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Gary Wilson

Gary Wilson is an independent journalist from Chicago who started working on Great Lakes issues in 2002 as a volunteer for the Alliance for the Great Lakes. Gary is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and has completed a fellowship with the Institutes for Journalism in the Natural Resources. He served as expert commentator for Detroit Public Television’s coverage of Great Lakes Week 2011 and 2012. Prior to engaging in Great Lakes environmental issues, Gary worked for more than 30 years in management positions for United Airlines. He is a life-long resident of the region, was raised in the downriver area of Detroit and has also lived in Cleveland.

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Rust belt govs need to shine environmental legacy

By Gary Wilson | April 1, 2011

Who will lead in protecting the Great Lakes environment?

Apparently not the governors.

Maybe the “rust belt” tag is still deserved.

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Un-Wisconsin: Former leader backslides on environment

By Gary Wilson | March 17, 2011

Attacks on wetlands, phosphorus controls and even recycling are on Wisconsin’s agenda. And that has region-wide implications.

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Advice to new mayor: Create a 21st century Chicago water policy

By Gary Wilson | March 4, 2011

Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel refers to the Great Lakes as “our Grand Canyon.”
If he’s serious, he’ll fight carp, sewage and mercury. Water made Chicago and the mayor can improve the city’s relationship with it.

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New Chicago mayor faces water service decision – fix it or sell it?

By Gary Wilson | February 18, 2011

Chicago is in the midst of a mayoral election campaign and an issue that wouldn’t normally garner much attention is right there with the budget, schools, city services and crime.

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Is Illinois lawmakers’ shot at Great Lakes sewage substantive?

By Gary Wilson | February 4, 2011

Here is an opportunity for Congress to show some Great Lakes leadership.

But the proposal’s deadline is 20 years away and it lacks funding for critical infrastructure.

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Chicago view: Is the city’s influence on Great Lakes policy justified?

By Gary Wilson | January 21, 2011

Does Chicago have too much influence over the Great Lakes given its minimal geographical footprint? The Asian carp’s advance toward Lake Michigan highlights the impact the city has on 20 percent of the world’s fresh surface water.

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Environmental news of the Great Lakes region from the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University.

  • Michigan’s water infrastructure sees improvements, work still needs to be done

    By Clara Lincolnhol The U.S. would need to invest nearly $3.4 trillion over the next 20 years to fix and update drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, says researchers from The Value of Water Campaign. Much of that infrastructure was built 40 to 50 years ago and shows its age. Michigan’s is no exception. The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state a D+ for its drinking water infrastructure, a D in storm water management and a C for its wastewater infrastructure. Funding is a major problem. Proposed data centers would put more stress on the infrastructure.

  • Mussels in a green net.
    Endangered spectaclecase mussels reintroduced into the Chippewa River

    By Ada Tussing To combat the population loss of spectaclecase mussels, researchers with both the Minnesota and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released over 177 mussels into the Chippewa River in Northwest Wisconsin.

  • Michigan allocates $77 million to clean thousands of contaminated sites

    By Clara Lincolnhol Michigan is pouring $77 million into clean-up of contaminated abandoned real estate such as former factories. The director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy says the goal is to make the cleaned-up sites safe for housing, commercial developments and other uses.

  • Winter makes curved roads dangerous; researchers seek solutions

    By Eric Freedman Flashing light on warning signs near curves can slow drivers and reduce the odds of a crash during winter weather conditions, says a new study by Michigan State University engineers.

  • The cover of “Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project." The cover is moose antlers on the ground.
    Great Lakes books for your holiday gift list 

    By Eric Freedman   Looking for a holiday gift for a reader who loves the Great Lakes? Here are five prospects to consider – and what our reporters learned from interviewing their authors this year.

  • A side-by-side of the historic Portage Canal and modern Portage Canal from an aerial view.
    Restoration of historical site improves quality of life for Portage, Wisconsin residents

    By Joshua Kim Following the completion of segments 1 and 2 of the Portage Canal, local residents and visitors can use the historic site and its amenities following years of disrepair.

  • What herring gulls tell us about plastic pollution

    By Victoria Witke Christina Petalas, a doctoral student McGill University, studies herring gulls to learn about plastic pollution near the St. Lawrence River. Across two studies, she found plastic additives in every bird sampled, which could have human health consequences.

  • Scientists update geological map of northern Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva The U.S. Geological Survey has began large-scale low-level airplane flights over Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin to obtain high-resolution data on subsurface mineral structures and bedrock composition. The data will be used to create two- and three-dimensional maps to better understand the geological structure at depths of about 10,000 feet.

  • ‘Refusal is insisting on your own terms’: Indigenous activism in the Midwest

    By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira “Indigenous Activism in the Midwest: Refusal, Resurgence and Resisting Settler Colonialism” explores how Dakota and Anishinaabe communities in Minnesota continue their relationships to the land and challenge dominant settler narratives about ownership, belonging and identity.

  • Cannabis workers are developing job-related asthma and some have died, study says

    By Clara Lincolnhol New research says workers picking, grinding and packaging cannabis are developing workplace-related asthma, and two deaths have occurred so far.

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