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Bruce Beach Shore Break
Bruce Power has been named one of Southwestern Ontario’s best employers as Canada’s Top 100 shines a light on the region for the first time. <a href="https://www.kincardinenews.com/news/local-news/bruce-power-among-top-em… More</a>
A Kincardine woman has been charged with assault with a weapon after police responded to a disturbance on Sunday. <a href="https://www.kincardinenews.com/news/local-news/disturbance-in-kincardin… More</a>
<p>Multiple small grants have been awarded to Buffalo, New York, area organizations through the New York Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program. The projects aim to promote sustainable land use, improve water quality and manage natural resources using ecosystem-based approaches. <a href="https://www.buffalorising.com/2024/01/transforming-the-watershed-how-lo…; target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full story by Buffalo Rising. </a></p>
<p>The Superior Watershed Partnership recently received a Great Lakes grant to benefit water quality, coastal habitat and climate adaptation in the city of Marquette, Michigan. The $323,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Sustain Our Great Lakes Program will be used to install green infrastructure that incorporates native plant species to improve stormwater runoff at numerous sites along the ten miles of Lake Superior coastline within the city of Marquette. <a href="https://www.radioresultsnetwork.com/2024/01/21/local-group-receives-323…; target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full story by Radio Results Network. </a></p>
<p>The Lake Michigan shoreline transformed this week into a whimsical land of ice after a recent winter storm hit the Great Lakes region. Drone footage of both the South Haven and St. Joseph, Michigan, lighthouses covered in ice was captured last week. <a href="https://www.mlive.com/weather/2024/01/drone-video-captures-iconic-lake-…; target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full story by MLive.</a></p>
<p>The Philip R. Clarke closed out the 2023-2024 shipping season on the St. Marys River, as the last freighter through the Soo Locks at around 9:45 Tuesday morning. <a href="https://www.pelhamtoday.ca/local-news/aboat-time-last-freighter-wraps-u…; target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full story by Pelham Today. </a></p>
<p>After netting its largest-ever catch of invasive carp in the Mississippi River in November, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is moving ahead with a revised plan to keep the bottom-feeding fish from spreading across the Land of 10,000 Lakes. <a href="https://www.twincities.com/2024/01/20/minnesota-dnr-doubles-down-on-inv…; target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full story by the Pioneer Press. </a></p>
<p>Farmers in Scott County, Minnesota, will have access to $8 million in grant money from the United States Department of Agriculture to implement conservation practices aimed at improving water quality and soil health, preventing erosion, and creating wildlife habitat. <a href="https://qctimes.com/news/local/8-million-grant-will-fund-scott-county-c…; target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full story by The Quad-City Times. </a></p>
<p>A deteriorating public access walkway in Muskegon State Park on Lake Michigan in Muskegon, Michigan, has been identified as a federal project through the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act. <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2024/01/muskegon-state-park-gets-52…; target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full story by MLive.</a></p>
<p>In Richland Township, Michigan, state and federal environmental regulators are investigating a “significant” oil leak in Saginaw County. Local residents say the oil has been leaking since before the holidays. <a href="https://www.abc12.com/news/local/epa-and-egle-investigating-significant…; target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full story by WJRT-TV – Flint, MI.</a></p>
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![]() | Water Levels - Lake Huron at Goderich from CHS |
![]() | Beach Water Quality latest monitoring data from Grey Bruce Public Health Unit |

