Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition
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The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition is a coalition of local, state, and regional #CleanWater advocates working together to establish #GreatLakes restoration and protection as a national conservation priority. Website: HealthyLakes.org
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Help us protect new water bodies and access points from aquatic #invasivespecies by applying for funding for this summer's #GreatLakes AIS Landing Blitz! This annual event unites partners to prevent the spread of AIS at boating access sites.
https://ow.ly/E4Xi50Ych2m #GLAISBlitz
https://ow.ly/E4Xi50Ych2m #GLAISBlitz
February 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Help us protect new water bodies and access points from aquatic #invasivespecies by applying for funding for this summer's #GreatLakes AIS Landing Blitz! This annual event unites partners to prevent the spread of AIS at boating access sites.
https://ow.ly/E4Xi50Ych2m #GLAISBlitz
https://ow.ly/E4Xi50Ych2m #GLAISBlitz
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February 10, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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Toxic “forever” chemicals known as PFAS have been found at levels above the EPA’s safety thresholds in all but three states. We have been working to uphold the standards that protect Americans from PFAS, despite the current administration’s moves to weaken them.
February 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Toxic “forever” chemicals known as PFAS have been found at levels above the EPA’s safety thresholds in all but three states. We have been working to uphold the standards that protect Americans from PFAS, despite the current administration’s moves to weaken them.
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As dams come down, native fish are returning to their home waters. But invasive species are taking advantage of that same access. How do we separate native fish from undesirable ones?
In Traverse City, researchers are testing an innovative solution called FishPass: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdUj...
In Traverse City, researchers are testing an innovative solution called FishPass: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdUj...
How This River Keeps Unwanted Fish Away | Great Lakes Now
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February 6, 2026 at 2:33 PM
As dams come down, native fish are returning to their home waters. But invasive species are taking advantage of that same access. How do we separate native fish from undesirable ones?
In Traverse City, researchers are testing an innovative solution called FishPass: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdUj...
In Traverse City, researchers are testing an innovative solution called FishPass: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdUj...
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With #SeaGrant funding, Tisha King-Heiden is studying how #PFAS impact the nervous and immune systems of fish. But she's not just using common lab fish - she is focusing on Wisconsin fish like walleye and sturgeon. https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/measuring-the-impact-of-pfas-on-wisconsins-fish/
Measuring the impact of PFAS on Wisconsin’s fish
Researcher Tisha King-Heiden is studying how a new generation of PFAS affect sturgeon, walleye, and fathead minnows.
www.seagrant.wisc.edu
February 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM
With #SeaGrant funding, Tisha King-Heiden is studying how #PFAS impact the nervous and immune systems of fish. But she's not just using common lab fish - she is focusing on Wisconsin fish like walleye and sturgeon. https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/measuring-the-impact-of-pfas-on-wisconsins-fish/
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Michigan researchers have gone back in time to get a picture of ice cover on the Great Lakes since the late 19th century.
Story by @iprnews.bsky.social:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/02/04/n...
Story by @iprnews.bsky.social:
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New ice cover data offers insight into whitefish declines, climate change - Great Lakes Now
Michigan researchers have gone back in time to get a picture of ice cover on the Great Lakes since the late 19th century.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Michigan researchers have gone back in time to get a picture of ice cover on the Great Lakes since the late 19th century.
Story by @iprnews.bsky.social:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/02/04/n...
Story by @iprnews.bsky.social:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/02/04/n...
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Since the start of his term, the Trump administration has greatly reduced the size of the federal bureaucracy. Take a look at how these policies impact the Great Lakes region, a year in:
Northeast-Midwest Insititute » Blog Archive » How the Trump Administration Has Reshaped the Federal Workforce, One Year In
Since January 20, 2025, the Trump administration has initiated a broad effort to reduce the size of the federal bureaucracy. Federal employment has dropped by 219,922 positions over the last 12…
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February 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Since the start of his term, the Trump administration has greatly reduced the size of the federal bureaucracy. Take a look at how these policies impact the Great Lakes region, a year in:
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Illinois just became the first state in the country to recognize rewilding as an official conservation strategy — a massive step for wetlands and climate resilience!
Rewilding recognizes that healthy ecosystems are necessary infrastructure that protect homes, drinking water, farms, and wildlife. 🧵
Rewilding recognizes that healthy ecosystems are necessary infrastructure that protect homes, drinking water, farms, and wildlife. 🧵
February 5, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Illinois just became the first state in the country to recognize rewilding as an official conservation strategy — a massive step for wetlands and climate resilience!
Rewilding recognizes that healthy ecosystems are necessary infrastructure that protect homes, drinking water, farms, and wildlife. 🧵
Rewilding recognizes that healthy ecosystems are necessary infrastructure that protect homes, drinking water, farms, and wildlife. 🧵
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Young people are using cameras to document climate change—and to imagine solutions.
