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Posted inBooks, Authors, Art and Music, Featured, Forests and Plants, History and Culture, Latest News, News, Ohio, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Toledo’s community art highlights importance of native plants for safe drinking water

by Great Lakes Echo February 13, 2025November 8, 2025

“Telling this story through something visual that beautifies a community is a great way to educate Toledo residents and reconnect them to nature in the place they call home.”

Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, Gary Wilson, History and Culture, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Who We Are and What We Do

New Great Lakes book challenges readers with mystery, facts and whimsy

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now May 15, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Capri Cafaro, Featured, Food, History and Culture, Illinois, Indiana, Indigenous Communities, Minnesota, New York, News, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Tourism, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Know Your State Foods

by Capri S. Cafaro October 28, 2022
Posted inChicago, Detroit River, Featured, History and Culture, Illinois, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, Milwaukee, News, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Region, St. Lawrence River, Tourism, Wisconsin

A look back on Queen Elizabeth’s Great Lakes tour

by GLN Editor September 9, 2022
Posted inFeatured, History and Culture, Illinois, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Wisconsin

Fossil Finds: Great Lakes coral and sea life remnants say much about its past and future

by Maya Sundaresan November 29, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Detroit, Feature Detroit, Featured, History and Culture, Lake Superior, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, Minnesota, Natasha Blakely, News, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipwrecks, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Edmund Fitzgerald 2021: Attend a shipwreck memorial service in person or virtually

by Natasha Blakely November 8, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, History and Culture, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Lorraine Boissoneault, News, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Fossil Finds: Fleshy quarry fossils shed light on Wisconsin’s watery past

by Lorraine Boissoneault September 27, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Climate Change, Featured, History and Culture, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, News, Rachel Duckett, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Rising Waters: Great Lakes lighthouse keepers fight to preserve history in the face of climate change

by Rachel Duckett September 1, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Detroit, Detroit River, Feature Detroit, Featured, Habitat Restoration, History and Culture, John Hartig, Latest News, Michigan, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes Moment: Sugar Island is getting an ecological makeover

by John Hartig, Great Lakes Now August 2, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Chicago, Feature-Chicago, Featured, Food, History and Culture, Illinois, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, New York, Rachel Duckett, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Who We Are and What We Do

Thousand Island Dressing Mystery: Uncertain origins of one of America’s favorite sauces

by Rachel Duckett July 22, 2021

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