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Climate ChangeFeature HomepageLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchWarmer winters mean less ice on Lake Michigan – hurting lake trout and whitefish
-All of the Great Lakes are experiencing declining ice coverage in the winter, which could affect recreation and shorelines.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchPoints North: The turtle takeover
-Red-eared sliders are one of the most common pet turtle species in the world. They can grow to the size of dinner plates and live around 40 years. Because of that, people often release them. That causes a big problem.
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‘A valuable resource’: Traverse City restaurants aim to reduce food waste, greenhouse gases
-So far about a dozen of Traverse City’s downtown restaurants have said they are interested in composting.
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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicFeature HomepageGary WilsonHistory and CultureLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsBook Review: Author Sue Leaf’s latest takes a philosophical look at life on Lake Superior’s South Shore
-Copper mining and receding shorelines intertwine with omnipresent impermanence.
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Energy News Roundup: Community solar projects seen as key step toward energy justice in Illinois, Great Lakes offshore wind farm put on hold
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature LeadFlintGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureInfrastructureInterviewLatest NewsLeadNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Now sits down with director of Flint water crisis film “Lead and Copper”
-William Hart, director of a documentary about the Flint water crisis called “Lead and Copper,” joined Great Lakes Now’s Anna Sysling for a discussion about the film.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchNibi Chronicles: How to craft a memorandum of understanding with trout
-In Ojibwe country, change is understood to be a constant condition or state of being. Sometimes change is difficult, and sometimes change is good. A very good effort to change happened on May 2, 2023.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsNew EPA Great Lakes executive warns on “moon shot” cleanup goal for toxic sites
-Greater effort, creativity needed to secure required funding at the state and local levels, lagging Detroit River effort “stands out.”
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Drinking WaterFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPFAS experts gather to address growing chemical crisis
-In light of the ongoing PFAS crisis, stricter groundwater regulations were part of a Michigan statewide effort to protect resident’s health and improve water quality. This legal dilemma took center stage during EGLE’s fourth annual Great Lakes PFAS Summit.
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Algae BloomsCollaborationFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsCan Michigan reduce phosphorus pollution getting into Lake Erie by 40 percent?
-Michigan won’t reach the phosphorus reduction goal by 2025 as planned. It’s uncertain when it might attain that goal to help reduce cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie.
