Jim Bailey of Infosuperior spoke with four kayakers who are paddling the perimeter of Lake Superior, and cleaning up beaches, collecting microplastics samples and sauna-hopping along the way.
lighthouses
Lighthouse keepers shift attention to empty nesters, modern marketing
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Faced with the challenge of aging enthusiasts, Great Lakes lighthouse keepers shift gears to attract younger audiences of lighthouse lovers.
Great Lakes history
Iconic Michigan lighthouse launches ambitious renovation to ready for overnight stays
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How would you like to spend the night in a 1950s-style offshore lighthouse with no land in sight?
Water
A Great Lakes tragedy: growing up near a toxic harbor
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Author reflects on toxic sites ten years after seminal book.
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Researchers evaluate ways to keep plastic pollution out of Great Lakes
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They examined strategies for keeping plastic cigar tips, water bottles and bags from harming water quality.
Water
Volunteer water monitoring program seeks new support
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Unless the Michigan legislature passes the governor’s proposed landfill fee bump, a program that’s recruited volunteers to test streams and lakes for 40 years will be terminated in 2019.
conservation
Researchers say aquariums are key to conservation efforts in new book
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The vice president of conservation research at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago talks about how zoos and aquariums can support conservation efforts.
invasive species
Cameras aim dredge at Lake Michigan mussels
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Scientists are using GoPros to guide equipment that tracks invasive quagga mussels.
pollution
Pollution changing fish at 16 sites in three rivers reaching the Great Lakes
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A river that once caught fire is once again among those under the microscope for pollution pouring into the Great Lakes, researchers say.
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Drink up? Depends on where you live
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When it comes to water, the contaminants you drink depend on where you live. Lead gets the most headlines, but there are problems with arsenic, nitrate and volatile organic compounds.
Algae
U.S. details plan to fight Lake Erie algae blooms
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The U.S. EPA’s plan targets phosphorus, the main cause of the blooms. It summarizes agendas from Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.