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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASResearch, Data and TechnologyStudy to examine long-term health impacts of PFAS in West Michigan
-The science of PFAS and health is still emerging. That’s why the PFAS Exposure and Health Study is launching a five-year effort to examine potential health impacts more closely.
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Algae BloomsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeFish, Birds and AnimalsInvasive SpeciesLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyQ & A: The Great Lakes are stressed. Climate change is making it worse.
-The lead author of a new report sheds light on how climate change, invasive species, nutrient pollution and other Great Lakes problems are interacting.
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AdvocacyAPFish, Birds and AnimalsMichiganMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWisconsinGroups fight to keep gray wolf protections for most of US
-The Trump administration last week finalized a decision that ends longstanding federal safeguards for gray wolves in the Lower 48 states.
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Latest NewsNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekTorontoPlastic Trap: New project pulls plastics out of the lakes, one floating garbage can at a time
-Along the Canadian Great Lakes coast, Seabins – devices that look like trash cans in the water but behave like vacuum cleaners – are being installed.
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Drinking WaterFish, Birds and AnimalsGroundwater ContaminationIndianaLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsOntarioPFASPFAS News RoundupResearch, Data and TechnologyU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: PFOS in fish, Wisconsin standards in dispute, lacking regulations in Canada
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Great Lakes produce new record for waterspouts in one week
-The Great Lakes produced a new high record in its number of 232 waterspouts from Sept. 28 through Oct. 4.
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Algae BloomsGary WilsonLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsOverlooked: Small streams can have a big impact on Great Lakes water quality
-Wisconsin researcher highlights threat from small streams, calls for agencies to increase enforcement.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingClimate ChangeEvents and Special BroadcastsGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesHabitat RestorationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchTourismWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWaterfront DevelopmentWatch Party: Looking Up and Out
-Great Lakes Now Program Director Sandra Svoboda chats with Pam Barnes from Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Austin Happel from the Shedd Aquarium and Nick Lake from the Adler Planetarium.
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Lingering Chemicals: Legacy pollutants continue to haunt the Great Lakes
-PBDEs, PCBs and DDT were all found in the birds and fish tested by researchers.
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APFish, Birds and AnimalsMichiganMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreational Hunting and FishingU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWisconsinTrump officials end gray wolf protections across most of US
-Minnesota Gov. Tim Waltz, who opposes recreational wolf hunting, called the decision disappointing. Wildlife advocacy groups pledged to fight it in court.
