InfoSuperior - October 15, 2018

October 15, 2018

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Photo: Thank you Terry Wurdemann. Old Woman River mouth near Lake Superior, some 26 km./16 mi. east of Wawa, Ontario.

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October 25th: Project Peregrine Presentation at La Luna Cafe

Parks Canada staff (pictured above) have had a busy summer educating the public about Lake Superior's natural history, including the story of the Peregrine Falcon. The next Parks Canada event will be held at 7 p.m., October 25th at Nipigon's La Luna Cafe where expert Brian Ratcliffe will explore successful Peregrine Falcon reintroduction efforts. On Thursday, October 25th, Parks Canada …

Canadian & American Conservancy Efforts Protect Superior's Wetlands

Part of the Black Bay Peninsula wetland complex now protected through Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) efforts. (Photo: NCC) Separate Efforts – Binational Progress Separate efforts in Canada and the United States have had the combined effect of protecting a rare resource: Lake Superior coastal wetlands. Canada In September the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) announced that they had purchased …

September 15th, 2018 Parks Canada Rossport Beach Cleanup

Rossport Beach Cleanup...Nurdles Undercurrent

Participants in Parks Canada's September 15th beach cleanup at Rossport, OntarioBack Row (L to R): Kevin Houle (Canadian Pacific Railways), Alexandria Cockerell (LTL Contracting), Chuck Hutterli, Jacqueline Menzies (Parks Canada), Nicole Eckert, Dave Tamblyn (Superior Outfitters), Darrell Makin (Parks Canada)Front Row (L to R): Petri Bailey (Parks Canada), Megan Goetz (LTL), Sarah Shruiff (Parks Canada). (Photo: infosuperior.com) Parks Canada Host …

Dredging Contract Awarded to Protect Buffalo Reef

Stamp sands near Gay, Michigan. (Photo: Michigan Technological University) A big step to address an environmental disaster that is slowly advancing on Lake Superior will now move forward. The Detroit District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced a contract for dredging of stamp sand—fine sand produced when crushing rock to extract copper—in the Keweenaw Peninsula between the small …

Apostle Islands Kayaking Safety

Safety is about more than wearing life jackets when kayaking in Lake Superior. Photo Public Domain. The tragic loss of three people August, 2018, near the Apostle Islands, was a sobering reminder that Lake Superior is capable of a great deal of damage, and even in the summer months, the lake’s waters are dangerously cold when far from shore. September …

A Damp Fall Season for North Shore of Lake Superior

Wet and colourful Fall for northwestern Ontario. (Photo: Ruby Reid-Sharp) Severe Weather on North Shore of Lake Superior Most northern communities along the Shores of Lake Superior have observed a very rainy Fall season this year. Lake Superior water levels were up 4 cm from average by the end of September, a month where Lake Superior normally begins its …

Flotsam and Jetsam...

• Oct. 16, 17, 18 - Great Lakes Restoration Conference

• Oct. 16 - Michigan Chemical Council Annual Conference

• Oct. 17 to 19 - Lakehead University Biotechnology and Allied Sciences Symposium

• Oct. 17 - Talk: Wild and Scenic Rivers and American Legacy

• Video: Grand Marais Flooding Oct. 10

• Michigan Tech Researcher Opens Lake Superior Conference with a Focus on Communities

• Chicago Tribune - Think You Know Lake Superior?

• Old Lake Superior Maps Showed Imaginary Islands

• Great Waters Research Collaborative: Request for Applications for Bench-Scale Testing Services

• Lake Carriers' Association President Testifies on Canadian Transportation and Logistics Strategy

• New Study Shows Economic Benefits of Great Lakes Restoration

• EPA Announces $10.1 Million St. Louis Area of Concern Cleanup

• Great Lakes Commission Applauds Soo Locks Authorization

• U.S. Couple Seeks to Deny Great Lakes Public Shoreline Access

• Non-native zooplankton now documented in Lake Superior