News.
The more than 30 million Americans who rely on Great Lakes water every day need federal leadership and action to help keep the Great Lakes healthy and economically thriving, argues Joel Brammeier, CEO of the Alliance for the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.
The New York State Department of Health has released new fish consumption guidelines for Great Lakes connected waterways. Read the full story by WGRZ – Buffalo, NY.
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife service crew is preparing to look for sea lamprey larvae in the Boardman River. It’s the first step in sea lamprey control: finding which Great Lakes tributaries are infested with the parasitic species. Read the full story by Up North Live.
The recent decline in Great Lakes’ water levels puts the lakes in a rare spot as of late – normal. Read the full story by MLive.
The Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium being held in Grand Marais, Michigan is underway. The symposium is the longest running of its kind and includes five days of instruction, food, live music and of course, kayaking. Read the full story by WLUC – Marquette, MI.
More than 1.3 billion liters of partially treated sewage were discharged into Toronto’s waterways after the severe storm in the region. Six public beaches in Toronto are currently marked unsafe for having elevated levels of E.coli. Read the full story by CBC News.
OTTAWA – Chicken meat imports from the U.S. are again being fraudulently declared as spent fowl to avoid duties, which displaces Canadian production, costs Canada millions of dollars and puts consumers are risk due to broken food chain traceability, says Chicken Farmers of Canada. Read More
Local social service agencies are working together to support access to laundry services after a fire demolished a Kincardine laundromat. Read More
After years of detecting harmful algae in Lake Erie’s Sandusky Bay, Bowling Green State University (BGSU) researchers recently discovered that a toxic cyanobacterium called Planktothrix has essentially disappeared. The drop in toxins signals a major improvement in a body of water that millions rely upon for life, work, and play. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.
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