What's New on GLIN Upwellings The latest edition of Upwellings, Michigan Sea Grant's online newsletter, is now available online. This issue explores the world of scientific modeling, examines salmon in the Great Lakes, highlights the Adopt-a-Beach program, and more.
In the News River eyed for power... Watertown Daily Times (5/21) The town of Lisbon, NY will conduct a feasibility study to consider building hydro-electric power turbines on the St. Lawrence River bottom with the goal of providing low-cost energy to the region
Tug removal underway from Duncan Bay Cheboygan Tribune (5/21) The new owner of three derelict vessels abandoned in Duncan Bay nearly three years ago has contracted to dredge a grounded tugboat free from a sandbar.
Federal legislation would help with Great Lakes dredging Wisconsin Public Radio (5/21) A $200 million backlog in Great Lakes harbor and channel dredging would end with the Water Resources Development Act that just passed the U.S. Senate.
Boardwalk opens as part of Lake St. Clair Metropark restoration project The Macomb Daily (5/20) A $1.27 million United States EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant has helped clean up and restore precious marshlands in Lake St. Clair Metropark, and a brand-new boardwalk that cuts right through the area will help the public enjoy it.
Work done at ex-brownfield site on Detroit River The Associated Press (5/18) A nine year effort to clean up an old Chrysler manufacturing facility that is located adjacent to Humbug Marsh, the last mile of natural shoreline on the US mainland of the Detroit River, has been completed!
A black mound of Canadian oil waste is rising over Detroit The New York Times (5/17) A three-story pile of petroleum coke that covers an entire city block is continuing to grow along the banks of the Detroit River. Detroit’s ever-growing black mountain is the unloved, unwanted and long overlooked byproduct of Canada’s oil sands boom.