About $3 million will be spent on annual beach replenishment this year.
Climate change
U.S., Canadian coast guards break ice on shared waters
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The economic value of the cargo they helped move last winter is estimated at $875 million.
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Phrag fight: is it friend or foe?
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How the First Nations people of Walpole Island are approaching the phragmites problem.
Nearshore
Water plant provides physical and spiritual sustenance
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The story of wild rice and its relationship to Native American culture.
Nearshore
Bowling Green State University opens algae-fighting center
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The university recently announced a $5.2 million federal grant to create the Lake Erie Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health.
Nearshore
Poll shows indigenous people more aware of Great Lakes threats
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Among the differences is that 20 percent of the non-indigenous respondents didn’t know where their drinking water comes from but only about 1 percent of indigenous people were not sure.
Nearshore
Great Lakes researcher recognized for pioneering plastic pollution studies
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Her efforts led to bans on microplastics and to the discovery that plastic is ubiquitous throughout the environment.
Nearshore
NASA astronaut captures Belle Isle image from space
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The Detroit River is one of the most important waterways in the Great Lakes system, according to NASA’s post.
Catch of the Day
Size matters, but what’s the appropriate measure?
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How mighty is Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge?
Nearshore
Lake Erie wind farm: face off over pollution, birds and jobs
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About 40 people testified last week at a public hearing on a potential offshore wind farm in Lake Erie.
Nearshore
Where the Great Lakes Compact ends and Wisconsin law begins
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Why the Waukesha and Foxconn water diversions involve different rules.