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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
Posted inAgriculture, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Illinois, Industry, Latest News, News, Politics, Region

This wetland fight could go to the Supreme Court

by Great Lakes Now July 15, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

Has this freighter made its final voyage?

by Great Lakes Now July 8, 2025
Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Culture, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Waves of Change

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

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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Latest News

  • North Bay’s PFAS problem: 5 things to know about a ‘forever chemicals’ hotspot in Ontario
    In a small northern city, citizens have launched a class-action lawsuit over decades-old PFAS pollution. The city and federal government, meanwhile, are working on a $122-million clean-up.
  • Enbridge to Pay $275K Settlement for 2019 Wisconsin Spill After DOJ Action
    The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced a $275,000 settlement Thursday with energy firm Enbridge for alleged violations of the state’s spills law over a 2019 spill in Jefferson County.
  • Scientists have a new tool in the fight against toxic algal blooms: buoys
    University of Toledo researchers have developed a system of buoys that slowly release algaecide into the surrounding water.

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