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Posted inCulture, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Habitat Restoration, Lake Huron, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Shipwrecks, Water Quality

Artificial reefs bring wild lake trout to Lake Huron

by Great Lakes Echo March 29, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, 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, 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, Industry, 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
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research

Michigan mallards are in decline. Are domestic ducks weakening their genes?

by Bridge Michigan March 9, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now

Ian Outside: Let’s go ice climbing

by Ian Solomon February 28, 2023February 6, 2026
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, I Speak for the Fish, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Sturgeon, Who We Are and What We Do

I Speak for the Fish: Courting Sunfish

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now February 27, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Industry, Invasive Species, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research, The Catch

Freshwater jellyfish

by Great Lakes Now February 20, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Who We Are and What We Do

Nibi Chronicles: Standing strong with mushers on the North Shore of Lake Superior

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now February 17, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Citizen Science, Culture, Detroit River, Feature Detroit, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Tourism, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes Moment: A community science survey

by John Hartig, Great Lakes Now February 6, 2023

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