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Spooky lakes and beach trash: How a Wisconsin teacher and artist gained 1.3 million TikTok followers

By Rachel Duckett | May 20, 2022

Geo Rutherford is a self-described Great Lakes enthusiast that built a large following—the same number that the Washington Post has—by making educational TikTok videos about the Great Lakes and other lakes around the world.

Capital News Service

More beach, boat access planned from coastal grants

Coastal restoration efforts are underway across the state as recipients of the Michigan Coastal Management Program grants begin work locally. Seventeen awards totaling more than $1.1 million will fund projects and initiatives to protect, preserve and enhance the state’s coastal resources.

Echo

Supply chain slowdown could boost demand for recycled materials

The same supply chain disruptions that slow Michigan manufacturing could help the recycling industry bring in new business.

Air Quality

Lake breeze can be harmful to health: TikTok edition

In our newest TikTok, Echo reporter Brooklyn Peppo explores the potential negative health effects of breathing in lake breeze.

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Ontario jumping worm invasion threatens to leap borders
Repairs planned to 78 Michigan bridges rated in poor condition

Climate

  • Commentary: Climate change is buggin’ me. And you

    Michigan’s Lower Peninsula has seen a dramatic increase in ticks in the past 10-15 years due to climate change. Blacklegged ticks, also called deer ticks, can spread Lyme disease to people.

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Water quality

  • More money allocated for Great Lakes research

    Michigan Sea Grant recently announced four new research projects with one common goal — protecting the Great Lakes. It committed almost $1 million to the projects, including $225,000 from the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. In addition, university research partners contributed over $500,000 in matching funds. Their major topics are water use, walleye, invasive mussel larvae and harmful algae blooms.

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Invaders

  • Threats to the native berries amongst us

    A century after National Geographic published its article on berries, Michigan is witnessing some changes due to climate change and invasive species.

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Wildlife

  • Backyard habitats: TikTok edition

    In our newest TikTok, Echo reporter Rayna Skiver interviews Natalie Cypher, naturalist and educator for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Outdoor Adventure Center.

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Energy

  • Nuclear power concerns outlast decommissioning

    As Michigan and other states gradually move away from coal and other brown energy sources, there’s growing interest in carbon-free alternatives, including nuclear energy, which some advocates call a “clean alternative” that now fuels 30% of Michigan’s total electricity. With Palisades and other plants in the Great Lakes region scheduled to shut down in the coming decades, more people are considering the long-term impacts of this energy source.

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Art

  • Charlevoix couple offers theory on mysterious 1679 shipwreck

    In the Great Lakes region, there may be no older and more intriguing historical mystery than the 1679 disappearance of the Griffon, one of French explorer Robert La Salle’s ships. Now after more than 40 years of searching, a Charlevoix diver says he’s 99.99% sure he found the answer, and he tells how in a new book.

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Law

  • Proposed hotline aimed at bottle bill fraud

    Some Michigan lawmakers and environmental advocates want to create a hotline to stop retailers from fraudulently cashing in on the state’s beverage container deposit law.

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Nearshore

  • More beach, boat access planned from coastal grants

    Coastal restoration efforts are underway across the state as recipients of the Michigan Coastal Management Program grants begin work locally. Seventeen awards totaling more than $1.1 million will fund projects and initiatives to protect, preserve and enhance the state’s coastal resources.

    • More nearshore

Urban

  • Detroit pollination center to increase community garden yields

    Bees in the D’s new pollination center is expected to increase the fruits and vegetables produced in Detroit community gardens. The pollination center, breaking ground in April, will be home to roughly 100,000 honeybees in multiple hives.

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Farm

  • Commentary: Blueberries, climate and loss of community

    In the last few decades, fluctuating temperatures in the late winter or early spring have harmed blueberry production across the state. More of that kind of trouble – and more often – may be in store for the state’s fruit-growers.

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Waste

  • Michigan’s recycling rate lags U.S. average

    Michigan’s estimated overall recycling rate is 18%, which lags considerably behind the national average of 32%. Efforts to update recycling procedures, policies and practices are being made across the state. 

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Recreation

  • Commentary: A green outlook on mental health is a privilege not all can access

    Academic research increasingly documents how interaction with green space has a positive impact on mental health. But not everybody has access to quality green space.

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Catch of the Day

  • Michigan Press Association honors Echo in news contest

      Great Lakes Echo recently placed second in the College Newspaper of the Year category of a Michigan Press Association contest.

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COVID-19

  • Communities welcome return of winter festivals

    By Sammy Schuck Most people may know that festivals attract people to Michigan communities. What most may not know is that festivals and events in the state are an annual $1 billion industry, according to Michigan Festivals and Events Association CEO Mike Szukhent. According to Szukhent, the lack of winter festivals last year “hit hard.” […]

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Podcasts

  • ‘Adopt-a-Forest’ program encourages citizens to clean up public land

    The Adopt-a-Forest program is volunteer-driven and helps people engage with the outdoors and encourages them to keep public lands clean, the state Department of Natural Resources says.

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Photo Friday

  • NASA astronaut captures Belle Isle image from space

    The Detroit River is one of the most important waterways in the Great Lakes system, according to NASA’s post.

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