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Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Detroit, Detroit River, Feature Detroit, Fish, Birds and Animals, Habitat Restoration, John Hartig, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes Moment: Beavers come knocking at the Detroit River’s former Black Lagoon

by John Hartig, Great Lakes Now February 1, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inBudget, Detroit, Drinking Water, Feature Detroit, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Infrastructure, Latest News, Lead, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Michigan cities must begin replacing lead pipes. But who has the cash?

by Bridge Michigan January 15, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Agriculture, Authors, Detroit, Detroit River, Feature Detroit, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, John Hartig, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes Moment: It’s a UFO. No, the aurora borealis. No, it’s Leamington greenhouses!

by John Hartig, Great Lakes Now January 4, 2021
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Lake Ontario: Big catch escapes again

by Natasha Blakely December 30, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Detroit, Feature Detroit, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, John Hartig, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Waterfront Development, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes Moment: A new vision for the former McLouth Steel site in Trenton

by John Hartig, Great Lakes Now December 4, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inCOVID-19, Detroit, Feature Detroit, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research

Grant to help expand COVID-19 wastewater detection program

by Michigan Public December 2, 2020
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Michigan agency recommends $5.4M for recreation projects

by The Associated Press November 30, 2020
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Church to honor 45th anniversary of Fitzgerald shipwreck

by The Associated Press November 9, 2020
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Great Lakes Moment: Sacred land of the Wyandot of Anderdon Nation

by John Hartig, Great Lakes Now November 2, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inAP, Article, Detroit, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature Detroit, Flint, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Minority communities question election-year push by EPA

by The Associated Press October 26, 2020November 9, 2025

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