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2019 Featured PostAdvocacyGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsProtectRecreation and TourismSturgeon
An Open Letter: I have been seeing lake sturgeon and plan to keep it up in 2020
-GLN Writer James Proffitt’s relationship with the ancient fish flourished in 2019, and he plans to take it further in the next year.
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2019 Featured PostBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsLake HuronLake MichiganLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismSandra Svoboda
Superior Crossing: Sailing across the biggest, deepest and coldest Great Lake
-This week, Great Lakes Now writers are looking back at their 2019 adventures. Program Director Sandra Svoboda’s included the biennial Trans Superior Race aboard a 70-foot sailboat.
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NY tweaks clean water plan as suppliers call for more time
-New York would not issue violations against certain water suppliers who notify the public that they have too-high levels of certain industrial and synthetic chemicals under the latest plan to be proposed by state regulators.
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Group claims bias in lawsuit against Ohio water department
-A civil rights group has alleged in a federal lawsuit that Cleveland’s water department discriminates against black customers by shutting off service and placing liens on their property for unpaid bills at a far higher rate than for white customers.
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Michigan awards $3.6 million for invasive species project
-Some $3.6 million will help fight invasive species on water and land in Michigan. The project will not only count populations of crawfish and European Frog-bit, but also survey effectiveness of boater compliance to new laws.
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Asian Carp Caught in Southwest Minnesota
-Two invasive silver carp have been caught in southwestern Minnesota, the first confirmed discovery of the jumping fish in that area.