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AgricultureCollaborationLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsBig Benefits from Experimental Watersheds
-In the ’30s, the USDA established a series of experimental watersheds to better understand how erosion, runoff, and water quality vary in response to different agricultural practices, including sites in the Great Lakes region.
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CollaborationInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsSt. Mary's RiverWater Quality and Restoration EffortsUniversity gives St. Marys River clean, green boost
-High school students, community groups and Lake Superior State University will use landscaping this summer to reduce pollution flowing into the St. Marys River.
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Groundwater ContaminationIllinoisKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsRoad Salt: Researchers look at vegetables and juices for alternatives to salt
-Great Lakes residents depend on road salt to reach their destinations safely in the winter, but that safety places a heavy burden on freshwater ecosystems.
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Forever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNatasha BlakelyNew YorkNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: Minnesota sets new PFAS blueprint, Biden EPA dumps PFAS assessment over ‘political interference’
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Program to study Clinton River to improve water quality
-The monitoring is part of the Great Lakes Water Authority’s Regional River Water Quality Monitoring Program.
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Forever Chemicals FeaturedIllinoisIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNatasha BlakelyNew YorkNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTraverse CityWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: PFAS found in Indigenous household wells, Wisconsin experimental treatment fails, WDNR fish concerns
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Algae BloomsInvasive SpeciesLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLatest NewsLorraine BoissoneaultMinnesotaNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMussel-Phosphorus Puzzle: Invasive mussels are reshaping the chemistry of the Great Lakes
-A new study measures the impact quagga and zebra mussels are having on the phosphorus cycle, which is a major player in the Great Lakes ecosystem.
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Industry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNatasha BlakelyNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsLack of Enforcement: Less compliance with environmental laws means more pollution in the lakes
-Over the length of President Donald Trump’s term, not only were a number of environmental regulations rolled back, enforcement of the ones that remained dropped.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsIn Trump Administration’s Final-Days Deregulatory Push, Army Corps Reduces Stream Protections
-Changes to the nationwide permits for dredging and filling waterways will expose more stretches of small streams to development.
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Algae BloomsAPLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsOne-third of America’s rivers have changed color since 1984
-Only about 5% of U.S. river mileage is considered blue — a color often equated with pristine waters by the general public.
