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Posted inDrinking Water, Featured, Flint, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Michigan Bottlers Still Get Free Water, Despite Governor’s Tough Talk

by ProPublica June 6, 2024
Posted inGreat Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, The Checkup

In warming Great Lakes region, water, heat can be an unhealthy combination

by Bridge Michigan and Michigan Public May 28, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Climate Change, Featured, History and Culture, Kari Lydersen, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Tourism, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Disappointed dogs, sad skiers, frustrated fishermen

by Kari Lydersen May 17, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Guest Article, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Dams may slow harmful algal blooms in urban lakes, expert says

by Great Lakes Echo May 16, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Chicago, Featured, Gary Wilson, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Illinois, Latest News, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Chicago groups spotlight the city’s water “abundance,” focus on innovation, collaboration as key to its future

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now May 15, 2024
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Meet the man who has been cleaning the Rouge River for 35 years

by Planet Detroit May 8, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Books, Authors, Art and Music, Featured, Gary Wilson, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, History and Culture, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Who We Are and What We Do

Michigan author reflects on 20th anniversary of landmark book The Living Great Lakes

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now May 8, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inForests and Plants, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research

‘No Mow May’ grows in Traverse City

by Interlochen Public Radio May 7, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Detroit, Detroit River, Feature Detroit, Featured, John Hartig, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes Moment: Detroit River’s important role in lake whitefish

by John Hartig, Great Lakes Now May 6, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inGreat Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region

New study: Great Lakes beaches are littered with plastic trash

by Bridge Michigan May 1, 2024

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Latest News

  • Federal wildfire bill may repeal ‘roadless rule’ that protects national forest land in Wisconsin
    First passed in 2001, the rule prevents logging and road construction on almost 59 million acres of national forest land, including 69,000 acres of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin.
  • Oneida County Health Department to monitor five public beaches for E. coli this summer
    Wisconsin's Oneida County Health Department will be testing the water at five public beaches this summer.
  • Coast Guard investigating beacon stolen from Superior lighthouse
    The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the theft of a navigational beacon at the lighthouse that guides ships into the Superior harbor.

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