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DISAPPEARING BEACHES

DISAPPEARING BEACHES - Chicago Tribune: Beach erosion has long worried L. Michigan's coastal residents. But the thinning veneer of sand on the lake floor may be more troublesome.  The amount ...

SAND LOST FOREVER?

Chicago TribuneWithout a thick sand cushion, the primarily clay lakebed in shallow waters has been eroding as it takes more of the brunt of waves.  The lakebed erodes ...

EXCESS WATER DUMPED BY L. SUPERIOR BOARD

The Board of Control has declined to consider reducing excess water releases from Long Lac-Ogoki diversions this year as it did in1952, 1973, 1985.  The larger dam of two forming ...

WEEKLY WATER LEVELS UPDATE FOR LAKE MICHIGAN – HURON.

WEEKLY WATER LEVELS UPDATE FOR LAKE MICHIGAN – HURONThe US Army Corps of Engineers’ August 16 Weekly Report for the month to date shows that rainfall for the ...

PIPING PLOVER THREATS

Officials at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore are doing what they can to protect an already endangered shorebird from rising water levels in the Great Lakes.  Rising water levels ...