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Alex HillClimate ChangeFeature HomepageForests and PlantsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsMapping the Great Lakes: Where to find your sugar maples
-Tapping maple trees for their syrup has been a Great Lakes region tradition for a long time – Indigenous groups on both sides of the lakes have been sugaring maple trees for thousands of years.
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Drinking WaterGreat Lakes Now Events and Road/River ShowsInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostGreat Lakes News Collaborative examines Water’s True Cost
-For the whole month of May, Great Lakes Now will be looking at aging water infrastructure and the rising literal cost of water as part of a series from the Great Lakes News Collaborative.
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Feature HomepageForests and PlantsLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchLessons to learn from a very big mushroom
-Take some advice from the 2,500-year-old, 400,000-kilogram fungus living in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
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Drinking WaterEvents and Special BroadcastsFeature HomepageGreat Lakes Now Events and Road/River ShowsInfrastructureLatest NewsNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True Costs EventsJoin the Conversations: Events on “Water’s True Cost” will answer your questions about water infrastructure
-As the Great Lakes News Collaborative prepares to publish and air stories about water’s true cost, get these free, virtual events on your calendar to learn more about your drinking water.
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CollaborationEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingGroundwater ContaminationIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsNorthern Indiana residents doubt outcome of coal ash cleanup
-Some northern Indiana residents remain skeptical that communities in the area will be free of contamination from toxic coal ash, despite a renewed commitment to clean up polluted sites and transition to renewable energy sources.
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Climate ChangeEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy News RoundupEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNatasha BlakelyNewsOhioOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsinEnergy News Roundup: Ontario looks to phase out natural gas, wild rice could stop Line 3, Energy Department invests in cybersecurity
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s fortnightly headline roundup.
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Capri CafaroClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFoodForests and PlantsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsOhioProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWisconsinThe Great Lakes sugaring season is changing
-Maple producers are facing shorter harvest seasons, less sugar production and unreliable sap flow.
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ChicagoDrinking WaterFeature HomepageIllinoisJohn McCrackenLake MichiganLatest NewsMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsTo build a new pipeline or not: Illinois city seeks Lake Michigan water
-The city of Joliet, roughly 45 minutes southwest of Chicago, is looking to Lake Michigan as a solution to its drying water supplies. But residents are concerned about the costs that would bring.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishKathy JohnsonLake ErieLake MichiganLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSt. Clair RiverI Speak for the Fish: How the round goby changed the Great Lakes, twice
-In this month’s column, Kathy Johnson looks at how, when and where round goby were first identified in the Great Lakes.
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CollaborationForests and PlantsForever Chemicals FeaturedIndianaLatest NewsNewsPFASProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchResearchers find wetland plant can filter PFAS chemicals
-Researchers have found that a common wetland plant native to Australia can remove toxic “forever chemicals” from the surrounding environment.
