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COVID-19 Complaints: Out-of-towners coming to fish in spite of stay home orders
Locals aren’t happy with the number of non-residents fishing without social distancing.
Part of trail collapses due to erosion near Lake Michigan
The trail, called the Little Traverse Wheelway, is “falling into the lake as the wind continues and is very dangerous.”
Ohio fishery charged with abusing, wasting game fish
Employees were seen removing several fish from commercial nets, breaking their spines and throwing them back in the lake.
Funding Boost: EPA gives Great Lakes extra $20 million but state funding at risk
The money is targeted at toxic hotspot cleanups and ballast water treatment research.
Controlling Invasives: States urge residents to help stop spread of invasive species
There are campaigns and websites from each of the Great Lakes states and provinces.
Invasive grass carp found in Lake Huron tributary river
The fish was found March 17 during a routine survey of the Tittabawassee River below the Dow Dam in Midland County.
PFAS News Roundup: Indianapolis and Rhinelander find PFAS, PFAS testing and projects stalled due to COVID-19
Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
Enbridge seeks permits to build Great Lakes oil tunnel
By John Flesher, AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Enbridge Inc. applied Wednesday for state and federal authorization to construct an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the Michigan waterway […]
Pandemic deals blow to plastic bag bans, plastic reduction
Plastic bags are a pollution problem in the Great Lakes, but concerns about coronavirus have taken priority.
