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Books, Authors, Art and MusicFeature HomepageForests and PlantsHistory and CultureLatest NewsNewsOhioScience, Technology, ResearchToledo’s community art highlights importance of native plants for safe drinking water
-“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.”
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Latest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsPFASScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsCDC awards biomonitoring grants to Great Lakes states, future funding unclear
-New grants to Great Lakes states to measure harmful chemicals in marginalized communities are facing uncertainty.
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More goose poop, more problems
-Nearly extinct in the mid-20th century due to over-hunting, a whopping 280,000 Canada geese now live in Michigan.
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Many elderly Ohioans feel unprepared for severe weather, study finds
-Twisters and other severe weather events are becoming more common in the Midwest due to climate change, and seniors are more at risk.
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Wolves could expand across the eastern U.S. — but they might need help
-Gray wolves could thrive in the eastern United States well beyond their current range in the Great Lakes region, but they might have a hard time reaching other suitable habitats.
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Climate ChangeCollaborationLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchNOAA to study Great Lakes climate change with underwater robots
-As climate change increasingly shapes the region’s ecology, scientists plan to use underwater robots to gather previously inaccessible data they say will help communities adapt.
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CollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadMichiganNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinStudents at Michigan State and Wisconsin win EPA funding for environmental health innovations
-Students from Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin are among the winners of a contest for innovations in sustainability.
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Algae BloomsFeature HomepageLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinWisconsin officials ask the public to report algal blooms in Lake Superior
-The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is banking on public oversight to help gauge the threat of algal blooms.
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CollaborationDetroitFreightersHistory and CultureLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismShipwrecksWisconsinShip doomed on Lake Michigan now moored on National Register of Historic Places
-A Detroit-built sailing ship that sank in Lake Michigan during an 1864 storm has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Butterflies race for state insect status
-Three butterflies are racing to become Michigan’s official state insect – and one of them is ahead, at least politically.
