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Michigan has more freshwater shoreline than any other state in America.

In January, when Lake Michigan’s chronically low water level reached its nadir, Leland Harbormaster Russell Dzuba faced the prospect of closing the popular harbor to keep commercial fishing vessels and pleasure boats from running aground in the shallow channel. Leland is one of dozens of Great Lakes harbors that have struggled for two decades with below average lake levels that damaged boats and caused freighters to carry less cargo to avoid hitting bottom. Closing Leland’s harbor would have been devastating, Dzuba said.

A very wet March contributed to higher levels this year than in 2022, but they're expected to be less than recent years that caused extensive damage

The future of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline remains unclear as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently pushed the permitting timeline to spring 2025.

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