From the Great Lakes to coastal marshes, their photos tell a story of loss, resilience, and optimism. Awareness, creativity, and collective action can still shape the future. buff.ly/59xXLkI
From the Great Lakes to coastal marshes, their photos tell a story of loss, resilience, and optimism. Awareness, creativity, and collective action can still shape the future. buff.ly/59xXLkI
Jolted by Climate Change, Youth Perch with Strength and Vision
Late last month, Jonathan Fisher, one of the good people devoted to changing the world, got in touch to pitch me on a “participatory photography” project. Fisher was born and raised in Bronx, New…
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February 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Young people are using cameras to document climate change—and to imagine solutions.
From the Great Lakes to coastal marshes, their photos tell a story of loss, resilience, and optimism. Awareness, creativity, and collective action can still shape the future. buff.ly/59xXLkI
From the Great Lakes to coastal marshes, their photos tell a story of loss, resilience, and optimism. Awareness, creativity, and collective action can still shape the future. buff.ly/59xXLkI
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Missed the first #GreatLakes Harmful Algal Blooms Collaborative webinar on communicating #HABS risk? 🌊 The recording is now online!
Learn how community views of science impact engagement and decisions about harmful algal blooms in the #GreatLakes.
Watch here: https://ow.ly/rFBm50Y5trr #LakeErie
Learn how community views of science impact engagement and decisions about harmful algal blooms in the #GreatLakes.
Watch here: https://ow.ly/rFBm50Y5trr #LakeErie
February 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Missed the first #GreatLakes Harmful Algal Blooms Collaborative webinar on communicating #HABS risk? 🌊 The recording is now online!
Learn how community views of science impact engagement and decisions about harmful algal blooms in the #GreatLakes.
Watch here: https://ow.ly/rFBm50Y5trr #LakeErie
Learn how community views of science impact engagement and decisions about harmful algal blooms in the #GreatLakes.
Watch here: https://ow.ly/rFBm50Y5trr #LakeErie
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Since January 20, 2025, the #GreatLakes region has lost 19,450 federal jobs including at NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (which lost 20% of its workforce) + US Fish & Wildlife Service, threatening scientific research and ecosystem protection www.nemw.org/trump-admini...
February 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Since January 20, 2025, the #GreatLakes region has lost 19,450 federal jobs including at NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (which lost 20% of its workforce) + US Fish & Wildlife Service, threatening scientific research and ecosystem protection www.nemw.org/trump-admini...
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Our latest episode is here! 🐟
See how FishPass in Traverse City, Michigan aims to sort and separate native fish from invasive ones. Then, learn about how wild rice goes from water to table, and check out a breakaway buoy that explored Lake Michigan’s icy waves: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K26H...
See how FishPass in Traverse City, Michigan aims to sort and separate native fish from invasive ones. Then, learn about how wild rice goes from water to table, and check out a breakaway buoy that explored Lake Michigan’s icy waves: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K26H...
Sorting Fish and a Breakaway Buoy | Great Lakes Now | Full Episode
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February 3, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Our latest episode is here! 🐟
See how FishPass in Traverse City, Michigan aims to sort and separate native fish from invasive ones. Then, learn about how wild rice goes from water to table, and check out a breakaway buoy that explored Lake Michigan’s icy waves: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K26H...
See how FishPass in Traverse City, Michigan aims to sort and separate native fish from invasive ones. Then, learn about how wild rice goes from water to table, and check out a breakaway buoy that explored Lake Michigan’s icy waves: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K26H...
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"It will almost certainly lead to an increase in harmful pollution that America has made so much progress reducing over the decades."
Story by @us.theconversation.com: www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/02/03/e...
Story by @us.theconversation.com: www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/02/03/e...
EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a sledgehammer and license to ignore public health - Great Lakes Now
In the world of cost benefit analysis, if an impact isn’t monetized, it doesn’t exist. A former EPA official explains what’s changing now and why it matters.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:24 PM
"It will almost certainly lead to an increase in harmful pollution that America has made so much progress reducing over the decades."
Story by @us.theconversation.com: www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/02/03/e...
Story by @us.theconversation.com: www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/02/03/e...
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A Stella, Wis. resident tested her well water and found it had cancer-causing PFAS levels of 11,500 parts per trillion.
The safe zone is 4.
No one is accepting blame; finger-pointing is circular. Michael Phillis @apnews.com: bit.ly/4abhXES
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The safe zone is 4.
