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BudgetFeature HomepageGreat Lakes CommissionIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeSandra SvobodaNew national authority for Great Lakes region proposed by Ohio Congresswoman
-Ohio’s Marcy Kaptur renews call for a federal Great Lakes Authority to bring steady funds for clean up, economic development and local projects in the region.
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ChicagoFeature-ChicagoFish, Birds and AnimalsIllinoisLake MichiganLake SuperiorLatest NewsResearch, Data and TechnologySandra SvobodaScience, Technology, ResearchThe Suckers: Great Lakes’ “best supporting fishes” are important to the food web
-Karen Murchie, director of freshwater research at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, talked all about suckers and what they mean for the Great Lakes in this Q&A with GLN Host Ward Detwiler.
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ChicagoFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIllinoisLatest NewsNewsSandra SvobodaBirds on Film: Filmmaker Bob Dolgan talks about Chicago’s piping plovers with Great Lakes Now
-“The goal of the film was to show how people and birds can interact and co-exist,” Dolgan says in this GLN interview.
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Anniversary Approaches: Celebrating Great Lakes Now’s monthly show as it nears its two-year mark
-A two-year anniversary isn’t usually marked as a momentous occasion. But since half of our monthly shows have been produced in a global pandemic, the GLN team is looking back – and forward. Join us!
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Feature HomepageGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesLatest NewsNewsNews Director's Pick-of-the-WeekSandra Svoboda
Triple Threat: GLN Show, Website and Facebook Events all honored with media awards
-Great Lakes Now content and engagement work was honored in two statewide contests.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicCollaborationDetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitFeature HomepageLatest NewsMichiganNewsSandra SvobodaWater Quality and Restoration EffortsSave Water, Save Nature: Kids calendar art contest promotes healthy water management
-GLN Host Ward Detwiler interviewed this year’s Kids Clean Water Calendar Contest winner about his artwork promoting clean water.
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Algae BloomsClimate ChangeDrinking WaterGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioSandra SvobodaWisconsin2020 Vision: Great Lakes Now year in review predicts 2021
-It was a year of challenges, successes and conversations about the Great Lakes for our team. What did we learn? And what are we planning for 2021? Here’s what Program Director Sandra Svoboda has to say.
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Age of NatureFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismSandra SvobodaShipwrecksWhat Grows: “Shipwrecks and Ecosystems” watch party for Great Lakes Now and “The Age of Nature”
-Whether they’re in oceans or the Great Lakes, shipwrecks create unique ecosystems for a variety of aquatic life.
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Damming Decisions: Watch party for Great Lakes Now and The Age of Nature
-Learn more about what happens when these dams are built and what happens when they come down in this Great Lakes Now watch party.
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Chicago’s Eastland Disaster: Explore this Great Lakes tragedy with a Storymap
-Navigate through this digital feature to learn more about this steamship and its tragic story.
