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Grants to help with repairs, rehabilitation at 3 lighthouses
-More than $126,000 in grant funding from the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office have been awarded to the Crisp Point Light Historical Society, the North Manitou Light Keepers and St. Clair County Parks and Recreation.
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Events and Special BroadcastsFreightersGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsShipping and PortsShipwrecksWelland CanalWatch Party: Ships and Shipwrecks
-Come aboard a boat that delivers mail to ships on the Great Lakes, learn about life on a Great Lakes…
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Events and Special BroadcastsFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchSturgeonWatch Party: Urgin’ for Sturgeon
-Belle Isle Aquarium Curator Paul Shuert, WDET’s Annamarie Sysling and Great Lakes Now Program Director Sandra Svoboda chat about sturgeon and answer Facebook audience questions.
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DetroitFeature DetroitIndigenous CommunitiesJohn HartigLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsMichiganNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismGreat Lakes Moment: Sacred land of the Wyandot of Anderdon Nation
-Learn about the Wyandot of Anderdon Nation and pay respect to the First Nations that were in the land first at Six Points in Gibraltar, Michigan.
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Age of NatureAgricultureAsian CarpBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingClimate ChangeEvents and Special BroadcastsFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesHabitat RestorationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureInvasive SpeciesLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsMunicipalitiesNewsPBSRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchTourismWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWaterfront DevelopmentWatch Party: River Influence
-Great Lakes Now Program Director Sandra Svoboda chats with journalist Lorraine Boissoneault and Drew YoungeDyke from the National Wildlife Federation about mining, Asian carp, water quality and the Great Lakes.
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Asian CarpBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesInvasive SpeciesLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingTourismWatch Party: The Carp Advance
-Great Lakes Now Program Director Sandra Svoboda chats with Belle Isle Aquarium Curator Dr. Paul Shuert and Drew YoungeDyke from the National Wildlife Federation about Asian carp.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicCOVID-19DetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsRecreation and TourismWisconsinTrash Fish: Marine debris becomes sculptures at Great Lakes aquariums and museums
-Throughout the Great Lakes region, local organizations have created trash sculpture displays to educate the public.
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ChicagoFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLake MichiganLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsNatasha BlakelyNewsScience, Technology, ResearchShipwrecksOne Old, One New: Teen project finds meteorite fragments in Lake Michigan
-In a live update, students and researchers shared two major finds from The Aquarius Project’s years-long attempt to find the meteorite.
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Detroit RiverEvents and Special BroadcastsGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsRecreation and TourismWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWatch Party: Microplastics, Macro problems
-Watch this Great Lakes Now Facebook Watch Party in partnership with the Belle Isle Conservancy, which discusses the segment “Microplastics in the Great Lakes.”
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Detroit RiverEvents and Special BroadcastsGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsRecreation and TourismWatch Party: The “Cockroach Cam” and more about caring for critters at Great Lakes aquariums
-Go behind the scenes at Detroit’s Belle Isle Aquarium and learn more about the Madagascar hissing cockroach that appeared in a Great Lakes Now segment called “In Isolation …. At Aquariums.”
