This year water levels were the highest on record since previous record highs in 1986, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers which has tracked them since 1918.
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Warm weather means less ice, more erosion at Lake Erie’s Presque Isle State Park
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About $3 million will be spent on annual beach replenishment this year.
contamination
Ontario fuel spill could threaten Lake Erie
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Environmentalists worry that a recent fuel spill in south-central Ontario will reverse their efforts to restore the local environment and that it threatens Lake Erie.
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Living with algal blooms: How one Michigan town manages its water
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Like many coastal communities in the Great Lakes Basin, Monroe, Michigan, relies on water drawn directly from one of the five Great Lakes: Erie.
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Farmers, Great Lakes benefit from cover crops
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Cover crops reduce erosion and help prevent nutrient runoff from farms, particularly phosphorus, from making its way to the Great Lakes and creating conditions for algal blooms.
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Small streams have large impact on big lake
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The 2,800 tributaries emptying into the world’s largest lake may affect its biochemistry and ecology more than people think.
Climate change
U.S., Canadian coast guards break ice on shared waters
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The economic value of the cargo they helped move last winter is estimated at $875 million.
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Phrag fight: is it friend or foe?
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How the First Nations people of Walpole Island are approaching the phragmites problem.
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Water plant provides physical and spiritual sustenance
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The story of wild rice and its relationship to Native American culture.
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Bowling Green State University opens algae-fighting center
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The university recently announced a $5.2 million federal grant to create the Lake Erie Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health.
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Poll shows indigenous people more aware of Great Lakes threats
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Among the differences is that 20 percent of the non-indigenous respondents didn’t know where their drinking water comes from but only about 1 percent of indigenous people were not sure.