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To mitigate the risk of harmful algal blooms and water contamination, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) recently changed the permitting purview for the Fremont biodigester facility, located near Muskegon, Michigan. The new permit is financially unfeasible to keep the plant running. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
The state of Michigan is exploring a new plan to resume dredging of the Platte River mouth at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officials say they are looking into equipment options to ease boater access to Lake Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.
To ensure the Great Lakes will be a sustainable source of clean water in the future, the National Science Foundation granted $160 million to a Chicago-based “innovation hub” to develop methodologies for separating nickel, cobalt, lithium, nitrogen and PFAs from the water supply. Read the full story by the Hyde Park Herald.
Fueled by a strong El Niño, the lack of ice and mild winter in the Midwest could have negative implications for spring fish spawning, coastal erosion, and harmful algal blooms. Read the full story by WTVG-TV – Toledo, OH.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ management crews have begun prescribed burning in marshes, wetlands, and pine barrens to remove dead vegetation, stimulate native plant growth, and provide fire-dependent species an opportunity to thrive. Read the full story by Morning AgClips.
Jean C. Lichtenberg (MacDonald), age 94, born in Kincardine, Ontario, passed away on Saturday, January 27, 2024, in Royal Oak, Michigan. It was at the dance pavilion in Kincardine, along the shores of Lake Huron, that she met her beloved husband, Bill, who passed away in 2015.
At the time of their engagement, Bill was in the U.S. Army and Jean was in Toronto. He called and asked her if they could get married on Christmas Day during his leave. On December 25,1951, they were married at the First Presbyterian Church in Kincardine, with a reception held at the Knotty Pine Inn.
Conservation groups and water policy experts feared that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year would create a patchwork of state wetland protections, threatening water quality in the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds. Now they say that fear is becoming a reality with a new Indiana law that will roll back protections for many of Indiana’s most regulated wetlands. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
As of the morning of February 12, the Great Lakes have crossed the historic threshold and reached a record low of ice cover basin-wide. The measurement taken as of the morning was 2.69% ice cover. Read the full story by WWJ-TV – Detroit, MI.
A study by Birds Canada shows wetland bird populations have increased along the Great Lakes coast over much of the past decade. Of the eighteen bird species counted as part of the study, nine increased their populations across all of the Great Lakes — some by as much as 50% per year. Read the full story by the News Advocate.
Researchers at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, examined fish consumption advisories for the upper St. Lawrence River issued by New York State, the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and the Akwesasne Mohawk community. They found that advice about how many fish to eat and how often can vary widely depending on the jurisdiction. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
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