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Trash to treasure: College students want to recycle plastic into snorkels

By Bryanna Idzior | October 11, 2019

A group of Michigan State University graduates and students want to recycle plastic collected from lakes and oceans into snorkels, swimwear and other clothing. 

Recreation

Tagging fish with #fisHER

By Weiting Du | September 30, 2019

Women who fish have created a new Twitter hashtag to promote awareness of their growing numbers.

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Great Lakes make for great moods

By Andrew Blok | September 18, 2019

A new study shows that people living away from the Great Lakes are hospitalized for anxiety and mood disorders slightly more frequently than those who live nearer to them.

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Pick Petoskey stones while they’re hot

By Mark Trifilio | August 23, 2019

Rising water gives rockhounds an assist.

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Third Coast surf swell is not so swell…

By Meghan Callan | July 21, 2019

Record high water levels are threatening Great Lakes surfing.

Hiking

Minong Ridge Trail: One tough trek

By Jim DuFresne | July 8, 2019

The Minong Ridge trail on Isle Royale is “arguably the hardest hike in Michigan.”

Recreation

Paddleboarders finish Lake Erie transit

By admin | June 20, 2019

Four hours after the group landed in Sandusky, they had raised $14,425 for the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research at University of Michigan.

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Lake Erie paddleboarders leave as scheduled

By Andrew Blok | June 18, 2019

Three paddleboarders set out this morning as scheduled on an 80-mile trip across Lake Erie to raise money for Great Lakes research.

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Boarders paddle across Lake Erie to support research below it

By admin | June 17, 2019

It’s their fourth Great Lake. This time they’re raising money for research.

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Haunting tales of Michigan’s lighthouses

By admin | April 25, 2019

Meet Capt. Bill and other ghostly keepers of Great Lakes lights.

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About Great Lakes Echo

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

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