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Tag: algae

Posted inDrinking Water, Latest News, News, Protect, Resource, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

How bad is Michigan’s PFAS problem?

by Mary Ellen Geist August 17, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Drinking Water, Latest News, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Michigan’s PFAS problem: “Nobody saw it coming”

by Mary Ellen Geist August 8, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Budget, Drinking Water, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Peak Lake Erie algae season keeps scientists, politicians and lawyers busy

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now July 16, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Scientists expect Lake Erie’s 2018 algae bloom to be “significant”

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now July 13, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Budget, Climate Change, Drinking Water, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

The Great Lakes without Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now July 2, 2018November 9, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, News, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

A Growing Epidemic of Toxic Algal Blooms

by Mary Ellen Geist May 23, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Interview, News, Protect, Video, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Lake Erie has been declared impaired. So what?

by Mary Ellen Geist April 3, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Budget, Invasive Species, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Trump signs budget bill with $300 million for the Great Lakes

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now March 26, 2018November 10, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Article, Budget, Flint, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Water Withdrawals

Water equity tops Great Lakes 2018 watch list

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now December 26, 2017November 10, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, News, Protect, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Lake Michigan scientists grapple with sewage, legacy toxins and algae

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now November 8, 2017

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