A new national investment is supporting a Great Lakes Sea Grant Network effort to work with multiple partners, including aquarists, water gardeners, educators and anglers, to prevent the spread of aquatic […]
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Minnesota Sea Grant Announces $1.5 million in Great Lakes Research
What happens under the ice of Lake Superior is just one of six research programs funded by NOAA announced by the University of Minnesota Sea Grant office. Researches based in […]
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Poll Results: “Protect the Great Lakes”
In the largest survey of its kind, 85% of surveyed U.S. and Great Lakes residents have told the Great Lakes Water Quality Board that protecting the Great Lakes from threats […]
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New NASA Images on the Great Lakes
There was not a lot of ice cover on the Great Lakes this winter, and new images released by NASA show evidence of significant turbidity and possible early algal growth […]
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Soo Locks opens, 2016 shipping season gets underway
Photo courtesy of Detroit District, U.S. Army Corps of EngineersThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, announces the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., opened Friday, March 25, […]
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Climate change threatens rare Minnesota orchid
As climate change threatens wet landscapes with persistent and intense droughts, natural resource managers look for ways to preserve the remaining habitats of the rare species that dwell in them.
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Research cracks open contaminant levels in eggs
Doug Crump of Environment and Climate Change Canada has travelled the Great Lakes for many years as part of work to ensure wildlife is conserved and protected. Central to Crump’s […]
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Breaking: Report finds ‘environmental injustice’ in Flint water crisis
Flint River, Flint Michigan (Image: Wikimedia Commons, Andrew Jameson) State government is primarily responsible for the Flint water crisis, and state officials – including the governor – should stop implying […]
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From State of the State to State of the Lakes: Southeast Michigan is re-connecting with water for economic development and lifestyle.
by Martina Guzman Every January, the president of the United States gives the much anticipated state of the union address, in Michigan, the governor gives the state of the state […]
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$50 million cut for Great Lakes cleanup in Obama 2016 budget riles healthy waters group
President Obama released his budget proposal this week, and for the third year in a row, the administration is proposing a reduction in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Funding. The proposed […]
