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AuthorsFeature HomepageFoodForests and PlantsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchStaci Lola DrouillardWater Quality and Restoration EffortsNibi Chronicles: The Gift of Manoomin
-The rice harvest — manoominike — has officially started across Ojibwe country. Columnist Staci Lola Drouillard talks with her cousin about harvesting and processing wild rice, as well as the importance of water quality for growing “the good berry.”
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGroundwater ContaminationLatest NewsNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGroundwater: Who’s in charge?
-As groundwater resources are increasingly under threat in the U.S. — including the Great Lakes region — regulation, oversight and planning for the long-term are diffused and often lacking.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsAfter 10 million pieces of beach trash, Chicago advocates push for sustainable packaging
-As plastic items dominate beach littering, Alliance for the Great Lakes’ says we need to ramp up reusable items and sustainable packaging. What about personal responsibility?
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageLatest NewsLisa John RogersNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPFAS Roundup: Four Great Lakes states selected to test residents annually for environmental chemical exposure
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in the Great Lakes region.
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AuthorsBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingFeature HomepageJohn HartigLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioRecreation and TourismTourismWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Moment: Ten natural wonders of The Great Lakes Way
-Get your bicycle or kayak ready and consider adding these close-to-home natural wonders to your Great Lakes adventure bucket list.
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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsStaci Lola DrouillardNibi Chronicles: A conversation about Ojibwe history in Fur Trade Nation
-On Carl Gawboy’s new book Fur Trade Nation: An Ojibwe’s Graphic History and how it’s “a field guide to the Ojibwe.”
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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureLatest NewsMichiganNewsStoried Two Hearted River gets 21st century update in new book
-Author and hydrologist Bob Otwell calls for an end to “inertia” and “lip service” on climate change and expresses concern for Michigan’s groundwater.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipLatest NewsLisa John RogersNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPFAS Roundup: Wisconsin PFAS remediation funds still frozen due to partisan divide
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in the Great Lakes region.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFeature HomepageLatest NewsLisa John RogersNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupWater Quality and Restoration EffortsPFAS Roundup: Government of Canada introduces potential plan for product-related PFAS regulation
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in the Great Lakes region.
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AuthorsDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsRegionOperation Manoomin: Restoring Wild Rice along the Detroit River
-To reestablish the Potawatomi’s presence along the Detroit River, the local Indigenous group is interested in partnering on a project to restore wild rice in protected areas in and along the river.
