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Michigan’s State of the Great Lakes: Drinking water quality garners spotlight

Michigan’s governor released her first State of the Great Lakes report, which activists and researchers say shouldn’t be mistaken for a critical evaluation.

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Offshore Decline: Great Lakes fish populations at risk from low nutrient levels

Too many nutrients close to shore fuel algal blooms, but deeper waters have the opposite problem — fish aren’t getting enough to eat.