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AgricultureCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationDetroitDrinking WaterFeature DetroitFeature HomepageInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan’s climate-ready future: wetland parks, less cement, roomy shores
-What does Michigan’s future look like if we adequately prepare the state’s water resources for climate change? Goodbye to septics and shore-hugging homes. Hello to more diversified crops on Michigan farms.
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DetroitFeature DetroitFeature HomepageIsland BasketballIsland Basketball - FeatureLatest NewsMichiganNewsWinning Work: Great Lakes Now garners awards for collaborations, videography, environmental coverage and more
-The Society for Professional Journalists, Detroit chapter, recognized Great Lakes Now broadcast, digital, engagement and collaborative work in its annual contest.
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Marquette gets 1,000 feet of Great Lakes beach from utility
-The Marquette City Commission recently voted to accept the land at no cost from We Energies, a utility company.
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Conservation corridor planned for Michigan’s western UP
-The expansion will create a mostly contiguous 19,000 acres (5,689 hectares) of conserved forestland when combined with neighboring Craig Lake State Park.
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CollaborationLake HuronLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyShipwrecksThe Alpena NewsMarine archaeology research crew up from University of Texas
-A trio of researchers who have been studying the Alpena-Amberley Ridge in Lake Huron are joined this month by a group of undergraduate students from the University of Texas at Arlington.
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Climate ChangeFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationJames ProffittLake ErieLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsOhioHabitat Focus: To help the birds, nonprofit organization looks to Great Lakes habitats
-With more than a quarter of North America’s bird population lost in the last 50 years, the National Audubon Society is targeting Great Lakes wetlands and coastal areas for projects, hoping to restore enough key bird habitats to deter the decline.
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Drinking WaterDrinking Water News RoundupFeature HomepageIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaRachel DuckettWisconsinDrinking Water News Roundup: Illinois community on bottled water for 2 years, Ohio bill hurting streams, infrastructure investments
-Catch the latest drinking water updates with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Drinking WaterFeature HomepageForever Chemicals FeaturedIllinoisLatest NewsMichiganNew YorkNewsPennsylvaniaPFASPFAS News RoundupPolicyResearch, Data and TechnologyWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: Companies hid dangers from FDA, professor documents stories, study shows high levels in fertilizer
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Dispute over Flint bone scan device heats up in water cases
-The bone scan device has been a source of controversy in a $641 million settlement with people who were exposed to lead-contaminated water in Flint.
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APBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingFeature HomepageLake MichiganMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismLifeguards up for discussion in Lake Michigan beach town
-The city stopped using lifeguards in 2001.
