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Farmers, Great Lakes benefit from cover crops
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Cover crops reduce erosion and help prevent nutrient runoff from farms, particularly phosphorus, from making its way to the Great Lakes and creating conditions for algal blooms.
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.
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Small streams have large impact on big lake
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The 2,800 tributaries emptying into the world’s largest lake may affect its biochemistry and ecology more than people think.
Climate change
U.S., Canadian coast guards break ice on shared waters
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The economic value of the cargo they helped move last winter is estimated at $875 million.
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With plastics, the message is the bottle
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Microplastics are showing up in sediments as well as water.
Fish
Study tracks flathead catfish route into Great Lakes
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It has harmed native fish populations elsewhere.
Wildlife
Canadian researchers put secretive turtle on risk radar
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It’s hard to count what you can’t see.
Agriculture
Thank changing climate for bigger Midwest maize yields
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A warming climate has contributed to higher maize yields in Michigan and other Corn Belt states, a new study has found.
Agriculture
Millennials pine for real trees
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Michigan produces the third most Christmas trees in the nation and no state grows more varieties, according to tree experts.
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.