Skip to content
  • logo
  • logo
  • Home
  • Solutions
  • Agriculture
  • Water
  • Cities & Suburbs
  • Nearshore
  • Recreation
  • Wildlife
  • Energy
  • Waste
  • About
  • Contact

Great Lakes Echo - Environmental news of the Great Lakes region

Great Lakes Echo (https://greatlakesecho.org/category/nearshore/page/13/)

  • Home
  • Solutions
  • Agriculture
  • Water
  • Cities & Suburbs
  • Nearshore
  • Recreation
  • Wildlife
  • Energy
  • Waste
  • About
  • Contact
Subscribe

Nearshore

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

  • Related Topics:
  • Echo
  • Podcasts
  • Catch of the Day
  • Water
  • Great Lakes
Nearshore
Mr. Great Lakes, Jeff Kart

Mr. Great Lakes on beach conditions, contaminants and wildlife

By Jeff Kart | June 22, 2015

Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM.

Nearshore
Current State logo

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.

Nearshore

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.

Nearshore

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.

Nearshore

Volunteers in forefront of monitoring Great Lakes streams

By Qing Zhang | March 30, 2015

Counting, identifying macroinvertebates helps assess water quality

Nearshore

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.

Nearshore

Grant program to fight Michigan invaders

By Guest Contributor | December 5, 2014

Program battles harmful plants and animals.

Nearshore

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.

Nearshore

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.

Nearshore

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.

Load more articles

About Great Lakes Echo

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

Recent Articles

  • A red ship travels through the waterways near Sault Ste. Marie.
    Study highlights need for community engagement in Great Lakes protection
    By Great Lakes Echo
  • An antlered elk in a forest.
    Michigan mulls changes in elk hunt regulations
    By Ada Tussing and Great Lakes Echo
  • A medium-sized gray and black bird perched on a post.
    Push on for bird habitat protection, expansion
    By Akia Thrower and Great Lakes Echo
  • A stamp featuring flying ducks.
    Wildlife stamps aim to improve conservation across the Great Lakes region
    By Anna Ironside and Great Lakes Echo
  • A stonefly on a branch
    Stoneflies or leafhoppers: Which could become the official state insect?
    By Capital News Service
  • Miranda Wāqsanāhkuhkiw in a canoe.
    Study calls for more diverse viewpoints, ethical considerations in archaeology
    By Joshua Kim and Great Lakes Echo
  • Trash on ice sparks movement to keep waterways clean
    By Lily Cole and Great Lakes Echo
  • Green energy boosters stress long-term savings
    By Capital News Service
  • Preservation project launches effort to restore rare ravine ecosystem 
    By Great Lakes Echo
  • Bill would expand Michigan’s bottle deposit law while some want to abolish it
    By Capital News Service
  • Great Lakes Echo

Contact Us

Email: GreatLakesEcho@gmail.com
Phone: 517-432-1415

Search This Site

Browse Archives

© Copyright 2026, Great Lakes Echo

Built with the Largo WordPress Theme from the Institute for Nonprofit News.

Back to top ↑