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Posted inCommercial Fishing, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Food, Forever Chemicals Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, PFAS, Politics, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Small portions: Michigan puts PFAS advisory on Lake Superior rainbow smelt

by Bridge Michigan March 31, 2022
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Invasive Species, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

The pandemic that closed the U.S./Canadian border to people may have opened it to the invasive sea lamprey

by Great Lakes Echo March 30, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Culture, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Illinois, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Municipalities, News, Politics, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Chicago educator empowers students to make climate connections in their own communities

by Energy News Network March 25, 2022
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Forests and Plants, Infrastructure, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Policy, Politics, Protect, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

5 Reasons to Love (and Protect) Freshwater Mussels

by The Revelator March 24, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAdvocacy, Climate Change, Culture, Equity and Environmental Justice, Infrastructure, Latest News, News, Policy, Politics, Protect, Science, Technology & Research, The States, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

Black Neighborhoods Will Bear Future Flood Burden

by Eos March 24, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inCulture, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Illinois, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, News, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, St. Lawrence River, Tourism, Wisconsin

Who caught the world’s largest muskie? Even the experts don’t agree

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now March 23, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Forests and Plants, Latest News, News, Ohio, Politics, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research

Lost and found: native aquatic plant in Ohio

by Great Lakes Echo March 22, 2022
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Forests and Plants, I Speak for the Fish, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, St. Clair River

I Speak for the Fish: Playing peek-a-boo with the ducks

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now March 21, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Fish, Birds and Animals, Infrastructure, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Ontario, Policy, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

New Ontario watercraft regulations fight invasive species

by Great Lakes Echo March 17, 2022
Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Groundwater Contamination, Indiana, Latest News, Lead, News, Politics, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Indiana University study links lead exposure to juvenile delinquency

by Indiana Environmental Reporter March 16, 2022

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    Gas turbines and an old coal plant are expected to consume nearly 7 billion gallons of water annually in service of a new Amazon data center.
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    While urbanization continues to displace natural ecosystems across the Great Lakes region, one declining wetland bird has managed to adapt to city life — the black-crowned night heron.

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