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Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFreightersIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsRic MixterShipping and PortsThe Soo Locks: Past, present, future
-Curious about the history of the Soo Locks and how they came to be? Check out this timeline that will take you through notable moments in the Locks’ history.
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Brian OwensEquity and Environmental JusticeFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsNewsOntarioPlayPolicyProtectTribal Governments and First NationsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsFisheries Update: New Canadian law improves habitat protections and adds Indigenous consultation
-The new version of the law restores protections that were removed by the previous government in 2012.
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Daily Reminder: Kids calendar art brings messages of water stewardship
-Great Lakes Now Host Ward Detwiler helped judge the winners in a student art contest for a 2020 calendar. Here’s how to order your copy.
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Screenings at the Sanctuary: Great Lakes Now program to have ongoing showings at Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
-Each monthly episode of the Great Lakes Now regional show will have free showings in Alpena.
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Showtime: Join Great Lakes Now at the Thunder Bay International Film Festival
-“The Forever Chemicals,” “Sinkhole Science” and “Wrecks Within Reach” were chosen for the Alpena event.
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Show Expansion: Great Lakes Now welcomes its new multimedia producer
-Ric Mixter has many years of experience writing about the Great Lakes, producing shows and diving them.
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AuthorsBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingBooks, Authors, Art and MusicInterviewNewsProtectRecreation and TourismSandra Svoboda‘Million Little Lessons’: Author traverses the Maumee River to learn its history and understand environmental issues
-Traveling from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Toledo, Ohio, along the Maumee River, writer Ryan Schnurr failed to have one big epiphany. Instead, he had many small ones.
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BudgetFish, Birds and AnimalsFoodHabitat RestorationIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRecreational Hunting and FishingThe StatesTribal Governments and First NationsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEPA gives $3.7M to protect endangered Lake Superior’s Buffalo Reef
-The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative has awarded $3.7 million to efforts to restore the Buffalo Reef in Lake Superior. The money is going toward a dredging operation.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsNewsRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingTourismLake Superior lighthouse sold to tech exec for $159K
-The U.S. General Services Administration has brought in around $7.5 million from selling historic lighthouses over the past two decades.
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APBudgetEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFreightersIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeShipping and PortsWaterfront DevelopmentWorkGreat Lakes freighters may have to treat ballast water
-Environmentalists and researchers are claiming Great Lakes-exclusive freighters are helping spread invasive species around the lakes, and new ballast water regulations are being determined, while industry groups argue that the research needs more work.
