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Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Events and Special Broadcasts, Great Lakes Conferences Conferences, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Waterfront Development

Infrastructure and More: Researchers and university leaders report on Michigan’s needs and opportunities

by GLN Editor July 9, 2019
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Advocacy, Authors, Budget, Drinking Water, Groundwater Contamination, Infrastructure, Municipalities, Natasha Blakely, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Resource, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water Withdrawals, Who We Are and What We Do

IJNR Snapshots: Septic systems pose an environmental and economic dilemma for rural residents

by Natasha Blakely July 8, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Advocacy, Agriculture, Authors, Climate Change, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Natasha Blakely, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water Withdrawals, Waterfront Development, Who We Are and What We Do

IJNR Snapshots: Some Ohio farmland is being returned to its glory days as the Great Black Swamp

by Natasha Blakely July 5, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Detroit, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Flint, Infrastructure, Michigan, Natasha Blakely, News, PFAS, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Region, Resource, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

IJNR Snapshots: The human and environmental costs of emergency management in Detroit and Flint

by Natasha Blakely July 4, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Advocacy, Agriculture, Algae Blooms, Authors, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Natasha Blakely, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

IJNR Snapshots: Cost, timing, weather and lack of regulation make nutrient management hard for farmers around Lake Erie

by Natasha Blakely July 3, 2019
Posted inAdvocacy, Groundwater Contamination, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Lead, Municipalities, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Shipping and Ports, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Waterfront Development

Restoring Howards Bay: Legacy lead and other contaminants are targets of dredging and capping

by Melissa Walsh June 28, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Advocacy, Authors, Blue Economy, Budget, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Equity and Environmental Justice, Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Commission, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Agency Overhaul: Great Lakes agenda to be foundation for reorganized state office

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now June 28, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inApril Series, Episode 1003, PFAS, Series Episode, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Submit YOUR Great Lakes Photos

by GLN Editor June 26, 2019
Posted inFeature Milwaukee, Habitat Restoration, Milwaukee, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

Bringing Back Milwaukee’s Swamps: Part II

by Lorraine Boissoneault June 21, 2019November 9, 2025
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Bringing Back Milwaukee’s Swamps: Part I

by Lorraine Boissoneault June 20, 2019November 9, 2025

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