Great Lakes Leaders Stress Economic Importance of Seaway System

<> Great Lakes Leaders Stress Economic Importance of Seaway System - The NEMWI and the Great Lakes Seaway Partnership co-hosted a breakfast briefing on the Great Lakes Seaway Navigation System on October 7, 2015.

Annual Lake Erie walleye assessment begins next week

<> Annual Lake Erie walleye assessment begins next week - MDNR will conduct its annual walleye assessment in the west basin of Lake Erie near Monroe, beginning Oct. 12 and continuing through Oct. 16.

Stormwater Management: Lessons Learned from the Chesapeake Bay and Great Lakes Region

<> Stormwater Management: Lessons Learned from the Chesapeake Bay and Great Lakes Region - The report provides insights gleaned from workshops and assessments EPA and NOAA held with local planners on ways to further the adoption of climate change adaptation practices in stormwater management -- assessing common challenges and opportunities across the Chesapeake Bay and Great Lakes regions and for providing specific examples of tools, data, methods, and actions that can be used to address climate change impacts -- comments due by November 6, 2015. Federal Register Notice October 7, 2015

Mayors hold first Great Lakes Day at Queen's Park

<> Mayors hold first Great Lakes Day at Queen's Park - Over twenty local elected officials of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative from across Ontario are meeting with provincial legislators to press for action on issues threatening the Great Lakes and communities that rely on them, with action on toxic algae in Lake Erie and Asian Carp in Lake Ontario topping the priority list. Backgrounder: The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative Great Lakes Day

Wisconsin/Lake Michigan National Marine Sanctuary Nomination

<> Wisconsin/Lake Michigan National Marine Sanctuary Nomination – Lake Michigan is an 875 square mile area of Lake Michigan with waters extending from Port Washington to Two Rivers.

Great Lakes face threat from another Enbridge line

<> Great Lakes face threat from another Enbridge line - It's another segment of that same pipeline [Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline underwater, at the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac], out of the water and running through the Upper Peninsula along  U.S.-2 highway for nearly 90 miles between Manistique and St. Ignace, that poses a more immediate — and just as dire — threat to the lakes, according to a U.S. Coast Guard oil spill contingency specialist.

EPA Awards Great Lakes Restoration Initiative $10 million Grant to Central Michigan University to Monitor Coastal Wetlands

<> EPA Awards Great Lakes Restoration Initiative $10 million Grant to Central Michigan University to Monitor Coastal Wetlands - The U.S Environmental Protection Agency today announced that Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, has received a $10 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to monitor coastal wetlands around the Great Lakes basin over the next five years.