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AgricultureBuffaloClevelandFeature HomepageInfrastructureLake ErieLatest NewsNatasha BlakelyNewsOhioScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsErie Hack Finals: Is Lake Erie’s most pressing water problem toxins, agriculture or infrastructure design?
-Erie Hack is a “multi-month innovation challenge” that encourages people from the U.S. and Canada to pitch their ideas for new ways and technologies to help Lake Erie, with prizes of $30,000 and $15,000 at stake for the winner and runner up.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismI Speak for the Fish: Teamwork, smooth swimming and other lessons from Great Lakes fish
-In this month’s column, Kathy Johnson talks about the tips she’s learned for navigating the waters from fish like walleye, sturgeon and gobies.
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4 unexpected places where adults can learn science
-Modern society benefits when people understand science concepts. This knowledge helps explain how cryptocurrency works, why climate change is happening or how the coronavirus is transmitted from person to person.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchReduce flooding from backed up sewers? There’s an app for that
-High tech is being used to make stormwater and sanitary sewers more efficient to avoid floods and combined sewer overflows.
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Farmers’ Almanac forecasts frosty Great Lakes flip-flop
-The month-to-month contrast follows an unusually stormy summer for the Great Lakes region, which the Almanac predicted to be “muggy and thundery” last April.
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MSU researchers collecting data on Great Lakes shoreline
-Assistant professor Erin Bunting said the goal is to empower local communities, which is important to the future of the lakeshores and future research.
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17 Indiana state parks closing for 4 days of deer hunts
-The hunts are scheduled for Nov. 15-16 and Nov. 29-30, with the parks closing the evening before and reopening the next day.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndigenous CommunitiesKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsSturgeonWisconsinSturgeon Restoration: Starting anew in Sturgeon and Saginaw bays
-In the bays where lake sturgeon no longer spawn, Indigenous groups and researchers are hoping to change that.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreational Hunting and FishingWater Quality and Restoration EffortsClimate Change Grips Trout Streams Across the Nation: How Anglers Are Responding
-Across the country, anglers have watched as droughts, floods, and high temperatures batter the rivers they depend on. Now, they’re calling for swift action.
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Climate ChangeEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageLatest NewsNewsShipping and PortsGreen Marine: Are voluntary efforts enough to improve port sustainability?
-Voluntary organization Green Marine encourages port authorities, port terminals, shipping companies and shipyards to improve their sustainability, but regulations and expense remain challenges.
