Great Lakes Echo (https://greatlakesecho.org/category/nearshore/page/4/)
The nearshore encompasses beaches and wetlands. It extends from uplands through the coasts and into the water near the shore.
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.
A $2.9 million cleanup of contaminated sediments along the Detroit River will help bring a new look to the Motor City and set the stage for the completion of the Riverwalk by linking two popular waterfront parks.
Jamie Racklyeft, the executive director of the Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said the reason Lake Michigan has the most drownings among the Great Lakes is a combination of wind direction and tourism.
After more than two decades of cleanup and community efforts, Lake Erie’s Presque Isle Bay became the second heavily contaminated place in the United States to be removed from the Great Lakes toxic waters list.
Michigan’s commercial fishing is critical infrastructure during the pandemic, yet some of its practitioners may not survive COVID-19.
Unique design helped vessel handle the wind and adjust its configuration to pass through canals.
This year water levels were the highest on record since previous record highs in 1986, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers which has tracked them since 1918.
A dune summit in Lansing looks at the economic impact of the state’s popular landscape feature and the conservation and management changes ahead.
Most city and state Lake Michigan beaches, have not staffed lifeguards for years, and in some cases decades.
They are studying the DNA of baby’s breath to understand why it thrives in unforgiving ecosystems around the Great Lakes and across the continent.