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Posted inFeatured, Habitat Restoration, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Work

Could the Great Lakes lose billions in restoration funding?

by Great Lakes Now April 8, 2025

The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative has funded thousands of projects to combat pollution and invasive species, receiving bipartisan support since its creation. But the future of the GLRI is uncertain.

Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Connect, Invasive Species, Latest News, Live, News, Play, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research, Work

Cougar cubs found in U.P. for first time in more than a century

by WXPR March 14, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Connect, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Invasive Species, Live, News, Play, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research, The Catch, Work

Is nuclear power clean energy?

by Great Lakes Now March 12, 2024
Posted inAgriculture, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Connect, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Invasive Species, Live, News, Play, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research, The Catch, Work

Why Chicago will take decades to replace lead pipes

by Great Lakes Now February 15, 2024
Posted inAgriculture, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Connect, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Invasive Species, Live, News, Play, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research, The Catch, Work

Ratepayers still paying for closing coal plants?

by Great Lakes Now February 13, 2024
Posted inAgriculture, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Connect, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Invasive Species, Live, News, Play, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research, The Catch, Work

Harmful algal blooms

by Great Lakes Now September 8, 2023
Posted inAgriculture, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Connect, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Invasive Species, Live, News, Play, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research, The Catch, Work

Freshwater jellyfish

by Great Lakes Now February 20, 2023
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Ric Mixter, Shipping and Ports, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Who We Are and What We Do, Work

Touring with Ric: A close-up view of the largest of the Soo Locks

by Ric Mixter February 19, 2020
Posted inAdvocacy, Budget, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Lake Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipping and Ports, Tourism, Wisconsin, Work

SS Badger: The last of Lake Michigan’s car ferries

by Melissa Walsh August 14, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inArticle, News, Protect, Work

A Little Boat in a Big River: The J.W. Westcott ll

by Glen Mannisto August 2, 2018November 9, 2025

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