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Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Cities Annual Meeting Videos
Great Lakes Now covered the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Cities Initiative. View the video on demand below.
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On Flint and Moving Forward: A lot of “Eeyore” and a Little Hope
In his opening remarks at The Mackinac Policy Conference, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder called for Michiganders to shift their focus from the “depressing” past to focus on solutions. He said […]
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WATCH: Beyond the Tap
Our piece about Flint’s water crisis as a harbinger of failing infrastructure. Made in collaboration with World for their Local, USA series.
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Bad News for Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes Region
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.