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Posted inAP, Article, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Featured, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region

For open water swimmers, even chilly, choppy water beckons

by The Associated Press May 4, 2023
Posted inAP, Article, Books, Authors, Art and Music, Detroit, Featured, Freighters, History and Culture, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipwrecks, Toronto

Folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot dies at 84

by The Associated Press May 2, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, I Speak for the Fish, Illinois, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Toronto, Who We Are and What We Do

I Speak for the Fish: Eyeballing Walleye

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now April 17, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAP, Article, Featured, Freighters, History and Culture, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipwrecks

Michigan researchers find 1914 shipwrecks in Lake Superior

by The Associated Press April 13, 2023
Posted inDetroit, Featured, Latest News, Michigan, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Michigan’s Magnet Man attracts river trash

by Great Lakes Echo April 11, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Algae Blooms, Authors, Climate Change, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Habitat Restoration, John Hartig, Latest News, News, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes Moment: Decreasing Great Lakes ice cover has consequences

by John Hartig, Great Lakes Now April 3, 2023
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Guest Article, Habitat Restoration, History and Culture, Lake Huron, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Shipwrecks, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Artificial reefs bring wild lake trout to Lake Huron

by Great Lakes Echo March 29, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Alex Hill, Authors, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Featured, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Mapping the Great Lakes: Mental health and ‘blue spaces’

by Alex Hill March 27, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, I Speak for the Fish, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, St. Clair River, Who We Are and What We Do

I Speak for the Fish: Playing follow-the-leader with diving ducks

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now March 20, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Guest Article, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Science, Technology, Research

Few good options for shrinking Michigan’s problem deer herds

by Bridge Michigan March 13, 2023

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