Friday, October 20, 2023
CHARLEVOIX COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- An autonomous quiet vessel that has been traveling across the Great Lakes is back on dry land. Saildrone's mission to gather data began in June. We're here in Charlevoix and on last Wednesday we were fortunate enough to capture Saildrone being towed underneath the drawbridge after more than 50Wednesday, October 4, 2023
TOLEDO, Ohio — As part of Governor Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio initiative, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and the University of Toledo held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for a new project to restore wetland and stream channels. The University of Toledo Center for Alumni and Donor Engagement (CADE) projectTuesday, October 3, 2023
The International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board has gone back to following Plan 2014 directives as Lake Ontario levels continue their seasonal decrease. On Sept. 2, the board began deviating from Plan 2014 to provide higher and more predictable water levels on Lake St. Lawrence and the upper St. Lawrence River. Dry weatherTuesday, September 26, 2023
PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A rare find for Wisconsin, pink flamingos showed up in Port Washington, drawing large crowds to the beach to see them. For eight hours, five pink flamingos called Port Washington home, and really, is it different from what they're used to? You've got sand, waves, and people. A lot of people, justMonday, September 25, 2023
An NOAA aerial photograph shows an algal bloom in Saginaw Bay in Michigan. (Photo provided) Lake Erie algal bloom shrinking PORT CLINTON — Lake Erie’s harmful algal bloom has been shrinking for about one or two weeks, but scientists don’t know yet when it will disappear. “The cyanobacteria bloomThursday, September 21, 2023
Illinois has ended the statewide testing of fish from Illinois lakes and rivers for organochlorine pesticides such as DDT. Testing for other contaminants, such as methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls, is not be affected by the change. Willemert/Getty Images/iStockphoto SPRINGFIELD — Illinois has ended the statewideTuesday, September 19, 2023
Annual Lake Erie International Coastal Cleanup volunteers, Sep. 16, 2023. Contributed photo. Erie County, along with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), as well as cleanup site coordinators and public volunteers participated in the Pennsylvania-LakeThursday, August 31, 2023
By Mackenzie Krumme Air Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2023, 7:00am SHARE: Listen Download A research team at the UW-Madison is using drones to study erosion along Lake Michigan. We hear from the lead scientist about methods to track where eroded soil ends up and how the research might prevent more shorelineTuesday, August 15, 2023
OREGON, Ohio — The public should avoid all contact with water at Maumee Bay State Park due to cyanotoxin levels caused by the Lake Erie Algal Bloom, officials with the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department announced Wednesday. Authorities have issued a Recreational Public Health Advisory, meaning the public is not permittedWednesday, August 2, 2023
Mitchel Bortolon, a student public health inspector, is shown in this 2018 file photo taking a water sample from Lake Huron at Canatara Beach as part of Lambton Public Health's beach water sampling program. File photo/Postmedia Network PHOTO BY FILE PHOTO /Paul Morden/The Observer Local MPPs recently announced the Ontario
