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Posted inDrinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Latest News, News, PFAS, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

‘Something has to be done’: Living along Madison’s Starkweather Creek, one of Wisconsin’s most polluted waterways.

by Wisconsin Watch October 11, 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 inAP, Article, Fish, Birds and Animals, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Science, Technology, Research

6 tribes sue Wisconsin to try to stop November wolf hunt

by The Associated Press September 22, 2021
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Algae Blooms, Authors, Climate Change, Featured, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Ontario, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Sharon Oosthoek, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Lake Superior Summer: Blue-green algal blooms come to a lake once believed immune

by Sharon Oosthoek August 24, 2021
Posted inAP, Article, Feature Milwaukee, Infrastructure, Milwaukee, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

Sewer overflow sends wastewater into rivers, Lake Michigan

by The Associated Press August 16, 2021
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Drinking Water, Forever Chemicals Featured, Illinois, Indiana, Latest News, Michigan, News, Pennsylvania, PFAS, PFAS News Roundup, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Rachel Duckett, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

PFAS News Roundup: Tech company develops PFAS-eliminating technology, PFAS Action Act heads to Senate, study finds PFAS in Arctic ice

by Rachel Duckett August 6, 2021
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, John McCracken, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

The Farmory: Is indoor fish farming a viable way of tackling declining fish populations?

by John McCracken August 6, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Drinking Water, Groundwater Contamination, Guest Article, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

Cow manure predicted to cause most sickness from contaminated wells in Wisconsin’s Kewaunee County

by Wisconsin Watch August 2, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAP, Article, Infrastructure, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

Severe weather in Wisconsin causes widespread damage

by The Associated Press July 29, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Featured, Illinois, Latest News, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Toronto, Wisconsin

Tokyo Time: How to watch the Great Lakes sailors in Olympic competition

by GLN Editor July 26, 2021

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    Over the next six months, the Army Corps predicts water levels will stay below long-term averages on all Great Lakes, except possibly Lake Ontario.
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