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Great Lakes Moment: Nature right outside your school door
- by John HartigSouthgate, Michigan has created a significant 41-acre nature center adjacent to Southgate Anderson High School.
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AuthorsBlue EconomyDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitHistory and CultureIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigLake ErieLake St. ClairLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioRegionWaterfront Development
Great Lakes Moment: A business case for The Great Lakes Way
- by John HartigThis new economic impact study estimated the range of impact from elements that make up The Great Lakes Way, including connections to Canada and historical attributes.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDetroitDetroit RiverFeature HomepageJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRefresh
Great Lakes Moment: New trail connects people with secluded Detroit River wetlands
- by John HartigThe new Grosse Ile Township greenway trail is designed to improve public access to the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge’s Gibraltar Bay Unit.
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AuthorsDetroitDetroit RiverDuluthIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRegionWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Great Lakes Moment: Solving the contaminated sediment remediation funding puzzle
- by John HartigMichigan has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to remediate these contaminated sediments, but this won’t occur unless non-federal partners can meet funding requirements.
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Algae BloomsAuthorsClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationJohn HartigLatest NewsNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Great Lakes Moment: Decreasing Great Lakes ice cover has consequences
- by John HartigIn the Great Lakes basin, less lake ice cover is already having major impacts.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsHabitat RestorationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsProtectRegionResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Great Lakes Moment: The event that saved Humbug Marsh
- by John HartigHumbug Marsh is an internationally important wetland because of its ecological impact on the Detroit River corridor and the Great Lakes Basin.
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AuthorsCitizen ScienceDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureJohn HartigLake ErieLake Erie-EPALatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismRegionScience, Technology, ResearchTourism
Great Lakes Moment: A community science survey
- by John Hartig“Volunteers reported 17 bald eagles on the ice, an estimated 20,000 Canvasbacks, about as many Redheads, a smattering of other ducks, and Tundra and Mute swans.”
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AuthorsDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsRegionScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Great Lakes Moment: The great blue herons of Stony Island
- by John HartigIt can be quite unsettling to hear the unexpected “frahnk frahnk” of a startled great blue heron who just had its fishing expedition disrupted.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesJohn HartigLake ErieLake St. ClairLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioOntarioRecreation and TourismTorontoTourism
Great Lakes Moment: Detroit’s benefits of a national urban park in Windsor
- by John HartigWindsor’s proposed Ojibway National Urban Park will not only reap such benefits in its metropolitan area but in the Detroit metropolitan area.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchTorontoWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Great Lakes Moment: New video game teaches watershed management
- by John HartigResearchers from the University of Windsor and Sheridan College have developed a new video game to train and empower youth to take on the challenge of ecological restoration.
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