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Commercial FishingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchShipping and PortsU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
Years of regulation may have reduced invasive species risks in the Great Lakes, study says
-Researchers have found that ballast water regulation has been key in the fight against invasive species.
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Capri CafaroClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFoodForests and PlantsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsOhioProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWisconsin
The Great Lakes sugaring season is changing
-Maple producers are facing shorter harvest seasons, less sugar production and unreliable sap flow.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Research finds more PFAS coming out of wastewater treatment plants than going in
-New research from Western Michigan University indicates that wastewater treatment plants could have a negative effect on PFAS pollution.
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Climate ChangeGreat Lakes EchoLake HuronLake MichiganLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWisconsin
Global warming may impact Great Lakes beaches
-Rather than average water levels falling as previously assumed, it’s possible that the average will increase because of more precipitation, which will constrict the beach area.
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Drinking WaterFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
PFAS is a widespread problem. The solution needs to come from widespread sources
-In this Q&A, the director of MSU’s Center for PFAS Research Cheryl Murphy discusses the state of PFAS research currently, and why the U.S. and Canada should work together.
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CollaborationFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsInvasive SpeciesLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
The pandemic that closed the U.S./Canadian border to people may have opened it to the invasive sea lamprey
-Great Lakes invasive species cling to shipments and navigate canals to migrate, but one aquatic invader – sea lamprey – benefitted from border closures instead.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsInfrastructureInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
5 Reasons to Love (and Protect) Freshwater Mussels
-These aquatic heroes do so much to keep freshwater ecosystems healthy — and we’re killing them off at a record pace.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIllinoisKathy JohnsonLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsMichiganNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSt. Lawrence RiverTourismWisconsin
Who caught the world’s largest muskie? Even the experts don’t agree
-The award and corresponding fame for catching the world’s largest muskie by hook and line remains a hotly contested controversy that, after nearly a century of debate, remains unresolved.