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Category: Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing

Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, News, Recreation and Tourism

Great Lakes drownings peaked in 2018. And the year’s not over.

by Jim Malewitz November 7, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Culture, Lake Superior, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Tourism, Who We Are and What We Do

Isle Royale’s Rockin’ Restoration

by Jack Nissen November 3, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Lake Superior, Michigan, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Video, Who We Are and What We Do

Samaritans of the Inland Seas

by Jack Nissen October 26, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Climate, Latest News, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

New blue green algae blooms in Lake Superior

by Jack Nissen September 27, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Climate, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research

The Seven Generation River

by Mary Ellen Geist September 20, 2018
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism

The Great Lakes Clean Up September 15, 2018

by Mary Ellen Geist September 14, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism

Great Lakes Beach Trash

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now August 10, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Drinking Water, Latest News, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Water Quality

Michigan’s PFAS problem: “Nobody saw it coming”

by Mary Ellen Geist August 8, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Budget, Drinking Water, News, Politics, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Water Quality

Peak Lake Erie algae season keeps scientists, politicians and lawyers busy

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now July 16, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Water Quality

Scientists expect Lake Erie’s 2018 algae bloom to be “significant”

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now July 13, 2018November 9, 2025

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