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It’s Pigs versus Pure Michigan
-The push and pull between Michigan’s growing agriculture industry and the need to protect drinking water, beach recreation and tourism continues to play out, evidenced by a request to establish a factory pig farm a few miles from Lake Michigan.
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Plastic plagues the Great Lakes
-“22 million pounds of plastic flow to the Great Lakes each year”
Chicago’s early January temperatures don’t make for beach-going, but beaches free of plastic litter were recently top of mind for Illinois Great Lakes advocates. -
Along Lake Ontario, high waters — and damage — persist
-By Caitlin Whyte from Great Lakes Today The grey sky seems a bit more ominous out here. With the winds whipping around…
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What’s your water story? The IJC’s Great Lakes Watermark Project
-Making an emotional connection with the Great Lakes The International Joint Commission (IJC) is charged with preventing and resolving disputes…
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Welcome to Lake St. Clair, where water pollution and beach closures remain unresolved
-By Keith Matheny from The Detroit Free Press Lake St. Clair’s chronic problems have not only gone unresolved over the decades; there…
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How they spent their summer vacation: swimming all five Great Lakes
-Looking for a last -minute family vacation idea before the lazy days of summer run out? There’s still time to…
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Thousands gather to support the Great Lakes for “All Hands on Deck”
-People in 64 communities around the Great Lakes gathered for an event called “All Hands on Deck.” Thousands of people…
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Beaver Island attracts next generation of Great Lakes scientists
-When you talk with Great Lakes scientist Jessica Kosiara it helps to be ready for terms like “trophic level fish”…
