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AuthorsClimate ChangeDetroitEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesEnvironmental justice expert questions Michigan’s subsidies for electric vehicles
-Concern over EV affordability for lower income groups and who will bear the burden of the environmental risk that comes with EV production.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingScience, Technology, ResearchFew good options for shrinking Michigan’s problem deer herds
-Deer are invading Michigan’s suburbs, resulting in car crashes, habitat destruction and disease concerns. But affected Michigan communities probably can’t sterilize or kill enough deer to reverse the trend.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchMichigan mallards are in decline. Are domestic ducks weakening their genes?
-Commercial game farms have long raised and released domestic ducks for hunters to target. Research shows those ducks are breeding with wild mallards, weakening their genes and possibly threatening their survival.
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AuthorsDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHabitat RestorationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsProtectRegionResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Moment: The event that saved Humbug Marsh
-Humbug Marsh is an internationally important wetland because of its ecological impact on the Detroit River corridor and the Great Lakes Basin.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchSturgeonI Speak for the Fish: Courting Sunfish
-Sunfish offer a special opportunity for people, particularly families with children, to develop a lifelong love affair with nature and fish — no worm required.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGroundwater ContaminationLake OntarioLatest NewsNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience Says WhatScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekTorontoWater Quality and Restoration EffortsScience Says What? Microplastic pollution — how worried should we be?
-Scientists have found these tiny bits of plastic all over the world — even in mosquitoes’ bellies.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOhioPennsylvaniaResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSolid hatches continue for walleye, but yellow perch are struggling
-The Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ young-of-year walleye survey shows last year’s spring spawning was once again very good, continuing a five-year run of exceptional hatches.
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AgricultureBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingConnectInvasive SpeciesLiveNewsPlayProtectThe CatchWork
Freshwater jellyfish
-A group of college students from Eastern Michigan University are studying freshwater jellyfish in Dexter Township, Michigan.
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Algae BloomsCollaborationGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsReport: MI and OH must spend hundreds of millions more annually to curb toxic blooms in Lake Erie
-A new report suggests Michigan and Ohio will fail to reduce nutrient runoff by 40% as agreed upon.
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AuthorsBrian OwensFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLake HuronLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSturgeonLake sturgeon added to endangered list, but things are looking up
-Lake sturgeon were once incredibly abundant in the Great Lakes, but the Great Lakes population is estimated to be less than 1% of its historical numbers.
