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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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Points 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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Parts 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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Smart 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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Consortium 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 Efforts
You 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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Points 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.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingFeature HomepageHistory and CultureLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioRecreation and TourismShipwrecksTourism
Strong winds uncover spectacular features and long-lost structures
-People on the western shore of Lake Erie witnessed a strange site after the weekend’s winter storm. Parts of the lake usually under water were suddenly dry and accessible.