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Banding Birds and Breaking Ice

by Great Lakes Now April 27, 2026April 27, 2026

The mission to band 100,000 birds and how icebreakers keep freighters moving in winter.

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Fish City | Hidden Below: Live

by Great Lakes Now March 26, 2026March 26, 2026
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Sorting Fish and Breakaway Buoys

by Great Lakes Now January 26, 2026January 26, 2026
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Exploring Lake Huron’s hidden sinkholes

by Great Lakes Now January 23, 2026January 23, 2026
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What did archeologists find in this Michigan farm?

by Great Lakes Now January 7, 2026January 7, 2026
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This wetland fight could go to the Supreme Court

by Great Lakes Now July 15, 2025
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Has this freighter made its final voyage?

by Great Lakes Now July 8, 2025
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Waves of Change: Meet Ojibwe leader, activist and water walker Sharon Day

by Great Lakes Now June 26, 2025
Posted inDrinking Water, Fish, Birds and Animals, Latest News, News, Ohio, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

How much plastic is in the Great Lakes?

by Great Lakes Now June 9, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Latest News, News, Science, Technology, Research

How are science and tradition saving sturgeon?

by Great Lakes Now June 3, 2025

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  • Around 200 acres protected along Lake Superior for longest national scenic trail
    The Trust for Public Land conveyed 213 acres to the National Park Service this spring in Iron County.
  • Judge halts some work on Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute in northern Wisconsin
    Bayfield County Judge John Anderson halts work where Enbridge needs more permits to install structures in four waterways.
  • New York Plastics Law Advances Amid Debate Over ‘Chemical Recycling’
    Environmentalists and some state lawmakers say the process does more harm than good. Plastics producers are pushing back.

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