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AuthorsDetroitDetroit RiverFish, Birds and AnimalsJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsPlayRecreation and TourismGreat Lakes Moment: One man’s foray into high-tech, long-distance birding
-In his monthly column, Great Lakes Now’s John Hartig profiles notable birder and digiscoper Jerry Jourdan.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingDetroitLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreation and TourismSt. Clair RiverHigh Water, Lower Speeds: Proposed law would give Michigan law enforcement agencies authority to lower boating speed limits
-A new bill in the Michigan legislature would allow temporary restrictions on motorboat speed limits in part because of high water levels.
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APDetroitDetroit RiverEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingNewsResourceWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEPA to design sediment remediation project for Detroit park
-The contaminated sediment at the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park is within the Detroit River Area of Concern and identified by the U.S. and Canada as one of 43 toxic hot spots in the Great Lakes basin, according to the EPA.
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Supreme Court won’t take case prompted by Flint water crisis
-The case the justices turned away without comment Tuesday involves a lawsuit against the city and water regulators, most of whom were responsible for making sure federal clean water laws were followed.
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State, nonprofit grants to boost Detroit recycling efforts
-Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy will give the city more than $458,000. Another $325,000 is coming from The Recycling Partnership to increase participation in curbside and multifamily recycling programs.
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Cleanup of Detroit “green goo” contaminated site expected to cost millions
-According to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, efforts to contain the leak at the Electro-Plating Services Inc. site in Madison Heights has cost at least $200,000 over 24 days.
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Superfund cleanup considered for Detroit ‘green goo’ site
-The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy said an evaluation of the Electro-Plating Services Inc. site will be completed this spring.
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APArticleDetroitDetroit RiverDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsEPA: Lead, uranium found after Detroit River aggregate spill
-The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy said in a statement Thursday that the EPA’s testing of soil and water at the Detroit Bulk Storage detected “many heavy metals including uranium.”
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EPA collects 11K gallons of water from Detroit contaminated site
-High levels of multiple contaminants were found in soil and groundwater at a site in Madison Heights when an inspection was launched after brightly-colored ooze was seen last month seeping through a concrete barrier along Interstate 696.
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Water authority: Some metals not detected after Detroit River aggregate spill
-Initial water quality tests following the spill of limestone construction aggregate into the Detroit River did not turn up uranium, thorium, mercury or lead, according to the Great Lakes Water Authority.
