October 31, 2016

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#SuperiorExtra - International Joint Commission Visting Thunder Bay

#SuperiorPolitics -  Lake Superior Science theme for Letter to National Science Foundation

Michigan,Wisconsin, Minnesota Senators Push for Great Lakes Science

In a letter dated October 14, 2016, five U.S. senators (Gary Peters and Debbie Stenow – Michigan,Tammy Baldwin – Wisconsin, Amy Klobuhar – Minnesota and also Sharrod Brown –Ohio) have written to the National Science Foundation (NSF) requesting to know how the organization will incorporate Great Lakes research and education in current initiatives and support such work in future. The …

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#SuperiorEnvironment -  Marathon Harbour Cleanup Project Receives Checkup

Monitoring Shows "Cap" Functioning Well

  Information about environmental monitoring completed in Peninsula Harbour was presented to the public at a lunchtime meeting at Marathon Town Hall on October 19th. Peninsula Harbour is the main harbour in the Town of Marathon, Ontario. One year post capping data related to the thin-layer cap for contaminated sediment was presented. A 23 hectare thin-layer cap was put in …

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#SuperiorEnvironment2 - Sediment Deposition Probed and Presented

Jackfish Bay Monitoring Information Presented in Terrace Bay

JFB Oct 14 2016 Monitoring (PDF) JFB Oct 14 2016 Monitoring (Text) Information about ecosystem health in the Jackfish Bay Area of Concern on Lake Superior was presented at a public meeting in Terrace Bay on the evening of October 19th. Jackfish Bay is located just east of the Town of Terrace Bay, Ontario. This location was designated as a …

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#SuperiorEconomic - The Economics of Sturgeon Poaching

#SuperiorResearch - Innovative Tools for Lake Superior Research

Yellow Submarine Sightings Real

If you see a yellow submarine in the waters of Lake Superior, don’t be surprised. You really aren’t “seeing things.” The submarine you might be seeing is unmanned and actually a “glider” being used to carry out research beneath the waters of Lake Superior. The University of Minnesota at Duluth, the Large Lakes Observatory and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency …

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#SuperiorSocial - Warm Waters Attract More "Swimmers"

Great Lakes Swimmers Storm Thunder Bay

Lead vocalist Tony Dekker and the folk group Great Lakes Swimmers perform a song which begins with the line, "Lost in the Lakes" in the above 3'47" video. High Fidelity Music Blog describes the song this way, "it's not about someONE, it's about sometTHING. In my opinion Dekker has written this song about Canada, maybe even more specifically Ontario." This …

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#SuperiorExtra - Lake Superior Watershed in Minnesota Highlighted