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Drinking WaterDuluthFish, Birds and AnimalsFoodForever Chemicals FeaturedLake SuperiorLatest NewsMinnesotaNatasha BlakelyNewsOhioPFASPFAS News RoundupPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: PFAS in Lake Superior smelt, McDonalds drops PFAS packaging, White House weakened EPA guidelines
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsNewsRecreational Hunting and FishingResearch, Data and TechnologyUnexploded Ordnance: Lake Erie shoreline site of long-term munitions study
-Of the millions of munitions buried in the bed of Lake Erie, only a small percentage will surface. But that small percentage still holds a large risk of the munitions being live or containing explosives.
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AgricultureDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeGreat Lakes Moment: It’s a UFO. No, the aurora borealis. No, it’s Leamington greenhouses!
-The story behind the lightshow over the Detroit River isn’t as mysterious as it might seem.
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Climate ChangeCOVID-19Drinking WaterFreightersGary WilsonGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental Justice2020 in Review: Climate change, COVID-19 and Michigan’s governor
-Of course, a lot also happened in 2020 that did not garner the attention that COVID-19 and climate change did.
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COVID-19Great Lakes Now's Year-End PostsJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOhioRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingTourism2020 Really Sucked. What’s Up Next? I don’t know.
-A frequent theme of my GLN articles – and others’ – this year was the Crazy-19 virus.
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COVID-19DetroitFeature DetroitGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsLake OntarioLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsLake Ontario: Big catch escapes again
-In 2019, then-new News Director Natasha Blakely was missing Lake Ontario from her Great Lakes Visits list. Spoiler alert: She didn’t make it there in 2020 either.
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Great Lakes Quiz: Which Great Lake are you?
-End the year on a more lighthearted note and try this fun Great Lakes Now quiz.
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Algae BloomsClimate ChangeDrinking WaterGreat Lakes Now's Year-End PostsInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioSandra SvobodaWisconsin2020 Vision: Great Lakes Now year in review predicts 2021
-It was a year of challenges, successes and conversations about the Great Lakes for our team. What did we learn? And what are we planning for 2021? Here’s what Program Director Sandra Svoboda has to say.
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Fish, Birds and AnimalsFreightersHabitat RestorationInfrastructureJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOhioRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingGot Pike? Huron, Michigan, Ontario, Superior, yes. Erie, not so much.
-Increased seiche events likely hurting already small populations of the fish.
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Drinking WaterLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNew YorkNewsPennsylvaniaPFASPFAS News RoundupPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: PFAS exposure may affect COVID vaccine, NY bans PFAS in food packaging
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
