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Category: Wisconsin

Posted inFeatured, Forests and Plants, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Wisconsin

Ottawa National Forest creates shaded fuel brakes to help protect communities from wildfires

by WXPR March 1, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Wisconsin

Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe Winter Games go on despite little snow on the ground

by WXPR February 26, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Wisconsin’s state fish tops the food chain

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now February 22, 2024
Posted inFeatured, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Ohio, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Wisconsin

Teachers and scientists work together on the Lake Guardian 

by Lisa John Rogers, Great Lakes Now February 17, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, News, Region, Waves of Change, Wisconsin

Waves of Change: Meet Wisconsin Green Muslims founder and director Huda Alkaff

by Great Lakes Now January 29, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Culture, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Food, Indigenous Communities, Lake Superior, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Wisconsin

Twenty companies pledge to use all parts of Great Lakes fish by 2025

by Great Lakes Echo January 12, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inGreat Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, News, Region, Wisconsin

WATCH: Milwaukee’s polluted hotspot

by Great Lakes Now December 12, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, News, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Wisconsin agency’s expanded mission led to record $450 million investment in Milwaukee waterways

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now November 9, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Coastal erosion researcher appeals for help in finding her remote-control boat

by Sharon Oosthoek November 5, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Culture, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipwrecks, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Behind the shipwreck discovered in Lake Michigan

by Lisa John Rogers, Great Lakes Now September 15, 2023

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Latest News

  • North Bay’s PFAS problem: 5 things to know about a ‘forever chemicals’ hotspot in Ontario
    In a small northern city, citizens have launched a class-action lawsuit over decades-old PFAS pollution. The city and federal government, meanwhile, are working on a $122-million clean-up.
  • Enbridge to Pay $275K Settlement for 2019 Wisconsin Spill After DOJ Action
    The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced a $275,000 settlement Thursday with energy firm Enbridge for alleged violations of the state’s spills law over a 2019 spill in Jefferson County.
  • Scientists have a new tool in the fight against toxic algal blooms: buoys
    University of Toledo researchers have developed a system of buoys that slowly release algaecide into the surrounding water.

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