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The great parks of Ottawa County

By Jim DuFresne | July 17, 2017

Michigan’s Ottawa County has many parks to explore.

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Great Features of the Great Lakes region: Quebec

By Carin Tunney | June 27, 2017

Whales in the Great Lakes? Not quite. But Great Lakes water is hugely influential on whales, justifying a nod to Quebec to round out our list of Great Lakes-related great natural features.

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Great features of the Great Lakes region: Ontario

By Carin Tunney | June 26, 2017

A treacherous hike along the rocky shoreline leads to sacred pictographs at Superior Provincial Park in Ontario.

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Great features of the Great Lakes region: New York

By Carin Tunney | June 22, 2017

New York’s Panama Rocks is the Jurassic Park of the Great Lakes basin. Visitors can hike, climb and explore the area’s ancient caves.

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Great features of the Great Lakes Region: Pennsylvania

By Carin Tunney | June 21, 2017

Pennsylvania claims a small piece of Great Lake’s shoreline but makes the most of it with a picturesque and primitive shoreline park.

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Great features of the Great Lakes region: Ohio

By Carin Tunney | June 19, 2017

Ohio’s Conneaut Harbor is a prime location for rare bird sightings. Migratory birds are attracted to the marsh, sandpit, beach and break wall, and birdwatchers are taking notice.

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Great features of the Great Lakes region: Michigan

By Carin Tunney | June 16, 2017

Kitch-iti-kipi in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula offers visitors a trip on a quiet raft across the crystal-clear water of Michigan’s largest spring.

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Great features of the Great Lakes region: Indiana

By Carin Tunney | June 15, 2017

Pinhook Bog in Indiana is one of the southernmost bogs in the United States. It’s a place for hikers to see meat-eating plants and other unique bog fauna.

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Great Features of the Great Lakes Region: Illinois

By Carin Tunney | June 14, 2017

Garden of the Gods in Illinois features breathtaking views and is top-choice to witness the upcoming total solar eclipse.

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Great features of the Great Lakes region: Wisconsin

By Carin Tunney | June 13, 2017

The Apostle Islands in northern Wisconsin offer a one-of-a kind adventure within the Great Lakes that includes a chance to explore Lake Superior’s caves by kayak and spend the night alone on a deserted island.

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

  • Henderson holding a swan
    From otters to butterflies: How Minnesota became a pioneer in nongame wildlife conservation

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva In the late 1970s, when most wildlife conservation programs in the United States focused almost exclusively on game species, a quiet but historic shift began in Minnesota. It was here that one of the nation’s first state programs dedicated to protecting so-called nongame wildlife emerged from butterflies and bats to bald eagles and river otters. That story is now told in detail by Carrol Henderson in his new book, “A National Legacy: Fifty Years of Nongame Wildlife Conservation in Minnesota."

  • Michigan’s water infrastructure sees improvements, work still needs to be done

    By Clara Lincolnhol The U.S. would need to invest nearly $3.4 trillion over the next 20 years to fix and update drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, says researchers from The Value of Water Campaign. Much of that infrastructure was built 40 to 50 years ago and shows its age. Michigan’s is no exception. The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state a D+ for its drinking water infrastructure, a D in storm water management and a C for its wastewater infrastructure. Funding is a major problem. Proposed data centers would put more stress on the infrastructure.

  • Mussels in a green net.
    Endangered spectaclecase mussels reintroduced into the Chippewa River

    By Ada Tussing To combat the population loss of spectaclecase mussels, researchers with both the Minnesota and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released over 177 mussels into the Chippewa River in Northwest Wisconsin.

  • Michigan allocates $77 million to clean thousands of contaminated sites

    By Clara Lincolnhol Michigan is pouring $77 million into clean-up of contaminated abandoned real estate such as former factories. The director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy says the goal is to make the cleaned-up sites safe for housing, commercial developments and other uses.

  • Winter makes curved roads dangerous; researchers seek solutions

    By Eric Freedman Flashing light on warning signs near curves can slow drivers and reduce the odds of a crash during winter weather conditions, says a new study by Michigan State University engineers.

  • The cover of “Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project." The cover is moose antlers on the ground.
    Great Lakes books for your holiday gift list 

    By Eric Freedman   Looking for a holiday gift for a reader who loves the Great Lakes? Here are five prospects to consider – and what our reporters learned from interviewing their authors this year.

  • A side-by-side of the historic Portage Canal and modern Portage Canal from an aerial view.
    Restoration of historical site improves quality of life for Portage, Wisconsin residents

    By Joshua Kim Following the completion of segments 1 and 2 of the Portage Canal, local residents and visitors can use the historic site and its amenities following years of disrepair.

  • What herring gulls tell us about plastic pollution

    By Victoria Witke Christina Petalas, a doctoral student McGill University, studies herring gulls to learn about plastic pollution near the St. Lawrence River. Across two studies, she found plastic additives in every bird sampled, which could have human health consequences.

  • Scientists update geological map of northern Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva The U.S. Geological Survey has began large-scale low-level airplane flights over Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin to obtain high-resolution data on subsurface mineral structures and bedrock composition. The data will be used to create two- and three-dimensional maps to better understand the geological structure at depths of about 10,000 feet.

  • ‘Refusal is insisting on your own terms’: Indigenous activism in the Midwest

    By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira “Indigenous Activism in the Midwest: Refusal, Resurgence and Resisting Settler Colonialism” explores how Dakota and Anishinaabe communities in Minnesota continue their relationships to the land and challenge dominant settler narratives about ownership, belonging and identity.

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