News
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Save the Date: Great Lakes AOC Conference Sept. 11-12, 2019
(March 15, 2019) The 2019 Great Lakes Areas of Concern Annual Conference will be held Sept. 11-12, 2019 at Windows on the River in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Human Biomonitoring to Assess Exposure to Legacy and Emerging Contaminants among Diverse Communities across the Great Lakes Basin
(March 15, 2019) Funded by the GLRI, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry initiated the Biomonitoring of Great Lakes Populations (BGLP) program to assess people’s exposure to pollutants in local waterways.
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GLRI-Funded Habitat Restoration Partnership Announced in Eaton Township, OH
This is an example image of what oak savannah habitat may look like following the conclusion of the restoration at Margaret Peak Nature Preserve (photo by ODNR). (March 14, 2019) Recently, the Lorain County Board of Commissioners announced the approved agreement between Lorain County, Eaton Township Board of Trustees, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services for a habitat improvement program occurring at Margaret Peak Nature Preserve.
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Dispersal Barrier Electrode Replacement
(March 13, 2019) US Army Corps of Engineers completes replacement of corroded dispersal barrier electrodes in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. (The electric barriers are operated to deter the inter-basin establishment of Asian carp and other fish via the CSSC by maintaining an electric field in the water.)
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GLRI Funds Help Brothers Protect Water
Midland County District Conservation Boyd Byelich stands beside an agrichemical handling facility under construction on the Story farm. (March 7, 2019) With support from the Natural Resources Conservation Service and GLRI, farmers are using conservation practices to keep soil in place and reduce the amount of silt and fertilizer reaching the Great Lakes.
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Construction Completed on Spawning Reefs in the St. Clair-Detroit River System
Shoal habitat restoration in the Detroit River AOC. (March 6, 2019) The construction of seven spawning reefs in the St. Clair-Detroit River System was completed in spring 2018. This was a multi-year project to restore fish spawning habitat in the system. Projects completed after 2010 were made possible by GLRI funding to the U.S. Geological Service.
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Heron and Egret Nests Increase on Strawberry Island in the Lower Menominee River AOC
Photo credit: Ecology & Environment, Inc. (March 5, 2019) Heron and Egret nests increased on Strawberry Island after a habitat restoration project was completed in the Lower Menominee River Area of Concern (AOC) through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Monitoring results show that nests on Strawberry Island have increased from 38 nests in 2015 to 64 nests in 2017.
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Lake Sturgeon Spawning Documented in the St. Marys River
Lake Sturgeon egg collected 28 June 2018 near Main Rapids of St. Marys River, MI. (March 4, 2019) Viable Lake Sturgeon eggs and larvae were collected near the main rapids in the St. Marys River during June and July 2018 during the first year of a 3-year study funded by the GLRI. Although sturgeon spawning has been known to occur in the Garden River (a tributary to the St. Marys River), this is the first documentation of successful spawning in the St. Marys River proper.
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Range Expansion of Non-Native Zooplankton Reported in Lake Superior
D. fluvatile. Photo credit: Reed Saam, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Feb. 28, 2019) The Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Fisheries Department confirmed the presence of a new non-native species of crustacean zooplankton in Lake Superior, the cladoceran Diaphanosoma fluviatile, during early detection sampling efforts along the Red Cliff shoreline (located along the southwest Lake Superior shoreline). Red Cliff’s nearshore monitoring program was supported by Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding awarded to Red Cliff by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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Webinar 2/28 for Applicants to Great Lakes Sediment & Nutrient Reduction Program RFP
(Feb. 26, 2019) On Feb. 28, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern, the Great Lakes Commission is hosting a webinar for potential applicants to the 2019 Great Lakes Sediment & Nutrient Reduction Program request for proposals.