In mid-October, environmentalists from across the Great Lakes region will meet to discuss their biggest challenges.
Nearshore
Life’s a beach – two of them on the Great Lakes
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NASA checks out the nation’s beaches from space.
Catch of the Day
Survey asks: How you dune?
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Have you recreated on Michigan’s coastal dunes? Tell Michigan officials about your experience.
Nearshore
Did Plan 2014 cause Lake Ontario’s floods?
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Some residents and officials blame the International Joint Commission’s plan, which took effect in January, for flooding in the region.
Nearshore
Clean up of Great Lakes hot spots may get one-year reprieve, but supporters fear long term cuts
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The president’s proposed cuts to the GLRI will have severe consequences for the Great Lakes, unless Congress can turn things around.
Nearshore
Towns along Lake Ontario prepare for flooding
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New Yorkers living on the south shore of Lake Ontario are stacking sandbags in hopes of keeping the rising lake back.
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Budget proposal threatens coastal improvement program
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The program supporting shoreline improvements is supported in part by a federal agency facing a proposed 17 percent cut.
The Buzz
Where people are, wrens aren’t
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Study shows how human development silences birdsong as it devours wetlands.
E. Coli
These dogs are welcome at the beach
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They sniff out pollution with the help of high-tech DNA analysis.
Great Lakes
Setting the story straight on Great Lakes water levels
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Warm winters don’t necessarily make for lowered lakes.