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Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Featured, Forests and Plants, Lake Michigan, Michigan, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, The Catch, Tourism

Ancient trees of the Upper Peninsula

by Great Lakes Now August 16, 2022
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Habitat Restoration, Illinois, Indiana, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ohio, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

Why are mallard duck populations falling in the Great Lakes region?

by Michigan Public August 16, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, History and Culture, I Speak for the Fish, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ohio, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology, Research, St. Clair River, Tourism

I Speak for the Fish: A jarring look at gizzard shad

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now August 15, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAP, Article, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Lead, Featured, Flint, Groundwater Contamination, Lead, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Jury can’t reach verdict in engineers’ Flint water trial

by The Associated Press August 12, 2022
Posted inClimate Change, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy News Roundup, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Featured, Illinois, Indiana, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Ohio, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Wisconsin

Energy News Roundup: Power outages growing across the country, controversy over Minnesota solar project

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now August 11, 2022
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Habitat Restoration, News, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology, Research, The Catch, Toronto, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Tracking bird migration in Toronto’s accidental wilderness

by Great Lakes Now August 10, 2022
Posted inFeatured, Forever Chemicals Featured, Latest News, Michigan, New York, News, Pennsylvania, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

PFAS News Roundup: “Forever Chemicals” waste going unreported, PFAS in rainwater

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now August 10, 2022
Posted inCommercial Fishing, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Invasive Species, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research, The Catch, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Whitefish recruitment

by Great Lakes Now August 8, 2022
Posted inAP, Article, Climate Change, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Habitat Restoration, Lake Michigan, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

As species recover, some threaten others in more dire shape

by The Associated Press August 8, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Featured, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Indiana, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, News, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, PFAS, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

Drinking Water News Roundup: Lead levels increase in Flint water, businesses sued over water contamination concerns

by Tynnetta Harris, Great Lakes Now August 5, 2022

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