| <> Scientists: Weather plays big role in Lake Erie 'dead zones' - A newly released study the Carnegie Institution for Science says cutting phosphorus levels is important for Lake Erie but isn't a cure-all -- drought and low flows from tributary rivers were even bigger factors.
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Scientists: Weather plays big role in Lake Erie 'dead zones'
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting and Great Lakes Day in Washington, DC
| <> Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting and Great Lakes Day in Washington, DC - Feb 24-26, 2015. Events will feature dialogue on Great Lakes priorities by regional leaders and members of Congress who play a critical role in shaping |
Friday, December 26, 2014
WIMS Environmental News Blogs
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Friday, December 19, 2014
EDITORIAL: U.S. Senate leaves Great Lakes high and dry
| Subscribers Note: WIMS will not be publishing for the next two weeks of Christmas & New Years. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy & safe holiday season. We'll be back on Monday, January 5, 2015. |
| <> EDITORIAL: U.S. Senate leaves Great Lakes high and dry - Despite assurances that the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2014 was fast-tracked for passage before Congress shut down for the holidays, at least one unknown, unnamed senator torpedoed it |
Thursday, December 18, 2014
EPA Awards Additional GLRI Funding to Federal and State Agencies to Expand Efforts to Target Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie
| <> EPA Awards Additional GLRI Funding to Federal and State Agencies to Expand Efforts to Target Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie - U.S EPA announced the award of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funds totaling over $3.1 million to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to target harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie |
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Great Lakes News for 12/17/14
| <> Ohio EPA grant targets runoff feeding Lake Erie algae - Ohio's environmental regulators are handing out a grant that will be aimed at reducing farm runoff that contributes to algae in Lake Erie. |
| <> COMMENTARY: We need national program to access risks to Great Lakes - As the events of last summer showed, the threat to our Great Lakes -- and our water supply -- from algae blooms and cyanotoxins is real. |
| <> Ohio OKs funds to monitor toxic algae, Asian carp - In Ohio, the state Controlling Board OK'd funding for separate efforts to monitor streams for toxic algae and invasive Asian carp. |
| <> GVSU researchers find more of invasive snail species in Lake Michigan - The faucet snail is spreading in Lake Michigan, and that bodes ill for water birds native to Michigan, says Grand Valley State University's Annis Water Resources Institute. |
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Oil & Water Presents to Petroleum Task Force
| <> Oil & Water Presents to Petroleum Task Force - Dec 15. In formal remarks to a state task force on oil pipelines, representatives of key environmental and Great Lakes groups – echoing the concerns of businesses, governments, and thousands of citizens – called on Governor Snyder to take swift and meaningful action to protect the Great Lakes from a catastrophic oil spill from a pair of 61-year-old Enbridge pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac. |
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