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COVID-19 Delays Great Lakes Buoy Deployment, MTU Helps Fill the Gap

Michigan Tech & the Cooperative Institute deploy critical Lake Superior buoys for safe boating & shipping despite COVID-19 delays.
June 30, 2020
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COVID-19 Delays Great Lakes Buoy Deployment, MTU Helps Fill the Gap

Michigan Tech and the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research have stepped in to ensure buoys are deployed in Lake Superior despite delays caused by COVID-19.

An unexpected consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the delayed deployment of Great Lakes weather and wave buoys, which provide critical weather and wave conditions information to commercial shipping, recreational boaters, anglers, swimmers and local tour boat businesses.

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COVID-19 Delays Great Lakes Buoy Deployment, MTU Helps Fill the Gap

June 30, 2020

Michigan Tech & the Cooperative Institute deploy critical Lake Superior buoys for safe boating & shipping despite COVID-19 delays.

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