Severe cuts at NOAA would kill Great Lakes data buoy network

Severe cuts at NOAA would kill Great Lakes data buoy network

ANN ARBOR, MI — Severe cuts proposed at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) would shutter a Great Lakes data network that which aids fishermen and helps forecast threats to beaches and drinking water intakes.

Proposed NOAA cuts put Great Lakes research, safety at risk, experts say

ON LAKE SUPERIOR — Researcher Jay Austin and crew members of the Blue Heron used a crane to lower a weather buoy into Lake Superior off the shore of Two Harbors earlier this month. Then they dumped a pair of steel train wheels overboard to anchor the maroon and gold buoy as it transmits real-time data to shore until it is retrieved in the fall. The Blue Heron, a former Atlantic Ocean fishing boat repurposed into a research vessel for the Univers…

Lab that helps forecast severe weather in Michigan ‘crippled’ by Trump staffing cuts - Great Lakes Commission

Essential functions at the federal Great Lakes research lab that monitors toxic algae blooms and helps forecast Michigan weather have been “crippled” by the Trump administration’s wave of federal firings. Read the full story by MLive.