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Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Invasive Species, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Politics, 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, 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, Infrastructure, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Ontario, Policy, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

New Ontario watercraft regulations fight invasive species

by Great Lakes Echo March 17, 2022
Posted inInfrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, Water Quality

Some communities in Michigan opt out of fluoridation

by Great Lakes Echo January 25, 2022
Posted inAgriculture, Culture, Illinois, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Politics, Region

Great Lakes region WWII armory preserves Indigenous village

by Great Lakes Echo December 27, 2021
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Michigan, News, Politics, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Wisconsin

Proposed eastern sandhill cranes hunt in breeding states stirs controversy

by Great Lakes Echo December 16, 2021
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Habitat Restoration, Latest News, Michigan, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Sleeping Bear park officials ask visitors to stop building structures on lakeshore

by Great Lakes Echo December 8, 2021
Posted inDrinking Water, Illinois, Infrastructure, Latest News, News, Politics, Protect, Region, Water Quality

Great Lakes groups hope EPA regional administrator revitalizes infrastructure, morale

by Great Lakes Echo November 11, 2021
Posted inLatest News, News, Science, Technology & Research

Farmers’ Almanac forecasts frosty Great Lakes flip-flop

by Great Lakes Echo November 11, 2021
Posted inAdvocacy, Grand Rapids, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region

Great Lakes artists repurposing trash for art

by Great Lakes Echo November 1, 2021November 9, 2025

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Latest News

  • Milwaukee Water Works reduces fluoride in drinking water by half due to shortage
    Utilities nationwide have seen supply challenges due to domestic constraints and the ongoing Iran War.
  • Illinois Governor signs landmark plastic pollution bill to protect Great Lakes
    Illinois is the first Great Lakes state to classify plastic pellets as a pollutant, a move advocates say helps keep millions of pellets out of the region’s waterways.
  • Seedling data shows Michigan forests under pressure from climate change, deer, disease
    For three decades, Michigan State University researchers have gone to Manistee National Forest to study seedlings to find out about the future of Michigan’s forests.

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