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AgricultureClimate ChangeCollaborationForests and PlantsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsOntarioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResourceScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsThe report on Ontario’s natural resources the government didn’t want you to read
-The government held back a report on Ontario’s ecosystems. Even as it details how human activity is hurting wetlands and waterways, it focuses on the wealth generated by natural resources.
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Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageForests and PlantsGroundwater ContaminationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater's True CostMichigan’s lack of septic system regulations is causing problems for some of its most pristine lakes
-The cost of updating sewer systems in growing communities is either a hefty price tag or polluted waters.
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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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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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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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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.
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Fish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsHistory and CultureLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchThe CatchThe Catch: Interlochen Public Radio podcast finds ‘[Un]Natural Selection’ in nature
-Producer Dan Wanschura says the new series, called “Natural Selection,” includes multiple stories about the relationship between human resource management and the natural world.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsInfrastructureInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts5 Reasons to Love (and Protect) Freshwater Mussels
-These aquatic heroes do so much to keep freshwater ecosystems healthy — and we’re killing them off at a record pace.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsLatest NewsNewsOhioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchLost and found: native aquatic plant in Ohio
-The watermilfoil species has not been seen in Ohio in at least 20 years, said Mark Warman, the scientist who found the plant on private property last September.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsI Speak for the FishKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchSt. Clair RiverI Speak for the Fish: Playing peek-a-boo with the ducks
-An intuitive distrust of scuba divers reflects a key survival strategy of ducks and other waterfowl.
