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.
Nearshore
New York man sinks boat in Black Rock Canal, gets probation, fine
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A yacht club maintenance man who sank a boat in the Black Rock Canal will pay restitution to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Green Gavel
Michigan court upholds penalty for filling wetland
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Couple fined $10,000 and told to remove fill.