Nearshore
Clean up of Great Lakes hot spots may get one-year reprieve, but supporters fear long term cuts
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The president’s proposed cuts to the GLRI will have severe consequences for the Great Lakes, unless Congress can turn things around.
Nearshore
Towns along Lake Ontario prepare for flooding
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New Yorkers living on the south shore of Lake Ontario are stacking sandbags in hopes of keeping the rising lake back.
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Budget proposal threatens coastal improvement program
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The program supporting shoreline improvements is supported in part by a federal agency facing a proposed 17 percent cut.
The Buzz
Where people are, wrens aren’t
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Study shows how human development silences birdsong as it devours wetlands.
E. Coli
These dogs are welcome at the beach
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They sniff out pollution with the help of high-tech DNA analysis.
Great Lakes
Setting the story straight on Great Lakes water levels
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Warm winters don’t necessarily make for lowered lakes.
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These spiders are Great Lakes guardians
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Study says they accumulate a pollutant without harming themselves, creating a body burden that can help point the way for the clean up of contaminants that threaten public health.
Echo
Deadline for state money to test beaches approaching
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The state of Michigan is offering grant money to fund monitoring inland beaches this summer.
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Cleaner water prompts environmental conflict
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A resurgence of wild rice in popular lakes near Toronto has sparked debate over conflicting recreational and cultural values.