Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Books, Authors, Art and Music, Drinking Water, Duluth, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Lake Superior, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Nibi Chronicles: The “Water is Life” festival goes beyond the music

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now

In this introductory feature for ‘The Nibi Chronicles,” Staci Lola Drouillard finds hope where the band plays and the thunderbird lives.

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Detroit church to remember sailors lost on the Great Lakes

by The Associated Press

Sailors who lost their lives in shipwrecks on the Great Lakes and Michigan waterways will be remembered at a historic church in downtown Detroit.

Posted inDrinking Water, Drinking Water News Roundup, Groundwater Contamination, Illinois, Indiana, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, New York, News, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

Drinking Water News Roundup: Illinois EPA invests over $70M in drinking water projects, students receive funding for Ohio water quality research

by GLN Editor

Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with drinking water in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.

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Energy News Roundup: Electric school buses, solar-powered recreational boats on the rise

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now

Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.

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Great Lakes Moment: New video game teaches watershed management

by John Hartig, Great Lakes Now

Researchers from the University of Windsor and Sheridan College have developed a new video game to train and empower youth to take on the challenge of ecological restoration.

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Nonprofit buys 31,000 forested acres by Copper Harbor to keep land public

by Bridge Michigan

The Nature Conservancy, a global environmental group, has paid a New York hedge fund more than $27 million for part of the land, with another purchase to come.