February 28, 2020
Toronto Invests $3B to Improve Waterways
In December, Toronto officials announced that the city would begin construction on the tunnel boring for the Coxwell Bypass Tunnel, which will be 20 feet in diameter and 6.5 miles…
February 15, 2020
State Disaster Proclamation Issued for Illinois Following January Storm
PHOTO BY Qfamily/FLICKRIllinois Governor JB Pritzker formally issued a state disaster proclamation on February 6 to help two Illinois counties, Cook and Lake, recover from Lake Michigan shoreline damage. A…
January 22, 2020
Saxon Harbor Marina Reopens
Photos Courtesy of Saxon Harbor Facebook pageThree years after heavy rains and flooding devastated Saxon Harbor in northern Wisconsin, the marina has finally reopened, according to Wisconsin Public Radio. The…
December 18, 2019
NOAA Awards $10.2M for HAB Research
NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) is giving $10.2 million to 12 different research projects looking for ways to improve and predict harmful algal blooms (HABs), including in…
November 21, 2019
Alliance for the Great Lakes’ Adopt-a-Beach 2019 Picked up Over 50,000 Pounds of Garbage
Throughout 2019, the Alliance for the Great Lakes hosted community Adopt-a-Beach cleanups, and this year had volunteers cleaning up trash on all five Great Lakes, in all eight Great Lakes…
November 21, 2019
EPA Announces Five Grants Totaling $3.6M to Cleanup Lake Erie Watershed
Five grants from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) have been given to the Ohio EPA, the Ohio Lake Erie Commission, the Ohio DNR and the…
October 31, 2019
New Buffalo to Redevelop Waterfront
The city of New Buffalo, Michigan, will be creating a master plan to redevelop its waterfront thanks to a $51,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture – Rural Development. …
October 29, 2019
EPA Unveils Plan For Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
A five-year plan has been announced in regards to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) called the GLRI Action Plan III. The new plan will…
October 25, 2019
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Looks at Two Areas of Concern
Muskegon Lake in Muskegon, Michigan, and Torch Lake, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (not to be confused with the famous lake in Antrim County) — both official Areas of Concern (AOC)…
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