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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsNewsPFAS News RoundupPFAS News Roundup: White House official visits Minnesota high school in town known as “ground zero” for PFAS
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in the Great Lakes region.
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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureLatest NewsMichiganNewsMichigan author reflects on 20th anniversary of landmark book The Living Great Lakes
-Author Jerry Dennis revisits his sailing journey from Lake Michigan to the Atlantic Ocean where he searched for “the heart of the inland seas.”
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New study: Great Lakes beaches are littered with plastic trash
-A group analyzed 20 years of beach cleanup data, finding that 86% of litter is composed at least partially of plastic.
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Waves of Change: Meet educator and Friends of the Fox River president Gary Swick
-Waves of Change is an online interview series highlighting the diverse faces and perspectives shaping the environmental justice movement throughout the Great Lakes region.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsLisa John RogersNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
PFAS News Roundup: PFAS are shown to be unique bipartisan voting concern in Wisconsin
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
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Michigan gets $290M boost for water upgrades as Flint crisis anniversary nears
-Money from a bond voters authorized in 2002 is a big one-time boost for Michigan’s crumbling water infrastructure, but state officials say more is needed.
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CollaborationFeature HomepageForests and PlantsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInvasive SpeciesLake ErieLake OntarioLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsFinding creative new ways to manage invasive cattails
-Scientists are thinking holistically about biodiversity, sustainability, and resilience when it comes to the role invasive cattails play in the Great Lakes.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFoodLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsPFASRecreation and TourismWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGood news for Michigan smelt season: PFAS levels lower than feared
-State officials warned against eating too much of the silvery panfish due to high PFAS levels. Scientists now say that was an error, but aren’t yet ready to abandon fish consumption advisories altogether.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeLine 5 activist group wants Gov. Whitmer to “be an advocate” for shutdown
-In a late move, the Department of Justice sides with Canada on continued operation of Line 5, citing treaty and the public’s interest.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchPoints North: The Quest for Kiyi
-Small, silvery fish called kiyi used to roam the deep, cold waters of nearly every Great Lake. Remnant populations still exist in Lake Superior, and scientists are wondering: Can we find them?
