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The Next Deluge May Go Differently

by Circle of Blue December 9, 2025December 18, 2025
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Tensions flare as Line 5 public comment deadline nears

by Interlochen Public Radio December 5, 2025
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In world of AI, Michigan State University Extension bets on human expertise

by Bridge Michigan December 2, 2025
Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Featured, History and Culture, Lake Erie, Latest News, News

The history of taming the Great Black Swamp

by Patrick Wensink November 19, 2025
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Stanton Yards development merges art, nature on Detroit River, envisions ‘thriving new community destination’

by John Hartig, Great Lakes Now November 14, 2025December 18, 2025
Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Featured, Freighters, History and Culture, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Shipwrecks

Fifty years later: The little-known story of the families the Fitz left behind

by Thomas Nelson November 10, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Food, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Tourism

Going Country at Farrand Hall

by S. Nicole Lane November 5, 2025December 18, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Groundwater Contamination, Latest News, News, PFAS, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

Sludge is used as fertilizer across Wisconsin. How much is tainted by PFAS?

by Wisconsin Public Radio November 3, 2025
Posted inAsian Carp, Chicago, Featured, Illinois, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research

Illinois one step closer to keeping invasive carp out of Great Lakes

by WBEZ October 29, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Featured, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research

New study links seasonal pollen to higher suicide risk, experts warn

by Lisa John Rogers, Great Lakes Now October 28, 2025

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  • Illinois state agencies at odds over endangered species protections
    The state’s top transportation authority has been running afoul of Illinois’s wildlife regulators according to internal documents obtained by WBEZ and Grist.
  • Will Canada protect the piping plover before it returns to Wasaga Beach?
    The stretch of the popular southern Ontario beach used by the endangered bird is no longer provincially protected. Environmental groups are taking the federal government to court over delays in stepping in.
  • Ohio Plastic Waste Plant to Expand Nationally
    By James Bruggers, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy… Read more: Ohio Plastic Waste Plant to Expand Nationally

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