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VIDEO: Michigan State University saves money with hybrid fleets
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Transportation Services at Michigan State University is increasing its hybrid cars inventory.
The idea is to save gas and money.
Check out the short video
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Greening of Flint: Youth Karate-Ka: Harvesting Earth Farm
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Watch the latest installment of the Greening of Flint documentary under production and offer your ideas for shaping it.
This week: The Kings perceive karate and farming as self-defense.
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Demolition woes: Former psychiatric hospital raises environmental concerns
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A psychiatric hospital that once stood on 414 acres in southeast Michigan and housed thousands of long-term patients is littered with “Do Not Trespass” signs. Can it be safely rehabilitated for another use?
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Program with Wisconsin roots fosters love of outdoors among women nationwide
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Twelve women line up, bows in hand. At the chirp of a whistle, they pick up their arrows, draw their bowstrings, and hit their targets with loud thwacks.
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VIDEO: Vampire fish torment Great Lakes creatures
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See video of the sea lamprey, an eel-like Great Lakes invader that sucks out bodily fluids of fish and have caused the extinction of three types of whitefish.
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VIDEO: Metal-poisoned water plagues rural Michigan town
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When John Dekker of Fennville, Mich., fills his hot tub, it’s so brown he can’t even see the top nozzle. When Kari Craton waters her garden, everything turns orange – before dying. Find out why residents of this rural Michigan town are outraged.
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Submit a Catch of the Day
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Have you noticed an interesting bit of Great Lakes news we’ve missed? Tell us. It could be a link to an article you found elsewhere, a new scientific finding or anything at all related to the basin you think would make a good item for a Catch of the Day blog post. Great Lakes Echo also accepts submissions of guest columns.
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How to submit a guest column
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Great Lakes Echo accepts submissions from guest writers (and videographers, photographers or podcast producers) who wish to contribute content to the site. The submitted content is published at the discretion of the site’s editors. If Echo chooses to publish your submission, an Echo site editor will contact you about formatting the work for the site. To submit content to Great Lakes Echo, email Echo editor Dave Poulson at: poulsondavid@gmail.com
Here are some general guidelines to consider when preparing your work for submission:
Writing for the Web
Online readers expect brevity. They also appreciate writers who break up the text with subheadings, turn paragraphs full of facts into bulleted lists, and include links for them to investigate your claims further.
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VIDEO: Biological control may curb garlic mustard’s regional spread
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Video: Great Lakes resource managers are turning to biological controls to deal with garlic mustard, a woodland invader that smothers native plants and poisons the soil in forested areas, campgrounds and backyards.
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Detroit River’s Humbug Marsh gets international designation
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A decade ago, development was proposed for the Detroit River’s Humbug Marsh. Citizens pressured government for protection. And recently the site received international recognition.