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The nearshore encompasses beaches and wetlands. It extends from uplands through the coasts and into the water near the shore.

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Michigan landowners partner with feds on wetland restorations

By WKAR Current State | June 17, 2015

The Fish and Wildlife Partners program pairs private landowners with federal wetland experts to help restore some of Michigan’s drained wetlands.

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From mapmakers to moles, North Shore traces a Superior coast legacy

By Kevin Duffy | June 15, 2015

A decade of deep archival research and on-the-ground observation lends perspective to a new environmental history in this new book.

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Cannons from Chicken Bone Reef help solve Great Lakes mysteries

By Capital News Service | April 13, 2015

Research on six 19th-century British canons recovered from the Detroit River is giving new information about colonial-era militarization of the Great Lakes region.

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Volunteers in forefront of monitoring Great Lakes streams

By Qing Zhang | March 30, 2015

Counting, identifying macroinvertebates helps assess water quality

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Stream app turns Great Lakes citizens into scientists

By | December 15, 2014

Anyone can contribute water level information with app unveiled today at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union.

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Grant program to fight Michigan invaders

By Guest Contributor | December 5, 2014

Program battles harmful plants and animals.

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Scandal and slavery by Lake Minnetonka

By Great Lakes Echo | November 19, 2014

Eric Dregni’s “By the Waters of Minnetonka” sheds light on the region’s rich history of European settlers, wealthy vacationers and scandal.

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New tool helps visualize how climate change could affect the Great Lakes

By Jenna Chapman | November 13, 2014

A new web tool, released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows how the Great Lakes would look in different climate change situations.

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Lake Erie isn’t only lake with algae headaches; Lake Ontario also on the hook

By Great Lakes Echo | November 3, 2014

Last summer’s Toledo water woes is a warning to the entire Great Lakes community.

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Goosebuster and BirdXPeller fight disease from bird droppings

By Nyla Hughes | October 23, 2014

It’s an aerial defense of human health.

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  • Michigan Press Association honors Echo reporters

    Ten Great Lakes Echo reporters recently scored honors in the 2023 Michigan Press Association’s College Better Newspaper Contest.  “Our bench is deep, but it has to be to cover the world’s most important beat,” said Echo Editor David Poulson

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    By David Strayer If you’ve driven Michigan’s highways lately, you’ve probably seen the billboards: a big picture of a lanternfly, with the message, “See it. Squish it. Report it.” This is good advice, as far as it goes, but it should go further. The spotted lanternfly is a serious pest that is poised to cause […]

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    By Sammy Schuck Most people may know that festivals attract people to Michigan communities. What most may not know is that festivals and events in the state are an annual $1 billion industry, according to Michigan Festivals and Events Association CEO Mike Szukhent. According to Szukhent, the lack of winter festivals last year “hit hard.” […]

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