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CollaborationCommercial FishingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsFoodGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchWhitefishIconic whitefish on edge of collapse as Great Lakes biodiversity crisis deepens
-Few fish are as synonymous with Michigan as whitefish. Pushed to the edge by invasive species, their struggle is the tip of a cataclysmic species collapse that could change our way of life.
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Wildlife changes found on Lake Huron island
-In nature, a lot can change on a largely uninhabited Great Lakes island over the course of a century. That includes the disappearance and appearance of wildlife species.
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Counting the Kirtland’s warbler
-Volunteers and conservation groups and agencies are in the jack pine forests this week, counting the Kirtland’s warbler which almost went extinct in the 1980s because of loss of habitat.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchI Speak for the Fish: The hardest lake sturgeon dive in the Great Lakes
-The largest lake sturgeon spawning site in the Great Lakes is difficult for even the most skilled of divers to reach, let alone film.
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EPA 2026 budget cuts target clean water programs
-Budget runs counter to new EPA mission statement that calls for “clean air, land and water for every American.”
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Feature HomepageLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchTribal Governments and First NationsThe smoke from Canada’s wildfires may be even more toxic than usual
-A legacy of mining means that toxic metals could be carried along plumes of smoke.
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Near westside residents have higher rates of lung disease, study says
-Residents want to know if the area’s industrial past is tied to Marion County health department study findings.
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Enbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsFederal agency finds Great Lakes tunnel project poses ‘detrimental’ effects to water, wetlands
-The Army Corps says Line 5 project would pose short-term effects to surface water, as well as permanent wetland loss.
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How are science and tradition saving sturgeon?
-The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians has revolutionized how lake sturgeon are raised.
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Great Lakes Moment: Creating a U.S. Great Lakes Waterfront Trail
-A new trail system aims to connect eight states, communities and ecosystems along the world’s largest freshwater system.
