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Scientists play catch up as new chemicals contaminate Great Lakes birds

By | October 15, 2015

Experts say new flame retardants and stain repellents in Great Lakes wildlife offer further evidence of a broken regulatory system.

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Weevils, invasive plants add to woes of the Pitcher’s thistle

By Ali Pechu | September 29, 2015

Greenhouse seedlings are needed to preserve the plant that was federally listed as threatened in 1988.

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Enbridge practices oil containment at controversial pipeline crossing Straits of Mackinac

By Courtney Bourgoin | September 25, 2015

“Everyone needs insurance,” said Al Monaco, the chief executive officer of Enbridge Inc. “This isn’t cheap insurance either.”

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Could fish farm expansion in Michigan hurt the Great Lakes?

By WKAR Current State | September 18, 2015

There’s a concern that wild populations of lake trout could be impacted by the expansion of fish farming in the Great Lakes.

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EPA exec.: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative scores successes

By Cameron Davis | September 11, 2015

A senior adviser to the EPA administrator describes the impact of federal funding to restore the Great Lakes.

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The dune is moving! The dune is moving!

By Eric Freedman | September 1, 2015

Climate change among the factors implicated in the shifting sands of Lake Michigan’s Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

Enbridge Line 5, Straits of Mackinac
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Pipelines, fish tanks and environmental risk

By David Poulson | August 12, 2015

Weighing water risks.

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Great Lakes month in review: nuclear waste, pipelines, algae

By Gary Wilson | August 4, 2015

Current State reviews this month’s biggest environmental stories from around the basin, including algae blooms, nuclear waste and oil pipelines.

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Fort Mackinac celebrates 200 years in American hands

By WKAR Current State | July 28, 2015

The Mackinac State Historic Parks system is celebrating Fort Mackinac’s bicentennial.

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Mr. Great Lakes on Michigan lighthouse sale, conservation and community solar

By Jeff Kart | July 20, 2015

Mr. Great Lakes covers lighthouses, conserved land and a new community solar program.

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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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