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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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Michigan company creates endangered species game

By Will Grimm | April 24, 2019

Gamers with an environmental interest have until Friday to order a special edition of  a new board game designed around helping endangered species.

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Can a name change bring more visitors to Indiana Dunes?

By Andrew Blok | April 8, 2019

The National Park Service operates memorials, historic sites, nature preserves, parkways, parks and dozens of other facilities. Sixty-one are national parks and three are national lakeshores. Can a name change draw visitors?

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What’s the recipe for a Michigan beautiful place?

By David Poulson | March 26, 2019

MLive recently published a list of the most beautiful places in each Michigan county.

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Clarion named Pennsylvania’s river of the year

By Gina Navaroli | February 12, 2019

The popular waterway is known for public recreation and secret musky holes.

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More women are fishin’—but not enough to offset the drop in men

By Eric Freedman | January 30, 2019

The findings of a recent study reflect a major challenge facing natural resource agencies in the Great Lakes region: how to recruit, retain and reactivate anglers.

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With preseason sales up, snowmobile industry hoping for snow

By Kaley Fech | November 28, 2018

Traffic on Michigan snowmobile trails took a nosedive during the recession but was up last year.

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Blazing trails – water trails – in Michigan

By CurrentCast | August 8, 2018

Marked water trails in this state make it easy for people to give paddling a try.

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

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