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Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Featured, Food, Illinois, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, New York, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Who We Are and What We Do

Thousand Island Dressing Mystery: Uncertain origins of one of America’s favorite sauces

by Rachel Duckett July 22, 2021
Posted inCulture, Feature Detroit, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Illinois, Indiana, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, News, Niagara Falls, Ohio, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Sturgeon, Tourism, Wisconsin

See the Sturgeon: The many ways to see, touch and appreciate sturgeon around the region

by Noah Bock July 21, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inCulture, Lake Ontario, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, New York, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipwrecks, Tourism

Comments Requested: Lake Ontario marine sanctuary proposal moves forward

by Noah Bock July 19, 2021
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Illinois, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Birds on Film: Filmmaker Bob Dolgan talks about Chicago’s piping plovers with Great Lakes Now

by Sandra Svoboda July 15, 2021
Posted inCulture, Freighters, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Politics, Science, Technology & Research, Shipping and Ports

Canada expands ballast water restrictions to reduce invasive species spread

by Michigan Public June 24, 2021
Posted inCulture, Habitat Restoration, Indigenous Communities, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Region, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Ancient human remains unearthed at proposed Kohler golf course site in Wisconsin

by Wisconsin Watch June 17, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inCulture, Lake Huron, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Shipwrecks

BEN is back! Autonomous vessel launches into Lake Huron from Rogers City, Michigan

by The Alpena News June 11, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inCOVID-19, Culture, Freighters, Industry, Lake Huron, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Shipping and Ports

Ship-top vaccinations help keep freighters hauling

by The Alpena News June 10, 2021
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Culture, Indigenous Communities, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research

If it’s summerish time, it’s mussel time

by Char-Koosta News May 28, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inCulture, Featured, Indigenous Communities, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Science, Technology & Research

Cost of a quagga and zebra mussel infestation

by Char-Koosta News May 28, 2021

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Latest News

  • Line 5 tunnel in Michigan clears major permitting hurdle, in blow to opposition
    Despite "adverse" impacts on ecological and tribal resources, state regulators said it's better than an oil spill in the Great Lakes.
  • Air quality alerts issued for northern Michigan as wildfire smoke blankets region
    Events were canceled and people were urged to stay indoors amid warnings of health risks from the plume drifting down from Minnesota and Canada.
  • The AI Boom Is Prolonging Indiana’s Fossil Fuel Era, With Hidden Costs for Water
    Gas turbines and an old coal plant are expected to consume nearly 7 billion gallons of water annually in service of a new Amazon data center.

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