Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.

The Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory has lost about 35% of its 52 -member workforce since February .

Severe spending limits have made it difficult to purchase ordinary equipment for processing samples, such as filters and containers.

Data generated by the lab’s boats and buoys could be limited or interrupted, scientists say.

ProPublica has reported on how the loss of research grants at Princeton and the more significant defunding of the NOAA lab it works with would be a serious setback for weather and climate preparedness.

Eight U.S. senators, including the minority leader, sent a letter in March to a top NOAA leader inquiring about many of the changes.

The rise of agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and NOAA led to noticeable changes.

Vance as a co-sponsor of a bill to extend support for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative passed the Senate last year , but stalled in the House .

A Heritage Foundation plan says NOAA should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated.