Legislation adopted by Congress includes authorization for a new Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study that supporters say will look at protecting lakefront properties from flooding. United States Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand say they pushed to get the language in the bill after the flooding that hit the Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts the Great Lakes will hold their higher-than-average levels through the summer and into the early fall. The latest monthly prediction says the above average rain and very wet conditions in April and May pushed all the lakes higher than originally forecast. The six month water level forecast has […]
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will complete a massive dredging project at the Port of Rochester and Irondequoit Bay this week, getting both federal waterways dug out to their authorized depth for the first time in years. With this year’s high water it’s not as much of an issue, but […]