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Minnesota wildfires disappoint travelers and outfitters
-Several fires inside and just outside the country’s most visited wilderness area led officials to close it last weekend, dealing a blow to those who spent months planning their trips there and to the outfitters and other businesses that depend on them.
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Algae BloomsClimate ChangeFeature HomepageLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsOntarioSharon OosthoekWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinLake Superior Summer: Blue-green algal blooms come to a lake once believed immune
-As the deepest and most northern of the Great Lakes, Superior was once thought immune to algal blooms, which is why it was such a shock when the first report of blue-green algae came in 2012.
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Illinois woman swims across iconic Michigan lake twice
-A medical student from Illinois swam across one of Michigan’s Torch Lake — twice — to raise money and awareness about diabetes.
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Program aims to capture storm drain debris headed to lake
-If proven to be effective, an identical strategy to reduce pollution in the lake could be deployed at 11 other drains in Macomb County that empty into Lake St. Clair.
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BudgetClimate ChangeCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsNewsOntarioQuebecU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsCanada commits $340 million to Indigenous protected areas, guardians programs
-The Canadian federal government announced it will provide funding over the next five years to support Indigenous-led stewardship of lands and waters under its $2.3 billion commitment to nature conservation.
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Climate impact of coal sales from US lands scrutinized
-U.S. officials launched a review Thursday of climate damage caused by coal mining on public lands as the Biden administration expands its scrutiny of government fossil fuel sales that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
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APDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedInfrastructureMinnesotaNewsPFASWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMinnesota issues plan to treat water marred by 3M chemicals
-Minnesota pollution control and natural resources officials released a $700 million plan to improve the drinking water for 14 communities whose groundwater was contaminated due to chemical disposal by 3M.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyGrayling Revival: Researchers hope to reintroduce a once-abundant native fish
-Michigan’s Arctic Grayling Initiative, a grassroots collaboration between the Michigan DNR, the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians and 45 regional partners, aims to restore populations of the little native fish.
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Indiana Dunes National Park eyes its 1st-ever entrance fees
-The National Park Service will hold an online public meeting on the proposed fees via Zoom on Wednesday, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. CDT. If approved, the fees would begin on March 31, 2022.
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Sewer overflow sends wastewater into rivers, Lake Michigan
-Days of heavy rain this month overwhelmed Milwaukee’s sewer system, sending millions of gallons of untreated wastewater into area rivers and Lake Michigan.
