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Posted inAdvocacy, Detroit, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Detroit, Featured, Infrastructure, Michigan, Municipalities, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Detroiters can get another 1,125 gallons of water under discount program

by Great Lakes Echo March 3, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Climate Change, Guest Article, Lake Erie, Lake Erie-EPA, Latest News, News, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Lake Erie algae in 2022 worse than predicted; it plateaued rather than peaked

by Great Lakes Echo February 1, 2023November 8, 2025
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
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Climate Change, Great Lakes Echo, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

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

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  • This northern Michigan program hopes to cultivate the next generation of farmers
    “Nobody gets into farming for sane reasons, other than the sanity of knowing where your food comes from and just general health,” said one student at the Great Lakes Incubator Farm, which teaches people how to work in agriculture.
  • Great Lakes shipping lost third of season to ‘inadequate icebreaking’
    The Lake Carriers Association said in a report that it lost 82 shipping days this year because the US Coast Guard failed to break enough ice. Despite repeated attempts, Congress hasn’t invested in a new icebreaker for the Great Lakes.
  • Whitefish waning. Should Michigan have commercial trout, walleye catches?
    Bills under consideration in the House aim to expand commercial access to walleye and trout as whitefish catch rates plummet. Recreational fishing advocates and state fishing regulators object.

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