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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.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeUpper Peninsula tribe closer to compensation for land seized by the U.S. government
-The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community would get $34 million if legislation passed by the U.S. Senate is approved by the House and signed by President Joe Biden.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature LeadFlintGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureInfrastructureInterviewLatest NewsLeadNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Now sits down with director of Flint water crisis film “Lead and Copper”
-William Hart, director of a documentary about the Flint water crisis called “Lead and Copper,” joined Great Lakes Now’s Anna Sysling for a discussion about the film.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchStaci Lola DrouillardNibi Chronicles: How to craft a memorandum of understanding with trout
-In Ojibwe country, change is understood to be a constant condition or state of being. Sometimes change is difficult, and sometimes change is good. A very good effort to change happened on May 2, 2023.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsNew EPA Great Lakes executive warns on “moon shot” cleanup goal for toxic sites
-Greater effort, creativity needed to secure required funding at the state and local levels, lagging Detroit River effort “stands out.”
