The Ohio Lake Erie Commission recently announced nearly $150,000 in Lake Erie Protection Fund Grants for three projects at the Commission’s meeting last week. The Lake Erie Protection Fund is supported by the Lake Erie license plate proceeds and tax-deductible donations. Read the full story by The News-Herald.
Area marinas might become a little cleaner thanks to a research grant issued by the Ohio Lake Erie Commission. Ohio Sea Grant is getting $49,998 for a marine debris prevention and removal program. The grant will, among other things, help support three case studies, one marine debris workshop, and five presentations or displays. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.
E.M.I.L.Y. is a remote-controlled robot that zips over waves to help struggling swimmers, which is being introduced on a pair of Lake Michigan beaches this summer. Supporters of the technology say it could save lives. Read the full story by MLive.
The oldest freighter still active on the Great Lakes arrived on the Saginaw River on Friday after departing Detroit on Thursday morning. The SS Alpena is a 519-foot cement carrier built in 1942. Read the full story by MLive.
With summer just around the corner and a heat wave predicted for Michigan, there’s no better time for a trip to the beach. The Berrien County, Michigan, sheriff’s office shared several tips for beach goers to keep them safe. Read the full story by MLive.
Commercial fishing on the Great Lakes began 150 years ago, and fishermen once numbered in the thousands. Now, only a handful of businesses are still at it, and many are aging out. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.
Several government, labor and science leaders are calling on Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to sign an agreement to keep invasive carp from spreading to the Great Lakes. July 1 is the deadline for Illinois, Michigan and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to sign the Protect Partnership Agreement. Read the full story by WBBM – Chicago, IL.
Mayflies and walleyes are species scientists use as an indicator of lake health; good populations of both normally indicate healthy Lake Erie water conditions. Read the full story by WTOL-TV – Toledo, OH.
A beef farmer from Michigan is the first to be shut down by state standards of acceptable PFAS in biosolids. The farmer is now one of many across the country threatening to sue the U.S. EPA because the farm’s fertilizer was both approved and recommended for use on the farm by EPA. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
For the first time in its history, the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians opened its walleye fish hatchery to the public. People were invited to learn about walleye rearing efforts as the fishery’s staff prepare to transport and release upwards of one million walleye fingerlings into nearby lakes and streams. Read the full story by WWTV-TV – Cadillac, MI.
Two neighborhoods in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, will soon have access to Lake Michigan water, eliminating the current well-water system. Lake County Board officials said the aging well system would have been more expensive to repair than connecting the neighborhoods to lake water. Read the full story by WBBM-TV – Chicago, IL.
The Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center in Alpena, Michigan, offers tours of ‘Shipwreck Alley,’ enabling participants to view nearly one hundred shipwrecks in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.