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June 1, 2017

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Photo: Peter Juhl

Location: Sugarloaf Beach, Highway 61

Peter Juhl's Lake Superior rock-stacking sculptures went viral after being posted on imgur in early May. Juhl's sculpture in the above photo is the best result of 8 hrs of stacking. It has been viewed over 1.8 million times. Click here for the imgur page.

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Thunder Bay North Harbour

North Harbour Contamination Topic of June 7 PAC Meeting

A backhoe working from a barge excavates a sample of contaminated material in the northern portion of Thunder Bay Harbour. This work was completed as part of efforts to better characterize the 400,000 cubic meters of contaminated, pulpy material. The Public Advisory Committee for the Thunder Bay Remedial Action Plan will be holding a meeting on June 7, 2017 at …

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$20M in US federal funding for Great Lakes Research

$20M in US federal funding for Great Lakes Research

The University of Michigan reported on May 17 that they'll receive a five year, $20 million grant from the U.S. federal government to form the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR). The funding comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. U of M will pledge $2.35 million to the institute over the five-year cooperative agreement, between cost-sharing and in-kind …

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Monitoring E.Coli in Urban Waters and Beaches

Monitoring E.Coli in Urban Waters and Beaches

Water quality at swimming beaches has been a long-standing concern around the Great Lakes. Even in the cooler waters of Superior at Thunder Bay, ON, beaches like Chippewa often have swimming advisories lasting days on end. In fact, the City of Thunder Bay is now encouraging swimmers to move from Chippewa to nearby nearby Sandy Beach, a less enclosed situation …

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For more on water testing in Lake Superior areas:

• Thunder Bay Beaches

• Minnesota Beaches

• Wisconsin Beaches 

• Michigan Beaches

• Algoma Public Health (Sault Ste Marie)

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Duluth project to restore fish habitat

Duluth project to restore fish habitat

A restoration project is underway in the Grassy Point area of Duluth's harbour seeks to clean up half a million cubic yards of wood waste almost 120 years old. The Duluth News Tribune reports that the wood which clogs the St. Louis River estuary is over 16 feet deep in some places, refusing to decompose and destroying fish habitat. The …

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Coping with Changing Great Lakes Water Levels

Coping with Changing Great Lakes Water Levels

University of Michigan (Taubman College, Ann Arbor) reports that a multidisciplinary team of researchers have developed planning methods around land use and development decisions for Great Lakes coastal communities. The methods are meant to address unpredictably fluctuating water levels and increasing storms. The coastal management techniques are aimed at communities of Great Lakes landowners who see low water levels as …

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"Tremendous support" for new Soo Lock, says U.S. Army Corp official

"Tremendous support" for new Soo Lock, says U.S. Army Corp official

Kevin Sprague, the Sault area engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, stated earlier this month that a new economic reevaluation report for a new Soo Lock is underway, to be completed in December. Industry proponents have been calling for a new Soo Lock to replace the aging MacArthur and Poe locks (built in 1943 and 1968, respectively.) The …

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