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Posted inAlgae Blooms, Featured, Guest Article, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Ohio, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

New technology provides hope for the Great Lakes’ polluted waters

by Great Lakes Echo November 1, 2022
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Guest Article, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research

Only half of Great Lakes residents are aware of advisories for safely eating fish

by Great Lakes Echo July 8, 2022
Posted inAgriculture, Fish, Birds and Animals, Forests and Plants, Guest Article, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Invasive Species, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Water test: a long history and hopeful future of human impact on Great Lakes ecology

by Great Lakes Echo June 28, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Forests and Plants, Guest Article, Habitat Restoration, Invasive Species, Lake Michigan, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

Rising water makes Lake Michigan wetlands vulnerable to invaders

by Great Lakes Echo June 2, 2022November 9, 2025
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Global warming may impact Great Lakes beaches

by Great Lakes Echo April 13, 2022
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Guest Article, Invasive Species, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

The pandemic that closed the U.S./Canadian border to people may have opened it to the invasive sea lamprey

by Great Lakes Echo March 30, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Forests and Plants, Latest News, News, Ohio, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research

Lost and found: native aquatic plant in Ohio

by Great Lakes Echo March 22, 2022
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Fish, Birds and Animals, Guest Article, Infrastructure, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Ontario, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Science, Technology, Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

New Ontario watercraft regulations fight invasive species

by Great Lakes Echo March 17, 2022
Posted inInfrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Some communities in Michigan opt out of fluoridation

by Great Lakes Echo January 25, 2022
Posted inAgriculture, Guest Article, History and Culture, Illinois, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region

Great Lakes region WWII armory preserves Indigenous village

by Great Lakes Echo December 27, 2021

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  • Winter road salt is threatening Lake Simcoe and Ontario watersheds year-round
    Salt used to remove ice from roadways is collecting in Simcoe's watershed — a source of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people.
  • Great Lakes water levels decline from record highs: What the forecast says
    Over the next six months, the Army Corps predicts water levels will stay below long-term averages on all Great Lakes, except possibly Lake Ontario.
  • Shipwreck hunter discovers sunken 150-year-old luxury liner off the coast of Wisconsin
    The Great Lakes are seeing a "golden age" of shipwreck discoveries, says Wisconsin maritime historian.

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