Angela Mulka and Andrew Blok recently each received a $1,200 scholarship and a two-year, non-voting membership in the organization.
Agriculture
Michigan wines, trying to crack global market, look to China
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Michigan’s wine industry is thriving.
Art
This art plants seeds of environmental awareness
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Repurposing seeds into art is how botanical artist Shilin Hora’s helps people appreciate nature.
dogs
If your dog barks too much, maybe you do too.
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A new study examines how dogs tend to take on the personalities of their owners
Catch of the Day
Researchers want your old Lake Michigan vacation pictures
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Have any old photos of sand dunes lying around?
Agriculture
Two Michigan universities pilot cannabis curriculums; other universities and farm educators yet to show interest
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Lake Superior State University is offering two degrees in cannabis studies—a business degree and a chemistry degree—designed to fill jobs now required by the legalization of pot.
Echo
Isle Royale gets historic designation
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The National Park Service has put Isle Royale – Minong in Ojibwe – on the National Register of Historic Places. The action formally recognizes centuries of historic legacies of the 400-island archipelago in Lake Superior, including copper mining, fishing, hunting, trapping, recreation and a wide range of uses by the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
Echo
Between government shutdowns? Great Lakes researchers struggle to carry on
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Another shutdown could irreversibly damage research efforts and make it difficult to schedule federal boats, buoys and labs that scientists need.
Echo
Proposed eel farm raises concerns about invasive species
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A proposed aquaculture project could make Michigan the first state to commercially raise African longfin eel.
Echo
Great Lakes Echo’s greatest hits of 2018
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Reflect on 2018 with us. These are the Echo stories that garnered the most visits, shares and comments in 2018.
Art
Author asks why residents don’t help Great Lakes more
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Author Dave Dempsey’s latest book steps back from policy and homes in on the hearts of Great Lakes residents to talk about their connection to the lakes.