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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes EchoInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsTraverse CityFishPass stays off November ballot, will be decided in appeals court
-The fate of Traverse City, Michigan’s FishPass project will be decided in court. That’s after city commissioners decided not to put the question before voters in November.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaResearch, Data and TechnologyWater Quality and Restoration EffortsAmid Extreme Heat and Drought, Line 3 Pipeline Construction Puts Water At Risk
-State agencies insist — though scientists and indigenous leaders furiously disagree — that waterways won’t be affected.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipEquity and Environmental JusticeLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismNew push to make Michigan’s outdoors more inviting to people of color
-Statistics show the outdoor recreation scene in Michigan and across the nation is overwhelmingly white. Now, the Michigan DNR has made it a priority to reverse that troubling trend.
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SCUBAnauts enjoy first Great Lakes dive in Alpena
-The SCUBAnauts – a scientific diving program for teens – spent a week in Alpena this month diving in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in their Great Lakes dive.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeDrinking WaterLatest NewsNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsDroughts Push More People to Migrate Than Floods
-World Bank report sheds light on the nuanced connections between “water shocks” and human migration.
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Scientists look for clues to Lake Superior algae blooms
-More than 10 years ago, the discovery of cyanobacteria along Park Point in Duluth — in notoriously cold and stormy Lake Superior — would have been unheard of.
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BudgetClimate ChangeCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsNewsOntarioQuebecU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsCanada commits $340 million to Indigenous protected areas, guardians programs
-The Canadian federal government announced it will provide funding over the next five years to support Indigenous-led stewardship of lands and waters under its $2.3 billion commitment to nature conservation.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingLatest NewsNewsWaste-To-Energy Tech Could Slash U.S. Water Sector Carbon Emissions, But Its Potential Remains Underdeveloped
-U.S. energy policy has done little to incentivize the growth of these technologies, relying on a patchwork of energy credit programs, tax breaks and development spending to promote renewable energy production.
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Depleted wetlands impact freshwater turtles in Toronto
-The density of turtles in the wetlands were lower than researchers had hoped. It’s estimated that about 85% of the wetlands and shoreline of Lake Ontario are gone.
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Cheap Cybersecurity Defenses Exist, But They’re Not Reaching Water Utilities Who Need Them
-One in six water systems reported experiencing at least one IT-related incident in the past year. In the words of a National Rural Water Association brief, “the cyber pandemic for the industry has already begun.”
