Recreation
Kiteboarder and swimsuit designer celebrates Halloween.
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Kiteboarding tricks are treats.
Recreation
Small watercraft account for many distress calls
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The majority of Lake Michigan distress calls come from kayakers or canoeists who paddle into the lake and get caught in the wind.
Recreation
Wisconsin shipwreck added to the National Register of Historic Places
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As a pioneer of the cross-lake railcar ferry system, the Milwaukee contributed to an important time in history, featuring the design and operation of a steam screw vessel.
Recreation
Michigan filmmaker sets coming of age story in Upper Peninsula
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“Superior” based on 1,300 mile bicycle trip taken by two boys at the crossroads of uncertain futures.
Recreation
Minnesota-based artist travels around the Great Lakes in four months
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Current State talks with a Minnesota-based poet artist who traveled along all the Great Lakes shorelines this summer for his project H.O.M.E.S.
Recreation
The Food Fix: ArtPrize artist creates piece on water scarcity
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The Food Fix podcasters visited ArtPrize in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, to talk to people who are taking a more artistic route to feed the world.
Recreation
Grants boost hunter access in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula
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An expanded Michigan land-access initiative will open more private land to hunters in the northern Lower Peninsula.
Recreation
New grants to promote snowmobiling in Michigan
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Michigan snowmobile trail expansion could boost local economy, but private land conflicts are likely to emerge.
Recreation
Great Lakes states ranked for water action
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From state park visitors traversing a river trail to licensed fishers scoring a fish tale, 28 states measured water activity using park reports and other publicly available data.
Recreation
Free boat wash targets Michigan invaders
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Michigan State University is fighting the state’s worst aquatic invaders with mobile lakeside education and free boat washes.