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AuthorsDetroitFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingScience, Technology, ResearchGreat Lakes Moment: Ohio provides example for funding Detroit and Rouge rivers’ sediment cleanup
-Ohio will soon embark on removing the Gorge Dam on the Cuyahoga River. Their approach could be a model for cleaning up contaminated sediments in the Detroit and Rouge rivers.
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For the first time in a century, martens have been spotted on Lake Superior’s Madeline Island
-The discovery indicates a positive trend for the recovery of Wisconsin’s only state endangered mammal.
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Climate ChangeFeature HomepageLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchWarmer winters mean less ice on Lake Michigan – hurting lake trout and whitefish
-All of the Great Lakes are experiencing declining ice coverage in the winter, which could affect recreation and shorelines.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsGroup launches campaign to overturn Michigan solar siting law
-Opponents of the new law, which stripped away local permitting control over large wind and solar projects, are pushing a ballot initiative that would ask voters in November to overturn the law.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchPoints North: The turtle takeover
-Red-eared sliders are one of the most common pet turtle species in the world. They can grow to the size of dinner plates and live around 40 years. Because of that, people often release them. That causes a big problem.
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Michigan group looks to grow a statewide coalition for water affordability
-Lawmakers and advocates say new legislation is needed.
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‘A valuable resource’: Traverse City restaurants aim to reduce food waste, greenhouse gases
-So far about a dozen of Traverse City’s downtown restaurants have said they are interested in composting.
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PFAS News Roundup: ‘Forever chemicals’ awareness lacking among U.S. adults
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in this biweekly headline roundup.
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AuthorsBooks, Authors, Art and MusicFeature HomepageGary WilsonHistory and CultureLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsBook Review: Author Sue Leaf’s latest takes a philosophical look at life on Lake Superior’s South Shore
-Copper mining and receding shorelines intertwine with omnipresent impermanence.
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APForests and PlantsLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsBiden administration moves to protect old-growth forests as climate change brings fires, pests
-The Biden administration moved to conserve groves of old-growth trees on national forests across the U.S. and limit logging as climate change amplifies the threats they face from wildfires, insects and disease.
