#greatlakes — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #greatlakes, aggregated by home.social.
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🗣 You have riparian rights on the beach. It's part of the Public Trust doctrine.
You can walk along the shoreline below the high-water mark, anywhere on MI Great Lake's beaches.
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Some shots over by lake erie
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Some shots over by lake erie
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Some shots over by lake erie
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Some shots over by lake erie
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Some shots over by lake erie
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🐟🐟 Some Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old. Scientists are rethinking how to save them
Human activity brought these giant fish to the brink of extinction. Now they can't recover without us
#GreatLakes #Conservation #Nature
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-great-lakes-sturgeon-lifespan-study-9.7329250
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🐟🐟 Some Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old. Scientists are rethinking how to save them
Human activity brought these giant fish to the brink of extinction. Now they can't recover without us
#GreatLakes #Conservation #Nature
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-great-lakes-sturgeon-lifespan-study-9.7329250
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🐟🐟 Some Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old. Scientists are rethinking how to save them
Human activity brought these giant fish to the brink of extinction. Now they can't recover without us
#GreatLakes #Conservation #Nature
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-great-lakes-sturgeon-lifespan-study-9.7329250
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🐟🐟 Some Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old. Scientists are rethinking how to save them
Human activity brought these giant fish to the brink of extinction. Now they can't recover without us
#GreatLakes #Conservation #Nature
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-great-lakes-sturgeon-lifespan-study-9.7329250
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🐟🐟 Some Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old. Scientists are rethinking how to save them
Human activity brought these giant fish to the brink of extinction. Now they can't recover without us
#GreatLakes #Conservation #Nature
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-great-lakes-sturgeon-lifespan-study-9.7329250
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Big wave and the lighthouse at the end of the pier at Grand Haven, Michigan, November, 2022. Photo by Walter Elliott.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan“Looking forward to the big waves in the fall.” - Walter Elliott
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“New research suggests these ancient-looking, armoured fish may live far longer than scientists previously thought — in some cases, more than 400 years.”
#Sturgeon #Canada #GreatLakes
#Science
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-great-lakes-sturgeon-lifespan-study-9.7329250 -
“New research suggests these ancient-looking, armoured fish may live far longer than scientists previously thought — in some cases, more than 400 years.”
#Sturgeon #Canada #GreatLakes
#Science
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“New research suggests these ancient-looking, armoured fish may live far longer than scientists previously thought — in some cases, more than 400 years.”
#Sturgeon #Canada #GreatLakes
#Science
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“New research suggests these ancient-looking, armoured fish may live far longer than scientists previously thought — in some cases, more than 400 years.”
#Sturgeon #Canada #GreatLakes
#Science
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“New research suggests these ancient-looking, armoured fish may live far longer than scientists previously thought — in some cases, more than 400 years.”
#Sturgeon #Canada #GreatLakes
#Science
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Hype for the Future 250L: Jefferson County, New York
Introduction Jefferson County is a notable county located at the beginning of the North Country in the State of New York home to the City of Watertown; the Villages of Carthage, West Carthage, Clayton, Adams, Sacksts Harbor, Black River, Philadelphia, Brownville, Alexandria Bay, Dexter, Theresa, Cape Vincent, Antwerp, Chaumont, Evans Mills, Glen Park, Mannsville, Deferiet, and Ellisburg; and the Towns of Adams, Alexandria, Antwerp, Brownville, Cape Vincent, Champion, Clayton, Ellisburg, […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/07/08/hype-for-the-future-250l-jefferson-county-new-york/
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Hype for the Future 249C: Orleans County, New York
Overview Orleans County is a notable county along Lake Ontario in the State of New York home to the Villages of Medina, Albion (county seat), Holley, and Lyndonville and the Towns of Albion, Barre, Carlton, Clarendon, Gaines, Kendall, Murray, Ridgeway, Shelby, and Yates. Major highways located within the county include Routes 18, 31, 31A, 31E, 63, 98, 104, 237, 269, 272, 279, and 387, along with Lake Ontario State Parkway. Within Medina are the American Craftsmen Gallery, the Medina Railroad […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/07/07/hype-for-the-future-249c-orleans-county-new-york/
