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CAN - Feds fork over $420M to protect Great Lakes from critical threats

The federal government has committed $420 million over 10 years to protect the Great Lakes, which hold 84 per cent of North America’s surface freshwater and face a litany of threats.

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Tourism

MI - Great Lakes coastal towns love water, wary of too much growth

LANSING – The relationship between residents of coastal communities and their local water heritage can advance restoration efforts, create recreational opportunities, and promote tourism and economic growth, a new study says.

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Local

Great Lakes - Small coastal towns love the water but ‘don’t want to be Traverse City’

MARQUETTE — The relationship between residents of coastal communities and their local water heritage can advance restoration efforts, create recreational opportunities and promote tourism and economic growth, a new study says.

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Engineering

IL - Project to slow erosion at Illinois Beach State Park to cost $74 million

(The Center Square) – About $74 million in taxpayer dollars aims to slow down the impact of erosion at Illinois Beach State Park. The project is the largest capital project in the Department of Natural Resources history.

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Engineering

MI -Task Force asks Biden administration for $425 million for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

A bipartisan Congressional task force has asked President Joe Biden to dedicate more money to the Great Lakes in his 2024 fiscal year budget.

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Science

WI - ATMOSPHERIC CARBON MIGHT MAKE GREAT LAKES MORE ACIDIC AND INHOSPITABLE FOR SOME FISH AND PLANTS

The Great Lakes have endured a lot the past century, from supersized algae blobs to invasive mussels and bloodsucking sea lamprey that nearly wiped out fish populations.

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Waterways

PA - Pennsylvania funding will protect Lake Erie Coastal Zone

Meadville, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced that seven projects received Coastal Zone Grants totaling more than $280,077.

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Engineering

NY - Feds set aside $2.4 million to study Great Lakes coastal resiliency

WASHINGTON — The federal government will spend $2.4 million to keep developing a long-term strategy to better manage and protect the coastlines of the Great Lakes, including Lake Ontario.

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Science

OH - BGSU studying fertilizer alternative to combat harmful algal blooms

Research into harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Erie previously has determined the chief culprit is too many nutrients in the watershed due to agricultural runoff, yet the process of preventing HABs is riddled with complexities.

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Waterways

MI - Operation Coal Shovel: US Coast Guard Kicks Off Great Lakes Icebreking

The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday commenced Operation Coal Shovel, a domestic icebreaking operation to maintain commercial vessel traffic from southern Lake Huron to Lake St. Clair, to the St. Clair / Detroit River system, and into Lake Erie and Lake Ontario including the St. Lawrence Seaway.

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Waterways

PA - Pennsylvania Announces Funding to Protect Lake Erie

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that seven projects received Coastal Zone Grants totaling more than $280,077.

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Waterways

MI - Defense bill awaiting Biden signature includes $3.2 billion for long-planned Soo Locks project

A new defense spending bill headed for the president’s desk has billions in spending for infrastructure projects on the Great Lakes.

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