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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
US House budget proposal cuts funds for water system upgrades and polluted communities
-The Republican-led House of Representatives is proposing to cut funds for the EPA, water distribution system repairs, and pollution cleanup.
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Michigan air quality unhealthy again Monday because of Canadian wildfires
-Smoke blowing from Canadian wildfires hits Michigan again prompting an air quality alert. Haze from hundreds of fires has remained an issue much of the summer.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, Research
Nearly $1.2 billion spent at one site to deter invasive carp from Great Lakes; other entry sites still possible
-Nearly $1.2 billion is to be spent at one site to prevent invasive carp from entering the Great Lakes. There are a dozen more places where the carp could get in.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
No contact advisory in place for part of St. Joseph River
-An estimated 500,000 gallons of untreated wastewater have been discharged into the St. Joseph River.
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“It’s a good thing”: Fishflies in Great Lakes region signify healthy water
-Even though fishflies may not be the prettiest insects, they represent good. A large number of fishflies near the Great Lakes area means the water is healthy.
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Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIllinoisIndianaLake ErieLake St. ClairLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioPennsylvaniaPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRefreshScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsin
What are wetlands for, anyway?
-Here’s what to know about how the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Sackett v EPA changing wetland protection impacts the Great Lakes region.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganNews
Michigan removes derogatory Native slur from Oxford Township boat launch
-The DNR is renaming a boat launch in Oakland County from “Squaw Lake” to “Paint Lake” as part of an effort to erase the name from more than 600 sites, including 32 in Michigan.
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Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, Research
Harmful algal blooms appearing on Lake Erie earlier than usual
-NOAA satellite images and a research vessel sampling Lake Erie water both found evidence of harmful algal blooms on July 5, a much earlier date than typical.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Will Michigan’s Largest Water Provider Target Tiny City For Next Shutoffs?
-Highland Park, a tiny and steadily shrinking city north of downtown Detroit, was once the center of an industrial empire that built the vehicles that shaped 20th century America.