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New book explores the beauty of a common Great Lakes fish
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A new book details the biology, management and importance of walleye, an iconic Great Lakes fish.
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Author of newly published “Light Through the Trees,” captures 20 years’ worth of photos from Morton Arboretum
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This year, Morton Arboretum 25 miles west of Chicago, is celebrating 100 years – and photographer Peter Vagt has over 20 years’ worth of photos to show for it.
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Children’s book features furry and feathered friendship on the Great Lakes
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A dog and a raven fostered a friendship that spanned eight years, and a children’s book just came out that details the improbable friendship.
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Novel set in Ontario examines Great Lakes nuclear waste
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In her debut novel, “King of Hope,” Michigan native Kim Conklin writes about a small community in southern Ontario facing the looming threat of environmental disaster. That threat comes in the form of nuclear waste and willfully ignorant officials.
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Finding home in our own bodies can rekindle connection to nature
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For decades, people have largely ignored the Earth’s decay, treating climate change as a problem that can be postponed. Ranae Lenor Hanson, a retired professor and activist, rejects that fallacy and defends the Earth, its waters and all its creatures in her book Watershed: Attending to a Body and Earth in Distress.
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New book explores ecological odyssey of the Great Lakes
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A new book explores the interconnected layers of the Great Lakes, from the leadership of local native tribes to the concerning intensity of resource extraction. The book took several years to write to fully and accurately capture a cohesive picture of the Great Lakes and their histories.
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New book spotlights Native American women’s band on Mackinac Island
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The book tells the history of the Agatha Biddle Band, a band of primarily Native American women who lived on Michigan’s Mackinac Island in the 1800s.
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Famed outdoor writer’s journals found in old refrigerator to be published soon
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A decade after the death of bestselling author and conservationist, Sigurd F. Olson, his son found some of his loose-leaf journals in an unplugged refrigerator. The journals have since been turned into a book that will be published in June.
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Mobsters in the vacationlands
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From crime boss and occasional visitor “Scarface” Al Capone to the Upper Peninsula’s own Public Enemy #1, John “Red” Hamilton, Up North has historic ties to organized crime and the baddies who used the area as a playground.
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The secret savior of the US and Canada’s shared waters
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Read about the history of the little known International Joint Commission in “The First Century of the International Joint Commission.”