No one is accepting blame; finger-pointing is circular. Michael Phillis @apnews.com: bit.ly/4abhXES
@drpeggy70.bsky.social @healthylakes.org
A crisis emerges across the US as ‘forever chemicals’ quietly contaminate drinking water wells
The roughly 40 million Americans who get drinking water from wells are at particular risk when harmful forever chemicals contaminate the supply.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
A Stella, Wis. resident tested her well water and found it had cancer-causing PFAS levels of 11,500 parts per trillion.
The safe zone is 4.
No one is accepting blame; finger-pointing is circular. Michael Phillis @apnews.com: bit.ly/4abhXES
@drpeggy70.bsky.social @healthylakes.org
The safe zone is 4.
No one is accepting blame; finger-pointing is circular. Michael Phillis @apnews.com: bit.ly/4abhXES
@drpeggy70.bsky.social @healthylakes.org
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Our recent GLC newsletter highlights include an update on U.S. #GreatLakes appropriations and news about our upcoming study of the economic impacts of the #GLRI.
Read it now: https://www.glc.org/about/newsletter/
Read it now: https://www.glc.org/about/newsletter/
February 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Our recent GLC newsletter highlights include an update on U.S. #GreatLakes appropriations and news about our upcoming study of the economic impacts of the #GLRI.
Read it now: https://www.glc.org/about/newsletter/
Read it now: https://www.glc.org/about/newsletter/
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How do #PFAS get into drinking water? Our director, Christy Remucal, describes how "forever chemicals" move around the #GreatLakes in The Conversation.
https://theconversation.com/pfas-are-turning-up-in-the-great-lakes-putting-fish-and-water-supplies-at-risk-heres-how-they-get-there-271489
https://theconversation.com/pfas-are-turning-up-in-the-great-lakes-putting-fish-and-water-supplies-at-risk-heres-how-they-get-there-271489
PFAS are turning up in the Great Lakes, putting fish and water supplies at risk – here’s how they get there
Some of these ‘forever chemicals’ are toxic at very low levels. They can get into water systems and bioaccumulate in fish, ultimately posing risks to people.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
How do #PFAS get into drinking water? Our director, Christy Remucal, describes how "forever chemicals" move around the #GreatLakes in The Conversation.
https://theconversation.com/pfas-are-turning-up-in-the-great-lakes-putting-fish-and-water-supplies-at-risk-heres-how-they-get-there-271489
https://theconversation.com/pfas-are-turning-up-in-the-great-lakes-putting-fish-and-water-supplies-at-risk-heres-how-they-get-there-271489
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There are about 532,938 acres of #GreatLakes coastal wetlands - some 833 square miles - that provide habitat for nearly 80 species of fish species at some point during their life cycle. Yellow perch, pike, and bass all often start out their lives in these nurseries! #WorldWetlandsDay
February 2, 2026 at 7:53 PM
There are about 532,938 acres of #GreatLakes coastal wetlands - some 833 square miles - that provide habitat for nearly 80 species of fish species at some point during their life cycle. Yellow perch, pike, and bass all often start out their lives in these nurseries! #WorldWetlandsDay
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Wetlands may often be overlooked, but they are essential to life.
Wetlands store water during droughts, absorb floods, filter pollution and support livelihoods.
This #WorldWetlandsDay, let us honour the traditional knowledge and cultural heritage that have protected wetlands for generations.
Wetlands store water during droughts, absorb floods, filter pollution and support livelihoods.
This #WorldWetlandsDay, let us honour the traditional knowledge and cultural heritage that have protected wetlands for generations.
February 2, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Wetlands may often be overlooked, but they are essential to life.
Wetlands store water during droughts, absorb floods, filter pollution and support livelihoods.
This #WorldWetlandsDay, let us honour the traditional knowledge and cultural heritage that have protected wetlands for generations.
Wetlands store water during droughts, absorb floods, filter pollution and support livelihoods.
This #WorldWetlandsDay, let us honour the traditional knowledge and cultural heritage that have protected wetlands for generations.
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New video of the restoration of North Fish Creek in the Lake Superior headwaters of WI, funded in part through our #GreatLakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program!
More GLSNRP success stories are on our website: glc.org/work/sedimen...
youtube.com/watch?v=yFE2... #GLRI
More GLSNRP success stories are on our website: glc.org/work/sedimen...
youtube.com/watch?v=yFE2... #GLRI
Targeted Sediment Reduction to Fish Creek: Keystone Bluff Project
YouTube video by Burke Center for Ecosystem Research
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January 26, 2026 at 5:31 PM
New video of the restoration of North Fish Creek in the Lake Superior headwaters of WI, funded in part through our #GreatLakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program!
More GLSNRP success stories are on our website: glc.org/work/sedimen...
youtube.com/watch?v=yFE2... #GLRI
More GLSNRP success stories are on our website: glc.org/work/sedimen...
youtube.com/watch?v=yFE2... #GLRI
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TONIGHT on Detroit PBS!
