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Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Climate, Energy, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Infrastructure, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Smart sewers relieve stress on systems and wastewater officials, saving energy and funds

by Kari Lydersen February 3, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Forever Chemicals Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, PFAS, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Wisconsin

Lakes Michigan and Huron join list of lakes with PFAS-tainted smelt

by Bridge Michigan February 2, 2023
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Climate, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Lake Erie algae in 2022 worse than predicted; it plateaued rather than peaked

by Great Lakes Echo February 1, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Forever Chemicals Featured, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Pennsylvania, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: PFAS compounds in local fish are 280 times higher than those sold in stores, researchers find

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now January 31, 2023
Posted inEquity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, Michigan, News, PFAS, Politics, Region, The States, Water Quality

Michigan plastics company forced to probe PFAS contamination, cover costs

by Bridge Michigan January 30, 2023
Posted inAdvocacy, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Infrastructure, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Politics, Region, The States, Water Quality

Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters

by Circle of Blue January 27, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Books, Art and Music, Culture, Drinking Water, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Infrastructure, Latest News, News, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Book chronicles human, water connection from nomadic to modern times

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now January 25, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAdvocacy, Climate, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Infrastructure, Latest News, News, Politics, Science, Technology & Research, The States, Water Quality

Multi-state group prepares Great Lakes basin for effects of climate change

by Michigan Public January 19, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Illinois, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, New York, News, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: ‘Forever chemicals’ in Lake Michigan

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now January 17, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Featured, Forever Chemicals Featured, Illinois, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, New York, News, PFAS, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: New requirements taking effect in 2023 to protect consumers from ‘forever chemicals’

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now January 17, 2023

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    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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