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Hype for the Future 212B: City of Zion, Illinois
Overview The City of Zion is a small city located in the northern portion of Lake County, Illinois, along Routes 131, 137, and 173 north of Waukegan along Lake Michigan. Today, the community is associated with the Great Lakes region and is home to the historic Esther’s Well, the Shiloh House, Guest Quarters North, the historic Zion Hotel Dome, Lorenzo’s Restaurant, and the Inn on Sheridan. Interestingly, the Zion Hotel Dome is today a notable feature of the community associated with a […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/05/31/hype-for-the-future-212b-city-of-zion-illinois/
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Hype for the Future 212A: Winthrop Harbor, Illinois
Overview The Village of Winthrop Harbor is a small village located at the northeastern corner of Lake County, Illinois, along with the northeastern corner of the entire State of Illinois, along the Wisconsin line to the north and Lake Michigan to the east. Overall, the community is located along the north-south Route 137 corridor and is home to the Stone Creek Grill.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/05/31/hype-for-the-future-212a-winthrop-harbor-illinois/
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Hype for the Future 209C: Lake Michigan Urban Corridor, Wisconsin
Introduction The southeastern portion of the State of Wisconsin along the western side of Lake Michigan is home to notable communities in and around Milwaukee, including Waukesha, Port Washington, Grafton, Cedarburg, Kenosha, and Racine, just to name a few. Notable features of the area include proximity to Lake Michigan and high urban densities relative to the smaller urbanized areas and urban clusters throughout the State. While the Grafton, Port Washington, and Cedarburg areas are to the […] -
What eagles can tell us about the health of the Great Lakes https://www.byteseu.com/2059891/ #Blood #contamination #ddt #eagle #EagleBlood #environment #GreatLakes #Michigan #PFAS #WaterQuality #Wildlife
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This from 2021. And yes, it's still sitting there. The alternatives? Desecrating #YuccaMountain? Polluting the #GreatLakes? Or maybe burying it underneath Congress? But until we figure out how to transport and permanently store nuclear waste, it is being stored on site. And not just in #Maine -- everywhere there was a #NuclearPowerPlant!
Armed Guards Protect Tons Of #NuclearWaste That Maine Can’t Get Rid Of
By Abigail Curtis, BDN
Published July 19, 2021"In the summertime, the picturesque village of #WiscassetME is infamous for its long lines of people hungry to try a lobster roll at Red’s Eats and cars that crawl through town on the often-clogged #USRouteOne.
"But just a few miles south of downtown is a different kind of roadblock: 550 metric tons of nuclear waste stored on a coastal peninsula at the now-decommissioned #MaineYankee atomic energy plant that have nowhere to go.
"The change in presidential administrations means another chance for the federal government to make good on its promise to remove the waste, so the site can be closed for good. The Biden administration’s Department of Energy seems to be picking up where the Obama administration left off, creating a process for communities to volunteer to host the waste.
" 'What worries me is that there really isn’t any national leadership right now on this stuff. There isn’t an agency that has a mission and has developed a strategy, that has goals and is willing to act on it,' Don Hudson, the chairman of the Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel, said. 'We’re currently in this limbo.'
"That’s a problem because the waste — 1,400 spent nuclear fuel rods housed in 60 cement and steel canisters, plus four canisters of irradiated steel removed from the nuclear reactor when it was taken down — is safe for now, but can’t stay in Wiscasset forever.
"The situation in Wiscasset underscores a thorny issue facing more than 100 communities across the U.S.: close to a hundred thousand tons of nuclear waste that has no place to go.
"Securing these remnants of nuclear energy generation is an ongoing task that requires armed guards around the clock and costs Maine Yankee’s owners some $10 million per year, which is being paid for with money from the government.
"After the government failed to remove the spent fuel, Maine Yankee and the other two decommissioned nuclear power plants in New England — Connecticut Yankee in East Hampton, Connecticut, and Yankee Atomic in Rowe, Massachusetts — took it to court. So far, they have been awarded a total of $575.5 million in damages during four rounds of litigation, money that has been paid out of the U.S. Judgment fund. A fifth round is happening now, and the lawsuits are likely to continue until the fuel is removed.
"All told, the country’s many abandoned nuclear facilities — including Maine Yankee — have cost the federal government billions of dollars, a sum that increases by about $2 million each day, according to Eric Howes, the spokesperson for Maine Yankee and two other decommissioned plants in New England.
" 'All the #taxpayers in the United States are paying for the government’s failure to meet its obligations,' he said.
"But as the years pass, it seems that fewer and fewer people even realize that there are tons of nuclear waste on the secured site behind a chain-link fence on Bailey Point. Hudson and others worry that for many, it’s too easy not to think about it, diminishing the drive to find a better solution.
