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Posted inCulture, Detroit River, Featured, Illinois, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Region, St. Lawrence River, Tourism, Wisconsin

A look back on Queen Elizabeth’s Great Lakes tour

by GLN Editor September 9, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Culture, Featured, Freighters, Industry, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Ohio, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipping and Ports, Who We Are and What We Do

First in decades, a new Great Lakes freighter joins fleet

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now September 6, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inEvents and Special Broadcasts, Featured, Illinois, Indiana, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region

Join Great Lakes Now on the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant podcast

by GLN Editor September 6, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Commercial Fishing, Culture, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, Michigan, News, Ohio, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Setting Lake Erie limits

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now August 30, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inClimate, Featured, Forests and Plants, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Tourism

Under current climate trends, Michigan’s Up North forests could be doomed

by Bridge Michigan August 30, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inGreat Lakes News Collaborative, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Tourism, Water Quality

Park service investigates sudden change in river flow at Sleeping Bear Dunes

by Michigan Public August 26, 2022
Posted inCulture, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Lake Huron, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Shipwrecks, Tourism, Wisconsin

New stamps celebrate NOAA marine sanctuaries’ landscapes and marine life

by Tynnetta Harris, Great Lakes Now August 25, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Equity and Environmental Justice, Groundwater Contamination, Industry, Latest News, New York, News, Politics, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Tourism, Water Quality

In the Finger Lakes, a bitcoin mining plant billed as ‘green’ has a dirty coal ash problem

by Sruthi Gopalakrishnan August 25, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Featured, Forests and Plants, Lake Michigan, Michigan, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, The Catch, Tourism

Ancient trees of the Upper Peninsula

by Great Lakes Now August 16, 2022
Posted inCulture, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, I Speak for the Fish, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ohio, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, St. Clair River, Tourism

I Speak for the Fish: A jarring look at gizzard shad

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now August 15, 2022November 9, 2025

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