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Dams may slow harmful algal blooms in urban lakes, expert says
-Like clockwork, Michigan’s Ford Lake and its downstream neighbor, Belleville Lake, turn bright green every summer due to harmful algal blooms.
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Wildfire Rampage Injures Lungs in the Great Lakes
-People are unprepared for smoke from forest fires worsened by intense drought and heat.
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AuthorsChicagoFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIllinoisLatest NewsNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsChicago groups spotlight the city’s water “abundance,” focus on innovation, collaboration as key to its future
-“Innovation is integral to delivering on all of our water priorities,” says top executive. What about conservation?
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Canadian wildfire smoke chokes upper Midwest for second straight year
-Smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted health warnings across the Upper Midwest and Montana for the second year in a row.
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Feature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsNewsPFAS News RoundupPFAS News Roundup: White House official visits Minnesota high school in town known as “ground zero” for PFAS
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in the Great Lakes region.
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Meet the man who has been cleaning the Rouge River for 35 years
-The Rouge River got a D+ in a recent report card, but after 35 years of river activism, Bill Craig still has the energy to clean it up.
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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureLatest NewsMichiganNewsMichigan author reflects on 20th anniversary of landmark book The Living Great Lakes
-Author Jerry Dennis revisits his sailing journey from Lake Michigan to the Atlantic Ocean where he searched for “the heart of the inland seas.”
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‘No Mow May’ grows in Traverse City
-This spring, the Grand Traverse Area Children’s Garden teamed up with the GT Butterfly House & Bug Zoo to encourage people to help out pollinators.
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Foraging’s Spring Backyard Splendor: Dandelions and Violets
-As spring unfolds its vibrant hues, what better way to celebrate the season than by embracing the often overlooked splendor of dandelions and violets?