" 'Nobody ever travels by it. Nobody ever sees it,' Hudson said. 'It’s the classic out of sight, out of mind.' "
#nuclear #nuclearwaste #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #NuclearWaste #RethinkNotRestart
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Friday’s destruction marked the 3rd-straight day of significant severe weather, w/more threats predicted through the weekend. Severe #thunderstorms across the #GreatLakes region late Thurs knocked out #power to some 315k customers as of early Saturday, w/ #Michigan suffering a large concentration of power loss, acc/to PowerOutage.us.
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#Palisades power plant will restart. Here's where on the #GreatLakes #NuclearPlants operate
Story by Sarah Moore, Lansing State Journal, 2/27/2025
"Owners of Michigan's Palisades nuclear energy plant this week announced a new five-year program aimed at restarting the power station while adding two smaller, modular reactors to the existing facility.
"Holtec has launched 'Mission 2030,' a program to build America’s first small modular reactors — Holtec’s SMR-300 — at the Palisades site in Covert Township, Michigan, with a target of 2030 for first commercial operation.' Holtec International said in a release. "The new SMR-300s will be co-located with the existing 800-megawatt Palisades plant, which is on track to restart after an extended outage following shutdown in 2022.'
"The program was discussed at a ceremony Feb. 25, at which #Holtec said it has joined forces with #Hyundai Engineering & Construction to build a 10-gigawatt fleet of SMR-300s in North America, the release said.
"Nuclear energy production is seeing growing interest for power generation because it requires no fossil fuels and can help reduce greenhouse gases. The systems, however, generate tons of highly #RadioactiveWaste that has to be stored. In #Michigan, waste is stored within a short distance of the #GreatLakes in some locations."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/palisades-power-plant-will-restart-heres-where-on-the-great-lakes-nuclear-plants-operate/ar-AA1zUV7D
#RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #Renewables #RenewablesNow #WaterIsLife #RadioactivePollution #HoltecLies -
#NOAA: 4 tips to keep you safe during a #SnowSquall
December 4, 2024
"It’s that time of year to watch out for one of the most dangerous and underplayed winter hazards while on the road: Snow squalls.
"A snow squall is a brief period of intense snowfall and wind that leads to whiteout conditions, zero visibility, a possible flash freeze and dangerous traffic accidents. Snow squalls are most common in the northern U.S. — especially around the #GreatLakes — between the months of November and March."
https://www.noaa.gov/stories/4-tips-to-keep-you-safe-during-snow-squall
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A Crew Was Searching For Shipwrecks In Lake Michigan—But They Found Something Completely Different
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https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a62501711/lake-michigan-holes/ <-- shared media / technical article
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“ • A survey of Lake Michigan located at least 40 large craters on the lakebed.
• Initial studies highlighted the spots as unknown shapes, but additional research revealed the craters are filled with marine life.
• Researchers expect to investigate further, seeing how these craters formed and if they’re really sinkholes…"
#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #groundwater #crater #sinkhole #bathymetry #topobathy #remotesensing #sonar #LakeMichigan #Michigan #research #GreatLakes #geomorphology #geomorphometry #ROV #ecology #ecosystems #cyanobacteria #WisconsinShipwreckCoastNationalMarineSanctuary #Sheboygan #Wisconsin #extremeecosystems #extremophiles #offgassing #hydrocarbons
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States Are Eyeing Bird-Friendly #Wetlands to Help Rid the #GreatLakes of #ToxicAlgae
"The #OneidaNation has restored wetlands that help to improve water quality in Wisconsin’s Green Bay while creating valuable habitat that attracts many birds."
Words by Andy McGlashen
Senior Editor, Audubon Magazine
Published June 17, 2024"In the ongoing effort to bring the problem under control, the region’s leaders are increasingly reaching for a primitive but proven tool for capturing and cleaning water before it enters the lake: wetlands. No one believes that #swamps and marshes alone can starve the algae blooms, but experts say they are an important part of the solution. 'Wetlands are wonderful filtration systems,' says Richard Stumpf, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration who monitors #algae outbreaks. And because wetlands around the Great Lakes offer vital habitat where birds can rest during migration or raise their young, restoring them not only improves water quality but also brightens the outlook for vulnerable avian species.
“'There’s momentum building behind #NatureBasedSolutions,' says Kyle Rorah, regional director of public policy for Ducks Unlimited. 'There’s a huge opportunity to get serious about taking a chunk out of the problem.'"
#RestoreNature #RestoreTheWetlands #SaveTheMarshes #SaveNature #SolarPunkSunday #Rewilding