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APFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWarm weather forces park officials to suspend Isle Royale wolf count for first time in decades
-A stretch of unusually warm weather has forced federal officials to suspend researchers’ annual wolf-moose count in Isle Royale National Park for the first time in more than six decades.
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I-500 Snowmobile Race moving ahead despite warmer weather
-The race takes place on a one-mile track of ice, so snow isn’t critical. But even though the race doesn’t need a lot of snow, the region’s trails do.
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ClevelandFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioScience, Technology, ResearchPoints North: Doe, A Deer, A (Sterilized) Female Deer
-Deer culling is common across the Midwest. Cities often hire sharpshooters or allow hunters to kill a certain number of deer.
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Flint residents reach $25M settlement with engineers in water crisis case
-Engineering company Veolia North America settles class-action lawsuit before a trial was set to begin. The company consulted the city of Flint after its disastrous 2014 water switch.
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DetroitEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature DetroitFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeParts of Detroit could be radically transformed by city solar plan, for better or worse
-Residents are divided over whether financial benefits outweigh risks.
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Climate ChangeLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsOhioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSmart buoys help brace Great Lakes for environmental challenges
-Lake Erie is the first of the Great Lakes getting connected to the internet with a series of offshore “smart” buoys. And it’s not just for sending texts on the water.
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APLatest NewsMichiganMilwaukeeNewsOhioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWisconsinConsortium of Great Lakes universities and tech companies gets $15M to seek ways to clean wastewater
-The National Science Foundation has given a consortium of Great Lakes-area universities and tech companies $15 million to develop ways to extract harmful substances from wastewater.
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Feature HomepageInfrastructureLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchTourismWater Quality and Restoration EffortsYou can’t stop the lake
-Pollution plays a role in preventing shoreline erosion for lakeside properties.
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Climate ChangeFeature HomepageHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, Research‘It only makes sense’: Houses of worship adding solar arrays
-Organizations across the country are focused on getting more houses of worship to install solar panels, including in Michigan.
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Fish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureLake HuronLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioScience, Technology, ResearchPoints North: Can AI Caribou Lead Us To Our Prehistoric Past?
-A team of archaeologists looks for signs of prehistoric life 100 feet underwater in Lake Huron. But they need help narrowing their search. So, they turn to artificial intelligence.
