COMMENTARY: Extreme rain on snow is testing aging dams across Michigan and Wisconsin — this is the future in a warming world

COMMENTARY: Extreme rain on snow is testing aging dams across Michigan and Wisconsin — this is the future in a warming world
Great Lakes Commission
Michigan and parts of Wisconsin are in the midst of a historic flooding event in spring 2026. Days of heavy rainfall on top of snow have sent lakes and rivers […]
Michigan and parts of Wisconsin are in the midst of a historic flooding event in spring 2026. Days of heavy rainfall on top of snow have sent lakes and rivers […]
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Inspections ordered on flood-hit Michigan hydro dam chain

Inspections ordered on flood-hit Michigan hydro dam chain
Great Lakes Commission
Federal regulators ordered a sweeping round of engineering reviews and safety assessments at dams near Black Lake and Cheboygan, Michigan after flooding caused debris jams, gate problems, erosion, sinkholes and […]
Federal regulators ordered a sweeping round of engineering reviews and safety assessments at dams near Black Lake and Cheboygan, Michigan after flooding caused debris jams, gate problems, erosion, sinkholes and […]
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Inspections ordered on flood-hit Michigan hydro dam chain

Six years after the Edenville flood, residents reflect on loss and recovery  

Six years after the Edenville flood, residents reflect on loss and recovery  
Great Lakes Echo
By Lily Cole  Residents of Midland County, Michigan, who were affected by the disastrous Edenville flood are still feeling the effects six years later.
By Lily Cole  Residents of Midland County, Michigan, who were affected by the disastrous Edenville flood are still feeling the effects six years later.
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Six years after the Edenville flood, residents reflect on loss and recovery  

On fabled Au Sable River, a fight for soul of Michigan’s holy waters

On fabled Au Sable River, a fight for soul of Michigan’s holy waters
Great Lakes Commission
On the Au Sable River in Michigan, uncertainty about the fate of its six dams has reignited an age-old debate about what a river should be, and who gets to […]
On the Au Sable River in Michigan, uncertainty about the fate of its six dams has reignited an age-old debate about what a river should be, and who gets to […]
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On fabled Au Sable River, a fight for soul of Michigan’s holy waters

Watch lake sturgeon ride an elevator at an Upper Peninsula hydroelectric dam

Watch lake sturgeon ride an elevator at an Upper Peninsula hydroelectric dam
Great Lakes Commission
Fisheries experts began using a fish elevator at the Menominee Dam in Wisconsin in 2015 to help bolster the Great Lakes sturgeon population. Researchers work together each spring and fall […]
Fisheries experts began using a fish elevator at the Menominee Dam in Wisconsin in 2015 to help bolster the Great Lakes sturgeon population. Researchers work together each spring and fall […]
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Watch lake sturgeon ride an elevator at an Upper Peninsula hydroelectric dam

Michigan dam safety overhaul advances after years of failed attempts

Michigan dam safety overhaul advances after years of failed attempts
Great Lakes Commission
Lawmakers are advancing a sweeping rewrite of Michigan’s old dam safety law, six years after a catastrophic failure exposed weaknesses in how aging dams are regulated. Read the full story […]
Lawmakers are advancing a sweeping rewrite of Michigan’s old dam safety law, six years after a catastrophic failure exposed weaknesses in how aging dams are regulated. Read the full story […]
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Michigan dam safety overhaul advances after years of failed attempts

Dangerous dams put more Michigan residents at risk

Dangerous dams put more Michigan residents at risk
Great Lakes Commission
Six years after the catastrophic Edenville Dam collapse drained Michigan’s Wixom Lake and left homeowners high and dry, the number of high-hazard, poor-condition dams in Michigan has nearly doubled. Read […]
Six years after the catastrophic Edenville Dam collapse drained Michigan’s Wixom Lake and left homeowners high and dry, the number of high-hazard, poor-condition dams in Michigan has nearly doubled. Read […]
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Dangerous dams put more Michigan residents at risk

Michigan DNR probes why 27 lake sturgeon got trapped

Michigan DNR probes why 27 lake sturgeon got trapped
Great Lakes Echo
By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is embarking on a three-year project to understand why nearly 30 threatened lake sturgeon became trapped last summer near the Ontonagon River in the Upper Peninsula.
By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is embarking on a three-year project to understand why nearly 30 threatened lake sturgeon became trapped last summer near the Ontonagon River in the Upper Peninsula.
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Michigan DNR probes why 27 lake sturgeon got trapped

MPSC sets December deadline for Consumers Energy dam sales

MPSC sets December deadline for Consumers Energy dam sales
Great Lakes Commission
Michigan regulators granted Consumers Energy a final extension to negotiate the proposed sale of 13 hydroelectric dams. A settlement is due December 9, with a final regulatory decision potentially following […]
Michigan regulators granted Consumers Energy a final extension to negotiate the proposed sale of 13 hydroelectric dams. A settlement is due December 9, with a final regulatory decision potentially following […]
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MPSC sets December deadline for Consumers Energy dam sales
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