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July 2023 Update
Heads Up!! July 2023 – GBGLF’s evidence shows the St. Clair River is eroding again – contributing to the sudden decline of our water levels!Once again our hydraulic control engineer Bill Bialkowski has determined that the St. Clair Riverbed is eroding – increasing the...
Groups petition Great Lakes governors to address Ontario’s alleged breach of binational water agreement with Bill 23
Article from the Maintoulin Expositor, Dec 14/22 By Lori Thompson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter - December 14, 2022 GEORGIAN BAY—A group of four organizations representing Georgian Bay and the Great Lakes basin have written the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence...
November 2022 Update
GBGLF November 2022 NewsletterAs 2022 winds down it is time for us to report on our work this year. But first we need to bring to your attention the little known facts about Premier Ford’s Bill 23. While public pressure forced the re-instatement of the democratic...
GBGLF Comments on Bill 23
More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022Supporting Growth and Housing in York and Durham Regions Act, 2022Comments on both these proposed Acts from the Georgian Bay Great Lakes Foundation, November 24, 2022Background: Our organization has been involved in work related to...
Midland Today: Local group challenges accuracy of IJC water level data
The need for water quality along Georgian Bay is no mere drop in the bucket. Members of the Georgian Bay Great Lakes Foundation (GBGLF) addressed Tiny council at the recent committee of the whole meeting, presenting an update on Georgian Bay water levels and water...
June 2022 Update
GBGLF June 2022 NewsletterWe hope you are sitting down when you read this. By 2030, Environment Canada Climate Change (ECCC) are predicting that Lakes Michigan/Huron/Georgian Bay water levels will decline by 2030 to 3+feet or 1M below the record low 2013 levels! And...
Wonderful article dealing with food web dynamics during a rapidly changing climate on Lake Michigan ....
Shrinking ice cover, warmer water: How will Lake Michigan and its food web respond?
www.wuwm.com
Lake Michigan is teeming with life. But over time, its food web — from the smallest plankton to the largest fish — has been impacted. Overfishing and waves of invasive species have taken their tol...
Interesting storyline to say the least ....
Are Great Lakes cities ready for climate migrants?
greatlakesecho.org
A California woman on “The Daily Show” recently swapped her sandals for snowshoes after moving to Duluth to escape her state’s wildfires. The Comedy Central show featured Duluth as a climate hav...
The projections for summer water levels is complicated by the historically low ice cover over the lakes this winter ...
What will the 'abnormal winter' mean for water levels on the Great Lakes this spring and summer?
www.audacy.com
It’s safe to say Michigan had a much milder winter than we’re used to. With the warmer-than-average temperatures and lack of snow, what will that mean for the water levels across the Great Lakes t...
Interesting article on the impacts of warmer winters on commercial shipping ....
Great Lakes ice cover is shrinking. What does that mean for shipping?
www.wuwm.com
One sign of warming winters: the Great Lakes have lost a quarter of their ice cover in the last 50 years. It raises the possibility of an extended shipping season on the lakes.
Gulley formation causing significant problems on northern shore of Lake Erie ...
'The grand canyon': Huge crater on Erie's shore underlines erosion threat
www.norfolkandtillsonburgnews.com
Rates of erosion along Lake Erie's shoreline from Port Glasgow to Long Point are among the highest on the Great Lakes, a geoscientist says
CBC picks up the story of historic low ice cover on the Great Lakes ...
Lake Superior ice coverage at record low levels | CBC News
www.cbc.ca
An icebreaker may be an unlikely sight in the Port of Thunder Bay this year, as ice coverage across the Great Lakes remains low.