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Feature HomepageIllinoisKathy JohnsonLatest NewsNewsPFASPFAS News RoundupScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: “Forever chemicals” concern on the rise, how to reduce exposure
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureI Speak for the FishKathy JohnsonLake St. ClairLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchTorontoTourismI Speak for the Fish: A Fish’s Shelf Life
-A private tour of the Royal Ontario Museum’s fish collection with its 1.5 million specimens, representing 7,500 species preserved in 110,000 jars.
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Commercial FishingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingScience, Technology, ResearchGreat Lakes feature Midwest curiosity: Fish-cleaning houses
-Dirty, sporadic work and good money.
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Climate ChangeFeature HomepageGroundwater ContaminationInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsAmerica’s summer of floods: What cities can learn from today’s climate crises to prepare for tomorrow’s
-The recent floods provide case studies that can help cities everywhere manage the increasing risk.
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AgricultureAlgae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinIn A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded
-Law and policy treat farms as special class of polluter.
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Algae BloomsCollaborationFeature HomepageIndianaLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinTesting the waters: How groups monitor toxic algae in the absence of state testing
-Toxic algae can sicken people and animals. Few states have routine testing programs to check, so some volunteer groups are stepping in to fill that gap.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationEvents and Special BroadcastsFeature HomepageGreat Lakes Conferences ConferencesGreat Lakes News CollaborativeMilwaukeeNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinGreat Lakes News Collaborative nets US Water Prize
-Great Lakes Now and its partners in the Great Lake News Collaborative received a national journalism award for coverage of water issues in the Great Lakes.
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AdvocacyAgricultureAlgae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationDrinking WaterFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsFarms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms
-Water sampling finds no reduction in bloom-producing nutrients.
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AdvocacyAlgae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClevelandDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsCleveland water organization looking to support business innovation beyond Lake Erie
-Formed in a year known for two water crises, the Cleveland Water Alliance leader is working to prevent the next one.
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Poisonous Ponds: The Great Lakes Now Episode Quiz
-Test your knowledge on the complicated policy and impacts of coal ash in the Great Lakes and more.
