U.S. Coast Guard members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay (WTGB 102), home-ported in Detroit, Michigan, conduct buoy deck operations along the Detroit River while en route to Ontario, Canada, Dec. 7-9, 2025. Bristol Bay's efforts were part of a Coast Guard mission to support the Great Lakes Marine Transportation System through the use of a Short-Range Aids to navigation System, in order to ensure the safety of recreational and commercial vessels transiting the waterways. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Lauofo)
The U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes Oil Spill Center of Expertise located in
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, announced its project funding for fiscal year 2026.
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes commenced Operation Taconite at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 10, to prevent newly formed ice from hindering commercial traffic.
DOLLAR BAY, Mich. — The U.S. Coast Guard awarded a contract for the construction of new multiplex family housing units at Station Portage, in Dollar Bay, Michigan on Sept. 23, 2025.
The Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Duluth, in coordination with local partners, is responding to an oil spill that occurred at approximately 11 a.m. today, Sept. 2, 2025, at the Duluth Harbor dock wall.
Coast Guard personnel, in coordination with local, state, tribal and federal agencies, are scheduled to conduct a training exercise at the Little Bear East Arena in St. Ignace on Aug. 21, 2025.
