Beaches
Global warming may impact Great Lakes beaches
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Global warming will produce more frequent high rainfall events in the Upper Great Lakes, which could impact sandy beaches used for recreation.
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Fishing heritage in Leland gets preservation boost
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The National Park Service recently placed Fishtown on the National Register of Historic Places, an official list of over 96,000 historic properties nationwide considered worthy of preservation.
Catch of the Day
Sleeping Bear park officials ask visitors to stop building structures on lakeshore
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Park staff say the structures disrupt the natural beach habitat and can even be damaging to some animal species, like the piping plover.
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Beach safety enforcement: too much or too little?
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Two pieces of legislation are churning Michigan’s political waters with different approaches to beach safety in state parks.
Nearshore
Thousand Island Dressing Mystery: Great Lakes origins of one of America’s favorite sauces
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In Thousand Islands, New York, near Lake Ontario, between the United States and Canada, you can find four different origin stories for Thousand Island dressing, three of which involve a woman named May Irwin.
Nearshore
Researchers seek volunteers to document coastal erosion in Michigan
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Although Great Lakes water levels are down, the risk of coastal erosion remains high, Michigan State University researchers say. Now, the researchers are enlisting “citizen scientists” to assist in helping better understand coastal change.
Contaminants
Massive filter keeps Detroit River contaminants in place
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Thanks to a spongy M&M-like technology, contaminated soil in the Detroit River downstream of the MacArthur Bridge has been contained.
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Ford House collaborates to restore Lake St. Clair shoreline
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The former luxury mansion of a Detroit automaker is the site of an attempt to recreate the scarce natural shoreline along Lake St. Clair.
Beaches
Scientists identify genetics of native beach grass to help protect dunes
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The seed grant could lead to large scale application across the Great Lakes
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University gives St. Marys River clean, green boost
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High school and community groups will help implement a $250,000 project to prevent pollution from flowing into the river from a new water research center to be built on contaminated soils at Lake Superior State University.