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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 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 inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, I Speak for the Fish, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do

I Speak for the Fish: Bringing muskie to the masses

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now February 19, 2024November 8, 2025
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 inFish, Birds and Animals, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, News, Science, Technology & Research

Whitefish are on brink in Michigan. Can they learn to love rivers to survive?

by Bridge Michigan February 16, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inClimate, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Tourism

Warm winters are a wet blanket for small ski slopes in northern Michigan

by Interlochen Public Radio February 16, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Science, Technology & Research

Want a healthy walleye fishery? Stock some muskie

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now February 16, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Industry, Invasive Species, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research, The Catch

Why Chicago will take decades to replace lead pipes

by Great Lakes Now February 15, 2024
Posted inLatest News, Minnesota, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research

Preserving Minnesota’s bogs could fight climate change

by Great Lakes Echo February 14, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Industry, Invasive Species, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research, The Catch

Ratepayers still paying for closing coal plants?

by Great Lakes Now February 13, 2024

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    Illinois is the first Great Lakes state to classify plastic pellets as a pollutant, a move advocates say helps keep millions of pellets out of the region’s waterways.
  • Seedling data shows Michigan forests under pressure from climate change, deer, disease
    For three decades, Michigan State University researchers have gone to Manistee National Forest to study seedlings to find out about the future of Michigan’s forests.

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