Participants needed for long-term study on health effects of Lake Erie algal blooms

Participants needed for long-term study on health effects of Lake Erie algal blooms
Great Lakes Commission
Researchers are trying to determine how blue-green algae toxins affect people’s health when breathed through the air. Residents age 10 and older, who live, work, or recreate near Lake Erie […]
Researchers are trying to determine how blue-green algae toxins affect people’s health when breathed through the air. Residents age 10 and older, who live, work, or recreate near Lake Erie […]
Tags
Great Lakes Commission, Algae, algal blooms, green, Health, lake, Lake Erie, Live, Ohio, study, Toledo, who, work
Source
Participants needed for long-term study on health effects of Lake Erie algal bl…

Couple gets married on Lake Erie ice thanks to massive freeze

Couple gets married on Lake Erie ice thanks to massive freeze
Great Lakes Commission
A couple living on Put-in-Bay, a small island near Toledo, Ohio, recently celebrated their big day in an unconventional way. Last weekend, they tied the knot on top of the […]
A couple living on Put-in-Bay, a small island near Toledo, Ohio, recently celebrated their big day in an unconventional way. Last weekend, they tied the knot on top of the […]
Tags
Great Lakes Commission, lake, Lake Erie, Ohio, Toledo
Source
Couple gets married on Lake Erie ice thanks to massive freeze

Warm weather compromises Lake Erie ice fishing

Warm weather compromises Lake Erie ice fishing
Great Lakes Commission
Rapidly warming temperatures have surprisingly compromised Lake Erie ice fishing from Toledo to Cleveland, and beyond, as rivers have opened up to help steadily shrink an unusually thick ice cover. […]
Rapidly warming temperatures have surprisingly compromised Lake Erie ice fishing from Toledo to Cleveland, and beyond, as rivers have opened up to help steadily shrink an unusually thick ice cover. […]
Tags
Great Lakes Commission, Cleveland, Fishing, help, lake, Lake Erie, rivers, Toledo, Weather
Source
Warm weather compromises Lake Erie ice fishing

This year could be historic for the annual Walleye run

This year could be historic for the annual Walleye run
Great Lakes Commission
The annual walleye run on the Maumee River is expected to be historic this year, thanks to Lake Erie’s extensive ice coverage during the winter months which could be exceptional […]
The annual walleye run on the Maumee River is expected to be historic this year, thanks to Lake Erie’s extensive ice coverage during the winter months which could be exceptional […]
Tags
Great Lakes Commission, lake, Lake Erie, river, Toledo, winter
Source
This year could be historic for the annual Walleye run

UToledo Ecologists Lend Research Support to Sturgeon Reintroduction Efforts

UToledo Ecologists Lend Research Support to Sturgeon Reintroduction Efforts
Great Lakes Commission
An incidental catch of a lake sturgeon is rare. But it’s less of an angler’s tall tale than it once was, thanks to a collaborative effort to bring this legendary […]
An incidental catch of a lake sturgeon is rare. But it’s less of an angler’s tall tale than it once was, thanks to a collaborative effort to bring this legendary […]
Tags
Great Lakes Commission, Canada, lake, lake sturgeon, Research, support, Toledo, United States
Source
UToledo Ecologists Lend Research Support to Sturgeon Reintroduction Efforts

Coast Guard ice cutter escorts freighter through Lake Erie

Coast Guard ice cutter escorts freighter through Lake Erie
Great Lakes Commission
The U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes escorted the freighter American Spirit through Lake Erie Wednesday after it requested assistance. The Coast Guard said it dispatched the Neah Bay, an ice cutter, […]
The U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes escorted the freighter American Spirit through Lake Erie Wednesday after it requested assistance. The Coast Guard said it dispatched the Neah Bay, an ice cutter, […]
Tags
Great Lakes Commission, Great Lakes, lake, Lake Erie, lakes, Toledo, Transit, Wednesday
Source
Coast Guard ice cutter escorts freighter through Lake Erie

Report shows present extent, future impact of data centers in Great Lakes region, including 77 planned centers in Ohio

