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The brownfield authority of Muskegon, Mich., is considering giving a proposed residential development on Muskegon Lake $2 million in assistance to complete an environmental assessment, cleanup activities and installation of roads and utilities. More...
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Ground has been broken for the Black Creek Filter Marsh in Mooreland Township, Mich., a man-made marsh designed to trap particles and use up nutrients in agricultural runoff water before it flows into Black Creek and Mona Lake. More...
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The Hammond Bay Biological Station (HBBS) in cooperation with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service are testing a new fish observation system, mostly to look for the Great Lakes menace known as the sea lamprey. More...
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Michigan conservation groups and the state's Natural Resources Commission are debating how a Michigan wolf hunt will affect the health of the wolves, ecosystem and people. More...
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Lake Superior is not sending as much water into Lake Michigan and Lake Huron as it has in the past. More...
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The owner of the Ambassador Bridge has filed a lawsuit against a number of federal officials and the Canadian government as the company tries to block the building of a rival Detroit River bridge, and force approval for its own second span to Windsor. More...
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Studies show that more and more people are feeling the impacts of climate change, one group in Duluth, the St. Louis River Alliance, is working to help educate Northlanders on how to better adapt to changing climate. More...
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Residents of the six Lake County, Ill., communities that will be switching from well water to Lake Michigan water are mostly concerned with the cost of the switch. More...
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Wolves are as much a part of the real Minnesota as the 10,000 lakes. 80 percent of Minnesotans surveyed by the Department of Natural Resources voted to keep wolves protected. But instead, more than 400 wolves were killed in just a few months. More...
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While the oil and gas industry claims it has a spotless track record using the fracking technique, an expert from Shelby, Mich., says those claims aren't entirely true. More...
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Teachers in Champaign-Urbana, Ill. can now apply to win educational tool kits that teach students science, technology, engineering, and math concepts through the hands-on construction of underwater robots. The contest is sponsored by Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and conducted with the help of the University of Illinois Hydrosystems Laboratory. More...
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Researchers have identified three shipwrecks found exposed in West Michigan waters. The shipwrecks have been made visible by lower Great Lakes water levels. More...
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Late in February of this year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially approved removal of the Restrictions on Fish Consumption Beneficial Use Impairment (BUI) as a problem affecting White Lake. More...
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Residents of the six communities that will be switching from well water to Lake Michigan water are mostly concerned with the cost of the switch. More...
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Wolves are as much a part of the real Minnesota as the 10,000 lakes. No one would say there are too many lakes in the state and lobby to destroy a bunch of them; but that was done to wolves, behind closed doors, and more than 400 wolves were killed in just a few months. More...
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While the oil and gas industry claims it has a spotless track record using the fracking technique, an expert from Shelby told a group at the White Lake Community Center on Thursday that those claims aren't entirely true. More...
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The forecast for water levels in Great Lakes is that they will be below average throughout the summer, which could have a major impact on boaters and the regional economy. More...
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says it will release about 100,000 Atlantic salmon into Lake Huron and two of its tributary streams this spring. More...
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The belated arrival of spring gives northern Ohioans the opportunity to worry about the coat of toxic algae that will foul Lake Erie again this summer. That concern must be accompanied by the resolve to clean up the lake, again. More...
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Problems began developing after the severe storms that struck the region as the secondary impact of superstorm Sandy in October. More...
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The presence of adult fish with limited deposits of eggs and relatively few larvae, coupled with an absence of spawning habitat, would strengthen the candidacy of the two sites for future reef construction. More...
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Rep. Bill Owens (D-Plattsburgh) calls the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of a cleanup plan for the toxic waste in the Grasse River near the Alcoa industrial site in Massena "a positive step" for the company and the community. More...
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The Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS) Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 1, is now available online. In this issue of the GLMRIS Newsletter, learn more about eDNA, read Q&As with the study's project manager, and find out about Focus Area 2 Interim Reports. More...
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According to the Mich. Dept. of Natural Resources, applications from marinas for dredging have been flooding in. Which is more than they can say for the water. More...
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Scientists worry that large Lake Erie algae blooms may become a regular occurrence. That isn't good for Lake Erie, the Great Lakes, Ohio or the region. More...