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AuthorsDetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFeature HomepageJohn HartigLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Moment: Saving the Conservation Crescent
-Local conservationists coined the term “Conservation Crescent” 25 years ago to better understand and protect several islands in the Detroit River. Here is the recent history of those islands, detailing the success of this movement.
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CollaborationFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingScience, Technology, ResearchWisconsinPoints North: Not always the apex predator
-When hunter Ben Karasch sees something move out of the corner of his eye, he assumes it’s a deer. But as Karasch gets a better look, he realizes it’s not a deer, it’s a cougar. And it’s slowly creeping towards him.
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Feature HomepageGLNCGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsThrough a Glass Darkly
-Antidepressants can affect reaction times in fish and birth control gives male specimens female traits. How might pharmaceutical pollution impact life around the Great Lakes?
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AdvocacyAuthorsEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeStaci Lola DrouillardNibi Chronicles: The nation-to-nation fight against extractivism
-An Ojibwe elder traveled to Serbia to learn about the successful fight against a mining giant looking to set up a similar operation in Minnesota.
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PFAS News Roundup: MIT chemists designed a sensor that detects PFAS
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFeature HomepageLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTorontoU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsOntario weakens watershed protections (again) as natural resources minister gets new powers
-New rules reduce buffer zones between development and wetlands and empower Doug Ford’s cabinet to issue permits without their say.
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Waves of Change: Meet bird conservationist and migration counter Alison Vilag
-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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Asian CarpFeature HomepageIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchIllinois and Army Corps at an impasse over building barrier to prevent invasive carp
-Gov. JB Pritzker sent a letter expressing concern over costs of the $1 billion project and the burden to Illinois taxpayers.
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DetroitFeature HomepageLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience Says WhatScience, Technology, ResearchThe solar eclipse is a great opportunity for students and citizen scientists alike
-Educators, students, and science enthusiasts in the region are teaming up with NASA to take important weather measurements during the event.
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AgricultureDetroitFeature DetroitFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsComposting, water access and backyard chickens: Detroit’s urban farming evolution
-The city’s first urban agriculture director aims to help gardeners access land and water while making urban farming a seamless part of the city’s policy.