Report shows present extent, future impact of data centers in Great Lakes region, including 77 planned centers in Ohio
Great Lakes Commission
A multi-year report on data centers in the Great Lakes region outlines the economic and energy impacts of data centers, which support purposes such as cloud-based computing and artificial intelligence. […]
A multi-year report on data centers in the Great Lakes region outlines the economic and energy impacts of data centers, which support purposes such as cloud-based computing and artificial intelligence. […]
Tags
Great Lakes Commission, Artificial intelligence, data centers, Energy, Great Lakes, lakes, Ohio, Region, report, support, Toledo
Source
Report shows present extent, future impact of data centers in Great Lakes regio…

How lake ice forecasts keep commerce moving, shape local weather

How lake ice forecasts keep commerce moving, shape local weather
Great Lakes Commission
The U.S. National Ice Center begins tracking and forecasting ice coverage across the Great Lakes, usually in mid-November. The Center provides that information to the coast guards to inform their […]
The U.S. National Ice Center begins tracking and forecasting ice coverage across the Great Lakes, usually in mid-November. The Center provides that information to the coast guards to inform their […]
Tags
Great Lakes Commission, Great Lakes, Information, lake, lakes, local, National, plan, Safety, Toledo, Weather
Source
How lake ice forecasts keep commerce moving, shape local weather

$37 million dedicated to algal research in Ohio

$37 million dedicated to algal research in Ohio
Great Lakes Commission
Ohio Sea Grant has released the 2025 research findings update for the statewide Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative (HABRI). Created in the aftermath of the 2014 Toledo water crisis, HABRI […]
Ohio Sea Grant has released the 2025 research findings update for the statewide Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative (HABRI). Created in the aftermath of the 2014 Toledo water crisis, HABRI […]
Tags
Great Lakes Commission, algal blooms, harmful algal blooms, News, Ohio, Research, Toledo, Water
Source
$37 million dedicated to algal research in Ohio

Lake Erie island on the market for $5M

Lake Erie island on the market for $5M
Great Lakes Commission
Lake Erie’s Mouse Island once belonged to President Rutherford B. Hayes. Following several decades of private ownership, it’s in search of a new owner. Read the full story by WTOL […]
Lake Erie’s Mouse Island once belonged to President Rutherford B. Hayes. Following several decades of private ownership, it’s in search of a new owner. Read the full story by WTOL […]
Tags
Great Lakes Commission, lake, Lake Erie, new, president, search, Toledo
Source
Lake Erie island on the market for $5M

Grants awarded to improve regional management of invasive Phragmites across the Great Lakes basin

Grants awarded to improve regional management of invasive Phragmites across the Great Lakes basin
Great Lakes Commission
Ann Arbor, Michigan – Nearly $315,000 will be awarded to support local organizations in controlling nonnative Phragmites australis, one of the most aggressive plant species invading the
Ann Arbor, Michigan – Nearly $315,000 will be awarded to support local organizations in controlling nonnative Phragmites australis, one of the most aggressive plant species invading the
Tags
Great Lakes Commission, beach, Canadian, Chicago, city, Clinton, Community, conditions, conservation, county, Department, development, ecosystems, first, Flooding, funding, Government, Great Lakes, great lakes restoration, Huron, Illinois, Increase, invasive, invasive phragmites, lake, lakes, learn, LED, local, Michigan, National, north, North America, Ohio, open, Parks, Pennsylvania, Phragmites, power, protect, province, recreation, Region, Research, restoration, rivers, Science, St, support, Survey, Toledo, total, Water, water conservation, water resources, Waterford, Wildlife, Wisconsin, woman, work
Source
Grants awarded to improve regional management of invasive Phragmites across the…

Cruise company scraps Cleveland stops for 2026, shifts Great Lakes launches to Buffalo

Cruise company scraps Cleveland stops for 2026, shifts Great Lakes launches to Buffalo
Great Lakes Commission
A U.S.-based cruise company won’t be launching its new Great Lakes itineraries out of Cleveland next year as originally planned, opting instead to launch from Buffalo, New York. Toledo will […]
A U.S.-based cruise company won’t be launching its new Great Lakes itineraries out of Cleveland next year as originally planned, opting instead to launch from Buffalo, New York. Toledo will […]
Tags
Great Lakes Commission, Cleveland, Great Lakes, lakes, new, New York, Ohio, Toledo
Source
Cruise company scraps Cleveland stops for 2026, shifts Great Lakes launches to …
Subscribe to Toledo