After nearly a century and a half, river restoration projects may bring back the rapids that once characterized Grand Rapids, Michigan and provide environmental and economic boosts to the city.
Water
Rapids return means fish returns
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Restoring one of the rapids on the St. Marys River is helping diverse fish species recover in the river that connects lakes Superior and Huron, according to a recent study.
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Removal fund covers up to 10% of Wisconsin’s private lead pipes needing replacement
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Local officials predict it’s enough to fund three years worth of work.
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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.
Water
Oldest Coast Guard cutter with smallest crew and largest Great Lakes responsibility needs replacing
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The U.S. Coast Guard wants to retire its oldest cutter on the Great Lakes, the 57-year-old cutter Buckthorn.
Water
New maps for the Milwaukee Harbor shows what lies beneath the surface
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After four years in the making, a set of maps has been created to show what lies underneath the water in the Milwaukee Harbor and what restoration efforts could help get the harbor removed from the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration’s list of heavily contaminated Areas of Concern.
Water
Study shows aquatic landscape changes, human impact on Chicago-area plants, animal life
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Over the decades, wetlands and other water bodies in Cook County, Illinois, have decreased by a third, while swamps and marshes have been drained or converted into lakes and ponds, causing havoc for wildlife, according to a recent study by a group of graduate students and their professor at the University of Illinois Chicago.
Water
Great Lakes produce new record for waterspouts in one week
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The Great Lakes produced a new high record in its number of 232 waterspouts from Sept. 28 through Oct. 4.
Water
Researchers want invasive aquatic critters out of Great Lakes ballast water
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University of Wisconsin-Superior researchers are trying to figure out how to better regulate teeny-tiny invasive organisms that stow away on large vessels traversing the Great Lakes Basin.
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As toxic algal blooms impact Lake Erie, Michigan sees agriculture as main culprit
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Toxic algae blooming in Lake Erie is creating safety concerns for humans and aquatic life prompting the state of Michigan to work with farmers to reduce the phosphorus levels in field runoff.
aquaculture
Million dollar grant funds study of Great Lakes aquaculture
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A million-dollar grant to study aquaculture aims to boost the number of fish farms in the Great Lakes region.