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New DNR K9 detects aquatic invasive species

Fri, 2025-07-11 12:45
Great Lakes Commission

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has added four new K9s to their staff, including Jet, a four-year-old black lab trained to detect and track zebra mussels, an aquatic invasive […]

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After six years, on Fourth of July this lighthouse beacon will again sweep across Lake Superior

Mon, 2025-07-07 13:31
Great Lakes Commission

For the first time in six years, the iconic light from the Two Harbors Lighthouse beacon 25 miles northeast of Duluth will once again sweep across Lake Superior. Read the […]

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New species discovered by UMD’s Blue Heron — in the ship itself

Fri, 2025-06-27 12:09
Great Lakes Commission

‘Ship goo’ was found oozing out of a University of Minnesota Duluth research vessel’s rudder shaft. DNA sequencing revealed it was a previously unknown microbe species. It seems to thrive […]

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Free steelhead identification decals help Lake Superior anglers avoid keeping protected fish

Mon, 2025-05-19 11:49
Great Lakes Commission

As spring fishing ramps up on Lake Superior, anglers are hitting the water in pursuit of steelhead, lake trout, coho and chinook salmon. To help protect wild steelhead, Minnesota Sea […]

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Duluth councilors consider resolution advocating to keep EPA Lab

Wed, 2025-05-07 13:00
Great Lakes Commission

The Duluth City Council will be considering a resolution requesting federal officials to keep the U.S. EPA’s Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division lab in Duluth, Minnesota, open. About 150 […]

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First saltie that transited the whole Seaway arrives in Duluth on Monday morning

Mon, 2025-04-21 14:00
Great Lakes Commission

The Federal Nagara was the first ocean-going vessel to transit the full St. Lawrence Seaway originating from Germany and stopping in Contrecoeur, Quebec, before continuing to Duluth, Minnesota. Read the […]

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Health department issues new warning about eating fish from some Minnesota lakes with ‘forever chemicals’

Fri, 2025-04-18 14:07
Great Lakes Commission

The Minnesota Department of Health has updated its advice on how much fish is safe to eat from certain lakes with so-called “forever chemicals.” The changes to the fish consumption […]

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Anxiety increases over possibility that Duluth EPA Great Lakes lab could close

Fri, 2025-04-11 13:00
Great Lakes Commission

Anxieties are mounting that a water pollution laboratory buttressing Lake Superior’s North Shore is slated to be closed, potentially terminating work for dozens of scientists and shuttering an economic engine […]

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Klobuchar and Smith press EPA not to close Duluth lab

Wed, 2025-04-09 14:57
Great Lakes Commission

Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith sent a letter to the EPA administrator Lee Zeldin on reports of a possible reduction in staff at the EPA Great Lakes Toxicology […]

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Minnesota DNR discovers rare spawning brook trout in Lake Superior

Wed, 2025-04-02 13:25
Great Lakes Commission

Last fall, fisheries biologists found a rare shore-spawning brook trout in Lake Superior along the Minnesota shoreline. It may be a sign that the once bountiful species is finally coming […]

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Cornies: Our cross-border friendship is getting complex

Sat, 2025-03-22 00:51
The London Free Press
We're still neighbours with the U.S., but trust, respect and friendships are in peril
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2025 Great Lakes shipping season starts this week. Duluth will see ships soon

Wed, 2025-03-19 13:49
Great Lakes Commission

The 2025 Great Lakes shipping season begins Friday when the larger of two locks in Sault Sainte Marie, Mich. opens. Ships will soon be on the move to and from […]

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