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MANITOULIN—The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation, a non-profit organization working to protect Lake Huron’s coastal environment, is looking for volunteers this summer for its Coast Watchers community volunteer program. “Our Coast Watchers help us to monitor conditions...

TORONTO—Great Lakes organizations are alarmed with the International Joint Commission’s (IJC) “Adaptive Management” advice being forwarded, instead of dealing with a significant cause of the record-setting low water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron. As water levels in Lakes...

LAKE HURON—Last winter’s lack of precipitation and this year’s dry, hot summer are combining to have a major effect on Lake Huron’s water levels. On December 1, Lake Huron was one centimeter lower than the 1964 record low, and by Thursday, December 13, Lake Huron was 71...

LAKE HURON—Low water levels, invasive species, pollution and the most recent thing to worry about in our Great Lakes? Plastics, specifically ‘microplastics.’ In a July study of the Great Lakes, Dr. Sherri Mason, a chemistry professor at the State University of New York at...

MANITOULIN—There is no ignoring it. The waters surrounding Manitoulin are receding at an astounding rate. According to the US Army Corps of Engineers website, an alert for Lakes Michigan-Huron has been issued, warning mariners that the Great Lake is now below chart datum. “Users...

ONTARIO—Due to strong public interest, the International Joint Commission (IJC) has extended the deadline for written comments on the Upper Great Lakes Study. “That’s good news I guess, some of my colleagues feel this is good, because it sounds as if they (IJC) are paying...

To the Expositor, An open letter on the Upper Great Lakes Study Dear Stakeholder, The International Joint Commission (IJC) deeply appreciates the hospitality, participation and passion of the people who shared their perspectives on Great Lakes water levels and flows. In mid-July,...

NORTH CHANNEL—Manitoulin OPP is responding to a second incident of mischief to fish cages belonging to Cold Water Fisheries located in the North Channel of Lake Huron, near LaCloche Island just north of Little Current. The first incident was reported on Thursday, July 26. Workers...

Thousands of fish released at $200,000 loss NORTH CHANNEL–Manitoulin OPP is responding to a second incident of mischief to fish cages belonging to Cold Water Fisheries located in the North Channel of Lake Huron, near LaCloche Island just north of Little Current. The first...

MIDLAND—The International Joint Commission (IJC) may be intending to allow water levels in Lake Huron and Georgian Bay to drop by more than 1.25 metres (four feet) below current levels. Those levels are already at historically low levels, threatening shoreline wetlands,...