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Posted inChicago, Climate Change, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Guest Article, History and Culture, Illinois, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Municipalities, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology, Research

Chicago educator empowers students to make climate connections in their own communities

by Energy News Network March 25, 2022
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, History and Culture, Illinois, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, News, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, St. Lawrence River, Tourism, Wisconsin

Who caught the world’s largest muskie? Even the experts don’t agree

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now March 23, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, History and Culture, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Rachel Duckett, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Who We Are and What We Do

Lighthouse Restoration: A volunteer effort that requires labor, love and millions of dollars

by Rachel Duckett March 15, 2022
Posted inChicago, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature-Chicago, Fish, Birds and Animals, History and Culture, Illinois, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Quiz, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Sturgeon

Restore, Release: The Great Lakes Now Episode Quiz

by Maya Sundaresan January 25, 2022
Posted inHistory and Culture, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, News, Region

Visit a Lighthouse: Explore history in one of the many preserved lighthouses around the Great Lakes

by Natasha Blakely January 25, 2022November 9, 2025
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by GLN Editor January 24, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Detroit, Feature Detroit, Featured, History and Culture, Lake Superior, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, Minnesota, Natasha Blakely, News, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipwrecks, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Edmund Fitzgerald 2021: Attend a shipwreck memorial service in person or virtually

by Natasha Blakely November 8, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, History and Culture, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Lorraine Boissoneault, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Fossil Finds: Fleshy quarry fossils shed light on Wisconsin’s watery past

by Lorraine Boissoneault September 27, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Climate Change, Featured, History and Culture, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, News, Rachel Duckett, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Rising Waters: Great Lakes lighthouse keepers fight to preserve history in the face of climate change

by Rachel Duckett September 1, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inHistory and Culture, Lake Huron, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipwrecks

Rogers City museum inducts Lake Huron shipwreck victims, honors lives

by The Alpena News August 11, 2021November 9, 2025

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