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CollaborationLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchNew NASA satellite helps scientists understand Great Lakes
-Mapping currents allows scientists to understand the path pollution takes and maximize the efficiency of boats and vessels.
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Asian CarpAuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipChicagoFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRefreshIllinois, feds grapple with agreement that would advance billion dollar plan to stop invasive carp
-Illinois objects to terms of “complex” partnership agreement required by the Army Corps of Engineers, while Michigan policy expert questions the need.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsIndigenous CommunitiesLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsRefreshAnishinaabe tribes work to save a fish significant to their culture and an important source of protein
-Native American tribes are working with researchers to determine why whitefish, an important source of protein, is declining.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageGary WilsonHistory and CultureLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsNew Great Lakes book challenges readers with mystery, facts and whimsy
-Veteran author Dave Dempsey’s The Great Lakes: Fact or Fake is designed to entertain and educate
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For open water swimmers, even chilly, choppy water beckons
-Many beaches won’t open for weeks, but already one dedicated group is quietly pacing the shore.
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APBooks, Authors, Art and MusicDetroitFeature HomepageFreightersHistory and CultureLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismShipwrecksTorontoFolk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot dies at 84
-The legendary folk singer-songwriter, whose hits include “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” died on May 1.
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APEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesCompany seeks first-time restart of shuttered nuclear plant
-If successful, Palisades would become the first U.S. nuclear reactor to restart after its fuel has been removed.
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APChicagoEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganLatest NewsMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeIn Chicago, adapting electric buses to winter’s challenges
-Capital City Transit has ordered seven electric buses to replace diesel models from 2010, said the operations superintendent.
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APBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingHistory and CultureLake HuronLake MichiganLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismShipwrecksTourismLong-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story
-Now, the mystery has been solved, say officials with Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan.
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AuthorsEnergy News RoundupEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageIllinoisIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentKathy JohnsonLake MichiganMichiganMinnesotaOhioWisconsinEnergy News Roundup: Minnesota’s 2040 carbon-free energy bill, coal ash crackdown continues
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
