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Category: Lake Michigan

Posted inLake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region

Points North: Saving David

by Interlochen Public Radio November 25, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inIllinois, Indiana, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Tourism

Presenting Atlas Obscura: The Mysterious Sinkholes of Mount Baldy

by Interlochen Public Radio November 8, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inLake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region

This Historic Ship Runs on Coal. Can It Find a New Way Forward?

by Inside Climate News October 11, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Drinking Water, Featured, Illinois, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Joliet, Illinois, Plans to Source Its Future Drinking Water From Lake Michigan. Will Other Cities Follow?

by Inside Climate News October 1, 2024
Posted inClimate Change, Featured, Illinois, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Chicago’s beach season is over … or is it? Lake Michigan temps are breaking records.

by WBEZ September 27, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Featured, Illinois, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Chicago reveals climate havens don’t exist — they must be created

by Mia Litzenberg, Great Lakes Now September 20, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Science, Technology & Research

Points North: Frankenfish

by Interlochen Public Radio August 22, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Culture, Freighters, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region

On Lake Michigan, a coal-fired steamship and ferry eyes a clean-energy future

by Bridge Michigan August 2, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inCulture, Freighters, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipwrecks, Wisconsin

Ship doomed on Lake Michigan now moored on National Register of Historic Places

by Great Lakes Echo July 17, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Wisconsin’s state fish tops the food chain

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now February 22, 2024

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    Events were canceled and people were urged to stay indoors amid warnings of health risks from the plume drifting down from Minnesota and Canada.
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    Gas turbines and an old coal plant are expected to consume nearly 7 billion gallons of water annually in service of a new Amazon data center.
  • Refuge in the Windy City: Declining wetland bird makes a home in downtown Chicago
    While urbanization continues to displace natural ecosystems across the Great Lakes region, one declining wetland bird has managed to adapt to city life — the black-crowned night heron.

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