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Feature HomepageFoodForests and PlantsHistory and CultureLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchA Fleeting Wild Taste of Spring Ephemerals: Ramps and Ostrich Fern
-As the harsh Great Lakes winter recedes, the diverse forests from the shores of Lake Superior to Lake Erie begin to show signs of life. Among the first to announce spring are the wild leeks, or ramps, emerging in the undergrowth.
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Warming Waters and Mutant Crayfish
-In this episode a Great Lakes Now, a Lake Superior skiing destination for powderhounds, and a look at how the centuries-old practice of sauna is picking up steam in the Great Lakes.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsJames ProffittLatest NewsNewsOhioScience, Technology, ResearchOhio Birding Transitions
-Amid climate and habitat concerns, the Biggest Week in American Birding festival will draw tens of thousands in May.
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Great Lakes Now talks “Love Canal” with American Experience Executive Producer Cameo George
-In the interview, we discuss storytelling that centers community advocacy, and the history and present of the environmental justice movement.
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Feature HomepageForests and PlantsInvasive SpeciesLake ErieLake OntarioLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsFinding creative new ways to manage invasive cattails
-Scientists are thinking holistically about biodiversity, sustainability, and resilience when it comes to the role invasive cattails play in the Great Lakes.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFoodLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsPFASRecreation and TourismWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGood news for Michigan smelt season: PFAS levels lower than feared
-State officials warned against eating too much of the silvery panfish due to high PFAS levels. Scientists now say that was an error, but aren’t yet ready to abandon fish consumption advisories altogether.
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Feature HomepageIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsPennsylvaniaPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsinEnergy News Roundup: Key figure in Ohio bribery scandal dead by suicide
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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AuthorsEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeLine 5 activist group wants Gov. Whitmer to “be an advocate” for shutdown
-In a late move, the Department of Justice sides with Canada on continued operation of Line 5, citing treaty and the public’s interest.
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Feature HomepageFoodForests and PlantsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchTourismYour Foraging Journey: A Framework to Sustainable and Safe Practices
-An introduction to “A Year in the Wild Kitchen of the Great Lakes” — a content series in partnership with expert forager Lisa M. Rose with the mission of nurturing a deeper connection with the natural world through the lens of foraging.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishKathy JohnsonLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchI Speak for the Fish: Never underestimate a smallmouth
-Smallmouth basses are like 3-year-old German Shepherds: powerful and intelligent with lethal guarding instincts.
