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DetroitEvents and Special BroadcastsGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesHabitat RestorationLake St. ClairWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWatch Party: Coastal Wetlands, Part 1
-In this live watch party, Host Sandra Svoboda chats with WDET’s Annamarie Sysling and Friends of the Rouge River Executive Director Marie McCormick about two restoration projects around the Detroit River area.
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DetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsGLWA, DWSD and Oakland County working together to reduce overflows into Rouge River
-Once completed, these projects will prevent an estimated 48 million gallons of untreated rain water from flowing into the Rouge River per year.
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Climate ChangeDetroitDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitGary WilsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeExcited about Biden: Detroit advocate hopeful on environmental justice progress after decades of inertia
-Michelle Martinez, acting executive director and statewide coordinator for Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition, spoke to Great Lakes Now about her history with Detroit, environmental justice and the new president.
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DetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsGreat Lakes Moment: Beavers come knocking at the Detroit River’s former Black Lagoon
-Few people thought that the return of beavers to Ellias Cove would ever be possible.
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BudgetDetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeMichigan cities must begin replacing lead pipes. But who has the cash?
-As utilities across the state launch into a massive lead line replacement effort expected to be paid for largely by ratepayers, they are navigating a host of challenges, from the price to replace pipes to where they’ll find enough contractors to do the work.
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AgricultureDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeGreat Lakes Moment: It’s a UFO. No, the aurora borealis. No, it’s Leamington greenhouses!
-The story behind the lightshow over the Detroit River isn’t as mysterious as it might seem.
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COVID-19DetroitFeature DetroitGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsLake OntarioLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsLake Ontario: Big catch escapes again
-In 2019, then-new News Director Natasha Blakely was missing Lake Ontario from her Great Lakes Visits list. Spoiler alert: She didn’t make it there in 2020 either.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicBuffaloChicagoClevelandDetroitDuluthFeature ClevelandFeature DetroitFeature MilwaukeeFeature-ChicagoFoodGrand RapidsIllinoisIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganMilwaukeeMinnesotaNatasha BlakelyNew YorkNewsOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaRecreation and TourismTorontoTraverse CityWisconsinGreat Lakes Gift Guide 2020: Remember that road trip, boat ride, microbrew or sweatshirt you should’ve bought with this list
-Try these gifts from a variety of places in the Great Lakes region in our selected categories of markets, food and drink, potato chips, books, home decor and wearables.
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DetroitFeature DetroitIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsWaterfront DevelopmentGreat Lakes Moment: A new vision for the former McLouth Steel site in Trenton
-While the blighted buildings have been torn down, the controversy is not over as stakeholders debate over what to do with the cleared site.
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COVID-19DetroitFeature DetroitGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchGrant to help expand COVID-19 wastewater detection program
-The expanded program, which has been running as a pilot since spring, will test untreated sewage in some Detroit zip codes.
