InfoSuperior - November 1, 2018

November 1, 2018

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Photo: Thank you Bill West of Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Agates - formed in and around Lake Superior during volcanic eruptions about a billion years ago; subsequently distributed across northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin during glacial activity 10 to 15 thousand years ago.

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Ontario Recreational Water Quality Guidelines

Thunder Bay PAC Meeting - November 7th

The Public Advisory Committee (PAC) to the Thunder Bay Remedial Action Plan (RAP) will hold its next meeting at 7 p.m. on November 7th in Room 3004 of the ATAC Building at Lakehead University. Evening parking at Lakehead University is free of charge and available right beside the ATAC building. Meeting Objective: "Beach advisories" (swimming advisories) will be the main …

Lakehead University Student Maps Thunder Bay Harbour Fish Habitats

Left: Michelle Willows kayaks into shallow water to collect data on fish habitats where larger vessels cannot travel. Right: Vegetation was sometimes extensive and visible from the surface. Credit: Michelle Willows. Thunder Bay Harbour was listed as an Area of Concern (AOC) requiring a Remedial Action Plan, or cleanup plan, in 1987. This is due to years of industrial activity, …

EU Bans Single-Use Plastics

Waste single-use plastic bottles. Infosuperior rarely covers events which are not focused on Lake Superior and the Great Lakes. An exception follows, based on the extensive coverage Infosuperior has provided about the Lake Superior microplastics situation, especially the problem of nurdles, the small plastic beads which are used to manufacture all manner of plastic products and which are classified as …

New Sault Lock $922 Million Closer to Reality

A view of the Soo Lock System. Left to Right: Sabin, Davis, Poe and MacArthur Locks. Credit: Richard MacDonald. Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website After being passed through senate via a vote of 99 to 1, America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 has been signed into law by President Donald Trump. The bill authorizes the construction of 12 new …

U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Lake Superior water levels graph

Lake Superior 11 Inches Above October Average

In a Nutshell, Lake levels at mid-October 2018: were 11 in. / 30 cm. above the long-term October average had risen about 6 in. / 15 cm. since August were about the same as a year ago; and were 4 in. / 10 cm. short of the October record high set in 1985. Precipitation and Lake Levels Inextricably Linked Precipitation …

Flotsam and Jetsam...

• Video: Lake Superior Autumn Storm

• The Mega Oil Sands Pipeline You've Never Heard of (to Duluth-Superior)

• New Sault Locks Take Another Step Forward

• Michigan Public Forums: Partnering for Watershed Restoration of Lake Superior

• Nov. 14 EPA Webinar: Remediating Contaminated Sites

• Duluth's Minnesota Slip: Contaminated Site Cleanup

• Contaminated Site Cleanup in L. Superior's Torch Lake Area of Concern

• Sediment Cleanup at Hog Island Inlet Complete

• New IJC Website

• Great Lakes Freighter Cruise for Raffle Winner

• Smelt: What Happens When Humans Fall in Love with an Invasive Species?

• "Yooperlites" - U.P. Scuba Diver Finds Rocks Which Glow Under Ultraviolet Light

• "Rock Snot" Confirmed at Lutsen