Residents want more soil testing to prevent future harm from contamination that’s plagued their neighborhood for decades.
Posted inNews, The Catch
Touch a sturgeon at this new aquarium
Go inside the Aquarium of Niagara’s new expansion dedicated to wildlife that calls the Great Lakes home.
Posted inAgriculture, Fish, Birds and Animals, Industry, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Wisconsin
Farmers turn to ‘predator-proof’ fences to deter wolves in northern Wisconsin
So far, no wolves have killed livestock within the fences on farms where they’ve been installed.
Posted inGreat Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, News, Water Quality
Cheryl Porter’s vision for the future of water
With 28 years of experience in the water sector, Cheryl Porter shares her inspiring journey from junior chemist in Detroit to leading the American Water Works Association.
Posted inAdvocacy, Equity and Environmental Justice, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region, The States
Michigan advocates hail ‘groundbreaking’ settlement to civil rights complaint over hazardous waste facility
New requirements to consider cumulative impacts in hazardous waste facility licensing could represent a shift in state permitting practices.
Posted inCulture, Featured, Food, Forests and Plants, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research
Foraged Fruit and Nuts: Wild Apples & Abundant Acorns
Autumn brings with it a bounty of fruits and nuts that often go unnoticed in our modern culinary landscape. Among the most abundant and overlooked are acorns and wild apples.
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Featured, Lake Erie, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ohio, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Tourism, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do
Great Lakes Moment: Ten natural wonders of The Great Lakes Way
Get your bicycle or kayak ready and consider adding these close-to-home natural wonders to your Great Lakes adventure bucket list.
Posted inFeatured, Forests and Plants, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology & Research
Points North: A Natural Ending
Peter Quakenbush’s dream is to create a conservation burial forest – a place that would both preserve the woods and give people the option to be buried in nature. But not everyone is on board with that idea.
Posted inCulture, Equity and Environmental Justice, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, Tribal Governments and First Nations
‘These are not your lands to give away’: 6 First Nations take Ontario to court over mining law
Indigenous communities in Ontario are flooded with mining claims that chip away at their territories. It’s a “racist, colonialist” system, the lawyer leading a new court case said.
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Books, Authors, Art and Music, Culture, Featured, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Region, Who We Are and What We Do
Nibi Chronicles: A conversation about Ojibwe history in Fur Trade Nation
On Carl Gawboy’s new book Fur Trade Nation: An Ojibwe’s Graphic History and how it’s “a field guide to the Ojibwe.”
