The highest snowfall totals so far have been found in cities and towns downwind of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario from northwestern Pennsylvania to western and northern New York state.
Lake effect snow is slamming the Great Lakes, with seven states from Wisconsin to New York under snow alerts on Monday.
The Shortnose Cisco was thought wiped out by invasive species and overfishing decades ago from where it was known to live, in Lakes Michigan and Huron.
Nearly 4 feet (1.2 meters) of lake-effect snow — caused by warm, moist air blowing across the Great Lakes — fell over the weekend on upstate New York and parts of Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Another blast of winter weather is set to hit the Great Lakes as a winter storm sweeps across the country. Follow Newsweek's ...