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Great Lakes News Roundup

Check out the links below to see what’s going on in the watershed.

A satellite image of the Great Lakes taken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on June 21, 1995. Photo courtesy of the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.

• Whitefish have been found in inland Wisconsin waters for the first time in a century. The Wisconsin DNR found evidence of spawning whitefish in the Peshtigo River, the Menominee River, the Oconto River and the Fox River. Read the story here>>

• The Wisconsin DNR is looking for photographers and writers to submit Great Lakes photos and poems. Read the story here>>

• A Stanford University survey found 79 percent of residents believe in climate change and 86 percent want the government to regulate greenhouse gasses. That puts us at the low end of Great Lakes states believing in climate change, but the highest in wanting regulation. Check out the data here>>

• We aren’t the only ones worried about our water levels. Lake Ontario shoreline residents, who want consistent water levels to support property values, fight with ecologists, who say the water level should vary more in order to promote wetland health. Read the story here>>

• Your dandruff shampoo may be bad for the watershed. Many contain fungicide, and when washed down the drain that fungicide often ends up at wastewater treatment plants that do a poor job filtering chemicals in skincare products. Fungicides in dandruff shampoos end up in the water, which can hurt plants. Read the story here>>

• The Michigan DNR made a video that helps anglers identify young Asian carp, hopefully preventing them from getting into the Great Lakes. Watch the video here>>

• Gogebic Taconite, the company trying to build an open pit mine in Wisconsin’s Penokee Hills, has revised its plan to sample rock. The company has found rocks in the area that can release asebestos-like material known to cause lung cancer. Questions about the material will wait until the company files for a mining permit. Read the story here>>