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Beach safety enforcement: too much or too little?
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Two pieces of legislation are churning Michigan’s political waters with different approaches to beach safety in state parks.
Nearshore
Thousand Island Dressing Mystery: Great Lakes origins of one of America’s favorite sauces
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In Thousand Islands, New York, near Lake Ontario, between the United States and Canada, you can find four different origin stories for Thousand Island dressing, three of which involve a woman named May Irwin.
Nearshore
Researchers seek volunteers to document coastal erosion in Michigan
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Although Great Lakes water levels are down, the risk of coastal erosion remains high, Michigan State University researchers say. Now, the researchers are enlisting “citizen scientists” to assist in helping better understand coastal change.
Contaminants
Massive filter keeps Detroit River contaminants in place
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Thanks to a spongy M&M-like technology, contaminated soil in the Detroit River downstream of the MacArthur Bridge has been contained.
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Ford House collaborates to restore Lake St. Clair shoreline
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The former luxury mansion of a Detroit automaker is the site of an attempt to recreate the scarce natural shoreline along Lake St. Clair.
Beaches
Scientists identify genetics of native beach grass to help protect dunes
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The seed grant could lead to large scale application across the Great Lakes
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University gives St. Marys River clean, green boost
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High school and community groups will help implement a $250,000 project to prevent pollution from flowing into the river from a new water research center to be built on contaminated soils at Lake Superior State University.
contamination
Detroit River cleanup brings new look to Motor City
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A $2.9 million cleanup of contaminated sediments along the Detroit River will help bring a new look to the Motor City and set the stage for the completion of the Riverwalk by linking two popular waterfront parks.
drownings
Is Lake Michigan the most dangerous Great Lake?
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Jamie Racklyeft, the executive director of the Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said the reason Lake Michigan has the most drownings among the Great Lakes is a combination of wind direction and tourism.
contamination
A 22-year mission to restore a Pennsylvania bay
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After more than two decades of cleanup and community efforts, Lake Erie’s Presque Isle Bay became the second heavily contaminated place in the United States to be removed from the Great Lakes toxic waters list.