A recent study published in the Journal of Great Lakes Research is the first to compare all 188 nonnative species in the Great Lakes, spotlighting the plants and animals that pose the greatest threat to the region’s delicate ecosystems, fisheries and recreational waters. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
The USS Nantucket, a U.S. Navy littoral combat ship on its way to Boston for christening, is stopping by Cleveland on the way. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
It’s been decades in the making, but Milwaukee’s South Shore Beach is finally on the move. The $8 million federally funded project is a part of the larger effort to tackle the county’s capital improvement projects involving the lakefront and clean up the Milwaukee River Estuary. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The state estimates one or more pesticides are found in around 43 percent of 800,000 private wells in Wisconsin, and more than half of the pesticides detected aren’t regulated in groundwater by the state or federal governments. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
On Oct. 17, the New York Sea Grant, the Town of Evans, New York, and the Lake Erie Watershed Protection Alliance will host an informational meeting to help shoreline property owners, municipal leaders, and natural resource managers be better prepared to deal with the potential for seiche-caused coastal flooding and property damage along Lake Erie. Read the full story by the Observer Today.
The state of Michigan has picked a team from the University of Michigan’s Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering department for a nearly $200,000, yearlong project to develop a maritime strategy for the state. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
New standards adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency require ships on the Great Lakes to install new ballast water treatment systems to control the spread of invasive species. But due to an exemption, they don’t apply to the current fleet of lakers. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.
Last year, Michigan’s environmental agency drafted more rigorous rules to protect state waters and the Great Lakes from a new tide of farm-based pollution. Stronger regulatory measures could succumb to political pressure from farm and energy interests. Read the full story by Michigan Public.
Anglers in Pennsylvania’s portion of Lake Erie reported the second-highest walleye catch rates since 1993 for July and landed in the top five highest rates for August. A July survey found a catch rate of 1.99 fish per hour. Read the full story by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Scientists are preparing to test selective fish migration tools in a project in Traverse City, Michigan. A fight is brewing over which fish get to pass. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
Officials from federal, state, and Allen County, Ohio, governments took part to celebrate this week as the wraps came off an H2Ohio project that has restored 19 acres of wetlands to protect water quality. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.
For many First Nations, securing a water treatment plant is only one hurdle and finding experienced operators is another. In Ontario, a 15-month drinking water internship was created for interns to accumulate 1,800 hours of on-the-job experience, as well as four different certifications. Read the full story by Canada’s National Observer.