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Fall in cottage country is beautiful—crisp, clean air; a quilt of coloured trees lining the hills; and sparkling, shimmering water undisturbed by summer’s eager boaters.

Thanksgiving at the cottage can be something special too—if you do it right. Chances are, that weekend is also close-up, and while you want to get everything ticked off your to-do list, you want to enjoy the spirit of the season as well.

Here are five ways to hack your Thanksgiving feast, so you can get your work done and still have time to relax and enjoy those last precious cottage moments.

The toxic algal blooms on Lake Erie are part of a broader national phenomena that is being exacerbated by warming temperatures and nutrient pollution. Read the full story by The Guardian.

Multiple organizations in the Cleveland area are hosting beach clean-up efforts in conjunction with International Coastal Clean Up Day this Saturday. Read the full story by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

International shipments through the St. Lawrence Seaway to Great Lakes ports have fallen by 3.5% so far this year, largely due to a significant decline in U.S. soybean exports. Read the full story by Northwest Indiana Times.

New York State Senator Chris Jacobs is calling for a moratorium on offshore wind turbines on Lake Erie due to concerns about commercial fishing and tourism. Read the full story by WBEN 930 AM.

Sarnia’s construction manager is urging the city council to invest in erosion prevention mechanisms along Lake Huron shorelines. Read the full story by The Sarnia Observer.

Humans cannot easily control rising or falling lake levels, but we can control how levels affect communities along the shorelines. Read the full story by the Charlevoix Courier.

It’s official – Canadians will be heading to the polls Oct. 21. On Sept. 11 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau officially launched the campaign for this fall’s election. There are five candidates in the Huron-Bruce riding. Progressive Conservative Ben Lobb, who has been the riding’s Member of Parliament since 2008, faces opposition from four hopefuls – […]

Based on current conditions, the water levels on Lake Michigan and Lake Huron in 2020 will start higher than they did in 2019, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Haven, MI.

Local home prices are increasing at about three times the pace of prices on a national average.

The Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound reports that after factoring out one unusually expensive residential property sale in August 2018, August 2019 saw a record 12.8 per cent price increase.

The average price of homes sold in August 2019 was $411,433 with an overall supply near record lows.

The more comprehensive year-to-date average price was $387,001. The average price so far this year is up 8.2 per cent from the first eight months of 2018.

Although the Great Lakes are supposed to drop several inches by February, the lakes are expected to remain two-and-a-half to three feet above the long-term average. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

Climate change is warming the waters of the Great Lakes and other lakes and rivers in the region — a big concern to scientists and fisheries managers, as few animals are more sensitive to temperature than fish. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.