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Old Business: EPA broadly designates legacy toxic sediment sites for funding priority
-Environmental groups, government representatives decline to recommend specific priority sites for cleanup.
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Another seawall collapse due to gravel pile stored too close to Detroit River
-Part of a seawall along the Detroit River collapsed on Friday, believed to be caused by a pile of aggregate material stored too close to the shoreline at the Revere Dock.
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First phase of cleanup at former steel mill site complete. Now what?
-Over the years, several contaminated areas have been found on the site. Federal and state environmental officials discovered thousands of gallons of PCB oil and many other pollutants stored on the grounds.
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Great Lakes Moment: Walleye frenzy on the Detroit River
-Each spring, as many as 10 million walleye leave the deeper areas of Lake Erie and ascend the Detroit River in search of rocky substrates to spawn on, creating a fishing frenzy known throughout North America.
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Hold on! 240-pound fish, age 100, caught in Detroit River
-The 240-pound, nearly 7-foot-long sturgeon, assumed to be a female, was quickly released back into the river after being weighed and measured.
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Great Lakes Moment: Beavers come knocking at the Detroit River’s former Black Lagoon
-Few people thought that the return of beavers to Ellias Cove would ever be possible.
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Great Lakes Moment: It’s a UFO. No, the aurora borealis. No, it’s Leamington greenhouses!
-The story behind the lightshow over the Detroit River isn’t as mysterious as it might seem.
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High Water Levels On Tap This Winter As November Marks The Start Of A New Water Year
-Data from the last water year indicated record-breaking levels in the Great Lakes, and this year looks to be much of the same.
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EGLE fines company $60,000 over 2019 Detroit dock collapse
-The Revere Dock was illegally storing limestone aggregate along the river when the site collapsed in late November 2019.
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Great Lakes Moment: Detroit River and western Lake Erie get a checkup
-In this month’s column, writer John Hartig discusses the recently released 2020 State of the Strait report.