Water
How an upstream ditch limits downstream algae
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Digging the right kind of ditch to drain farm fields can improve water quality hundreds of miles away.
Recreation
Great Lakes boating has a rich story
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A new book details the lengthy history of boating in Michigan.
Echo
Midwest initiative funds digital collection of Great Lakes environmental history
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A new project is collecting digital aspects of Great Lakes social, cultural and environmental history.
Climate
Free online course provides Great Lakes climate change knowledge
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison is offering a Massive Open Online Course addressing Great Lakes weather and climate.
Wildlife
Emergency trout rule takes effect in Lake Superior
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Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approved an emergency rule that reduces the daily limit of trout in the Apostle Islands region of Lake Superior.
Echo
State-Fish student art contest promotes conservation education
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The annual State-Fish art contest promotes conservation awareness, aquatic and artistic knowledge in a competition that earns some students national recognition.
Echo
Revenue drops from region’s environmental plate sales
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Increasing competition for sales means that fewer drivers are buying the license plates that support environmental causes.
Nearshore
New tool helps visualize how climate change could affect the Great Lakes
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A new web tool, released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows how the Great Lakes would look in different climate change situations.
Land
Great Lakes group raises funds to showcase teachings of Anishinaabe women
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An organization focused on connecting the cultures of the Great Lakes region is raising money to share the stories of indigenous leaders. These leaders are Anishinaabe women, members of Native American groups living in the Canadian Great Lakes area. Their stories will be told in photos, sound, video and text and shared on the Great Lakes Commons Map, said creator of the Great Lakes Commons map Paul Baines. The Great Lakes Commons is an organization that fosters a community dedicated to protecting the Great Lakes, Baines said. The online map is a collaborative project to share photos, videos and personal stories about the Great Lakes.
Wildlife
Researchers discover skeleton in stuffed passenger pigeon while preparing extinction exhibit
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You can even touch the rare skeleton of the extinct bird – sort of.