Three climate-monitoring and maritime-safety buoys have been deployed from the south shore of Lake Superior.
In 2021, Superior Watershed Partnership (SWP) received $47,786.80 in grant funding through the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) to purchase and deploy three monitoring buoys.
This year, buoys were deployed at: Marquette, Munising, and Grand Marias. The Marquette buoy was placed north-east of Black Rocks with boat support provided by DNR. The Munising and Grand Marais buoys were deployed by SWP staff with boat support provided by Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO).
Each of the three monitoring buoys collect important navigation and climate planning data including wave height, wind speed, water temperature and more.
The live data provided by these buoys is critical for commercial and recreational boaters as well as the National Weather Service, Environment Canada and NOAA. In addition, the SWP uses buoy data for long term climate adaptation planning with coastal communities in the Upper Peninsula.
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