Sort fish, harvest wild rice and learn about what a drifting buoy revealed about winter on the lakes.
Read about "Sorting Fish and Breakaway Buoys" and catch the episode at 7:30 PM ET: www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/01/26/s...
Sort fish, harvest wild rice and learn about what a drifting buoy revealed about winter on the lakes.
Read about "Sorting Fish and Breakaway Buoys" and catch the episode at 7:30 PM ET: www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/01/26/s...
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
TONIGHT on Detroit PBS!
Sort fish, harvest wild rice and learn about what a drifting buoy revealed about winter on the lakes.
Read about "Sorting Fish and Breakaway Buoys" and catch the episode at 7:30 PM ET: www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/01/26/s...
Sort fish, harvest wild rice and learn about what a drifting buoy revealed about winter on the lakes.
Read about "Sorting Fish and Breakaway Buoys" and catch the episode at 7:30 PM ET: www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/01/26/s...
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🚨 OUT NOW: our January newsletter ! 🌊
Highlights include a save the date for #GreatLakesDay and our Semiannual Meeting; an update on U.S. #GreatLakes appropriations; and news about our upcoming study of the economic impacts of the #GLRI.
https://www.glc.org/about/newsletter/
Highlights include a save the date for #GreatLakesDay and our Semiannual Meeting; an update on U.S. #GreatLakes appropriations; and news about our upcoming study of the economic impacts of the #GLRI.
https://www.glc.org/about/newsletter/
January 22, 2026 at 3:55 PM
🚨 OUT NOW: our January newsletter ! 🌊
Highlights include a save the date for #GreatLakesDay and our Semiannual Meeting; an update on U.S. #GreatLakes appropriations; and news about our upcoming study of the economic impacts of the #GLRI.
https://www.glc.org/about/newsletter/
Highlights include a save the date for #GreatLakesDay and our Semiannual Meeting; an update on U.S. #GreatLakes appropriations; and news about our upcoming study of the economic impacts of the #GLRI.
https://www.glc.org/about/newsletter/
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In our next episode, explore a project on a Michigan river that keeps undesirable fish away. Then take a canoe out onto the Au Sable River to harvest wild rice. Plus, see what a drifting buoy revealed about winter on the lakes.
Watch it MONDAY, 1/26 at 7:30p ET on Detroit PBS!
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Watch it MONDAY, 1/26 at 7:30p ET on Detroit PBS!
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Sorting Fish and Breakaway Buoys | Episode Preview
YouTube video by Great Lakes Now
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January 22, 2026 at 4:05 PM
In our next episode, explore a project on a Michigan river that keeps undesirable fish away. Then take a canoe out onto the Au Sable River to harvest wild rice. Plus, see what a drifting buoy revealed about winter on the lakes.
Watch it MONDAY, 1/26 at 7:30p ET on Detroit PBS!
youtu.be/ybrE_pxFZr0
Watch it MONDAY, 1/26 at 7:30p ET on Detroit PBS!
youtu.be/ybrE_pxFZr0
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The Senate passed a package of appropriations bills, sending them to the President’s desk. The bill increases funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and rejects proposed cuts to NOAA and the EPA. Read NEMWI’s Great Lakes analysis here:
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January 22, 2026 at 5:24 PM
The Senate passed a package of appropriations bills, sending them to the President’s desk. The bill increases funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and rejects proposed cuts to NOAA and the EPA. Read NEMWI’s Great Lakes analysis here:
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🌊💻 Our director Erika Jensen spoke to The Detroit News about how data centers could affect the #GreatLakes: https://ow.ly/OiQf50Y0QAS
The GLC recently passed resolutions calling for more study of energy/water use and strategies for reusing non-potable water.
The GLC recently passed resolutions calling for more study of energy/water use and strategies for reusing non-potable water.
January 21, 2026 at 7:10 PM
🌊💻 Our director Erika Jensen spoke to The Detroit News about how data centers could affect the #GreatLakes: https://ow.ly/OiQf50Y0QAS
The GLC recently passed resolutions calling for more study of energy/water use and strategies for reusing non-potable water.
The GLC recently passed resolutions calling for more study of energy/water use and strategies for reusing non-potable water.
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Rising water levels and increased wave activity prompted many coastal communities to install seawalls, rock revetments and other protective structures, the study said.
www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/01/21/g...
www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/01/21/g...
Growth in shoreline armoring is reshaping Michigan’s Lake Michigan coast - Great Lakes Now
A new study documents a fivefold increase in shoreline armoring along Lake Michigan’s Eastern coast.
www.greatlakesnow.org
January 21, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Rising water levels and increased wave activity prompted many coastal communities to install seawalls, rock revetments and other protective structures, the study said.
www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/01/21/g...
www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/01/21/g...