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CBS News
3 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Coast Guard locates 3 missing phosphorus flares that were left in Lake Michigan
The U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday that it has now located all the phosphorus flares that were lost in a military exercise earlier this month. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan said the flares were used for a joint military exercise with the Air Force back on May 5 offshore from Milwaukee. Four phosphorus pyrotechnics failed to activate as they were supposed to when they hit the water during the exercise, the Coast Guard said. The flares activate when they hit the water or when a cap and screw are removed, and produce a red smoke and flame that can reach 2,900 degrees Fahrenheit, the Coast Guard said. One of the four flares washed up on Montrose Beach on Monday. The other three were still missing when the Coast Guard announced one of them had been found at Montrose Beach. But on Wednesday, the Coast Guard said all four had been located. The Coast Guard did not specify where the other three flares were found. The Coast Guard said once the flares are put in the water, it is dangerous to pick them up and put them back in the vessel, so they leave them.
CBS News
4 days ago
- General
- CBS News
1 dangerous phosphorus flare from military exercise found at Montrose Beach, 3 more still out there
A potentially dangerous phosphorus flare was found at Montrose Beach this week, and the U.S. Coast Guard said three more remain unaccounted for. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan said the flares were used for a joint military exercise with the Air Force earlier this month offshore from Milwaukee. Four phosphorus pyrotechnics failed to activate when they hit the water during the exercise, the Coast Guard said. The flares are considered armed if they do not activate. When they do, they produce a red smoke and flame that can reach 2,900 degrees Fahrenheit, the Coast Guard said. The flares ignite when they hit water, after a cap and screw are removed. One flare was found on Monday by a lifeguard at Montrose Beach — a popular beach known in particular for its dog-friendly area and its piping plovers. The newest generation of birds laid their first egg at the beach just last week. Chicago beaches also opened for the season this week. U.S. Coast Guard The Coast Guard said three live phosphorus pyrotechnics from the exercise in Milwaukee are still out there. Anyone who finds a silver-colored cylinder on the beach should call 911, the Coast Guard said.
CBS News
6 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Volunteers create new campaign to help protect beloved piping plovers at Montrose Beach
New campaign aims to protect piping plovers New campaign aims to protect piping plovers New campaign aims to protect piping plovers It's been one week since Chicago's beloved piping plovers Imani and Sea Rocket laid their first egg of the season in Montrose Beach. Since the presence of dogs can frighten shore birds, volunteers have now created a way for residents and their furry friends to help keep endangered species safe. The Piping Plover Pal campaign allows dog owners and their pets to sign a pledge and get a leash cover. In the pledge you can commit to: Using the Montrose Dog Beach each time I bring a dog in my care to the Montrose Beach Area. Always leashing my dog outside of dog-friendly areas. Keeping my dog outside of protected natural areas. So far, 25 pups and their owners took the pledge. Volunteers will be by the Montrose Dog Beach entrance at 10 a.m. for those interested in taking the pledge. Volunteers will also be at the dog beach on Friday and Saturday mornings.
CBS News
19-05-2025
- Science
- CBS News
Chicago's Piping plovers Imani and Sea Rocket lay first egg of season
Piping plovers Imani and Sea Rocket lay first egg of season Piping plovers Imani and Sea Rocket lay first egg of season Piping plovers Imani and Sea Rocket lay first egg of season The next generation of Montrose Beach's piping plovers are to be on the way. Chicago's beloved Imani and Sea Rocket laid their first egg of the season on the Montrose Beach dunes shoreline Sunday morning. Volunteers said they expect Sea Rocket to lay four eggs total. Along with Imani and Sea Rocket, volunteers said Pippin is also back at Montrose Beach for the season. It is now peak of migration season. The Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary attracts tens of thousands of migratory birds every year. It features a Magic Hedge — a 150-yard stretch of shrubs and trees — that attracts an especially large number of species. Piping plovers are found not in the Magic Hedge, but on the beach. Monty and Rose — named after the beach that is in turn named after the east-west street of which it serves at the mouth — were the first to nest at Montrose Beach in 71 years when they appeared in 2019. Pippin was hatched in 2023 in Cat Island — located in Lake Superior in the northernmost reaches of Wisconsin.
