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<p>On Monday Jan. 22, commissioners of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District accepted a bid from Michels Corporation to build the storage facility that will permanently house polluted sediment from the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern. <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2024/01/22/milwaukee-to-build…; target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.</a></p>

<span class="s2">Bruce County Public Library (BCPL) has partnered with Raw Materials Company (RMC) to offer battery collection and recycling at all 17 of its branches.</span> <a href="https://www.lucknowsentinel.com/news/local-news/battery-recycling-avail… More</a>

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A project to digitize newspapers, photographs, films and more will help preserve Huron County history and make the collections at the Huron County Museum more accessible to the public. <a href="https://www.lucknowsentinel.com/news/local-news/digitization-project-co… More</a>

<p>The Biden administration has set aside $17 billion to improve maritime infrastructure, money that many want to invest into capital improvements at Great Lakes ports. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/01/19/1224263851/a-rising-tide-of-infrastructu…; target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full story by NPR.</a></p>

<p>Eight ships will spend the off-season in the Duluth-Superior twin Ports, twice as many as last winter, according to the Duluth Seaway Port Authority. <a href="https://www.startribune.com/8-ships-lay-up-twin-ports-duluth-lake-super…; target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full story by the Star Tribune.</a></p>

<p>Michigan Reps. Debbie Dingell and Lisa McClain introduced a bipartisan bill today that would authorize $200 million to conduct high-resolution bathymetric mapping of lakebeds of the Great Lakes. <a href="https://www.wxyz.com/news/bipartisan-bill-would-authorize-200m-for-hi-r…; target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full story by WXYZ-TV – Detroit, MI.</a></p>

<p>Elk Rapids, Michigan, is surrounded by water. To protect their future the city plans to hire a shoreline management coordinator through a new state program known as the MI Healthy Climate Corps. <a href="https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/01/elk-rapids-wants-to-help-its-shor…; target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.</a></p>

<p>The 748-foot S.S. Philip R. Clarke entered the Soo Lock facility’s Poe Lock around 9 a.m. on Tuesday to close out the 2023 navigation season. <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2024/01/748-foot-freighter-is-last-through-s…; target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full story my MLive.</a></p>

<p>Lake Superior has long been known as the icy lake, but studies have shown that Superior is one of the fastest warming lakes in the world. And it’s not just Superior, the surface temperature and all five of the Great Lakes has increased in the last few decades, having profound impacts across the region<a href="https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/impacts-of-warming-trend-on-great-la…; target="_blank" rel="noopener">. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.</a></p>

<p>Wisconsin abounds with water resources but in some corners of the state, access to fresh water can be scarce or expensive. Efforts are underway to convert sewage into a safe, drought-resistant source of drinking water. <a href="https://www.wpr.org/environment/even-in-water-rich-wisconsin-purifying-…; target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.</a></p>

<p>At the bottom of Lake Huron there’s a ridge that was once served as an ancient caribou hunting site. Computer scientists are using artificial intelligence to predict caribou movement and help find important archaeological sites. <a href="https://www.interlochenpublicradio.org/podcast/points-north/2024-01-19/…; target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.</a></p>
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