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Great Lakes Now/DPTV and MLive Partner for PFAS Reporting
- by GLN EditorAs residents, researchers and lawmakers learn more about how industrial chemicals are permeating household water supplies, MLive Media Group and Detroit Public Television are collaborating to report stories that will help further public understanding of this latest water crisis.
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The Lake Erie Bill of Rights
- by GLN EditorIn advance of this week’s vote on a measure that would grant Lake Erie certain legal status, Great Lakes Now is bringing a variety of perspectives about the issue with these extended conversations.
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Targeting the Farms
If Toledo voters pass the Lake Erie Bill of Rights ballot measure this week, Ohio farmers are some of the most concerned constituents, says Joe Cornely, spokesman for the Ohio Farm Bureau.
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The Global Movement in Local Courts
- by Sandra SvobodaIf Toledo voters approve the Lake Erie Bill of Rights proposal on their Feb. 26 ballots, how it will change environmental law and policy won’t be immediately be known.
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Making Waves at the Ballot Box
- by Sandra SvobodaResidents of Toledo will have the Lake Erie Bill of Rights on their ballots in a special election on Feb. 26.
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Threat to Business
The 8,000 member businesses of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce’s would be undermined by the Lake Erie Bill of Rights if it passes and is enacted, says a spokesman for the group.
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Will Tench Be the Next Great Lakes Invasive-Species Problem?
- by Andrew ReevesIt was the fish’s failures as an invasive species, perhaps more than its successes, that first drew Sunči Avlijaš to studying tench.
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New Great Lakes governors: Fast starts, slow transitions and early divisive politics
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer articulated a big water agenda in her election campaign and wasted no time acting on it when she assumed office.
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(Almost) Everything You Want to Know about Lake Erie’s Walleye Population
The walleye population in Lake Erie has exploded during the past few years — the fishing is considered to be great, and fisheries managers say it will likely get better in the near future as younger fish grow to keeping size.
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John Dingell – A Conservation Hero As Remembered by John Hartig
- by John HartigThroughout his life Dingell was a congressional page, a park ranger, a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II, an assistant county prosecutor, and always a lover of the great outdoors.
He grew up fishing and hunting in and along the Detroit River and western Lake Erie.John Hartig