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Pandemic interrupts longtime Isle Royale wolf, moose study
-Since 1959, a research team has spent most of the winter observing the interplay between wolves and moose at Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior. But this year’s mission has been scrapped.
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Lifeblood: Photographer shares the Lake Erie connection uniting shoreline residents
-In the documentary photo series North of Long Tail, photographer Colin Boyd Shafer tells the stories of more than 20 residents of Lake Erie’s north shore.
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One-third of America’s rivers have changed color since 1984
-Only about 5% of U.S. river mileage is considered blue — a color often equated with pristine waters by the general public.
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Deal reached on project to protect lakes from invasive fish
-Michigan, Illinois and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have agreed on funding the next phase of an initiative to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes by strengthening defenses on a Chicago-area waterway, officials said Thursday.
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Unexploded Ordnance: Lake Erie shoreline site of long-term munitions study
-Of the millions of munitions buried in the bed of Lake Erie, only a small percentage will surface. But that small percentage still holds a large risk of the munitions being live or containing explosives.
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2020 in Review: Climate change, COVID-19 and Michigan’s governor
-Of course, a lot also happened in 2020 that did not garner the attention that COVID-19 and climate change did.
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On the Pulse: I’ve Got One Word For You, 2020
-In any effort to sum up the year that was 2020, one word is unavoidable: poop.
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2020 Vision: Great Lakes Now year in review predicts 2021
-It was a year of challenges, successes and conversations about the Great Lakes for our team. What did we learn? And what are we planning for 2021? Here’s what Program Director Sandra Svoboda has to say.
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Got Pike? Huron, Michigan, Ontario, Superior, Yes. Erie, not so much.
-Increased seiche events likely hurting already small populations of the fish.