food
Eating healthy on vacation? Michigan state parks don’t provide many options
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A 2014 survey discovered that 19 Michigan state parks provided almost no healthy food options to visitors.
Recreation
Lanterns light winter nights at this Michigan state park
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Hartwick Pines State Park has new winter programming that promises to show the park’s old growth forest in a new light.
Catch of the Day
Trash to treasure: College students want to recycle plastic into snorkels
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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
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Women who fish have created a new Twitter hashtag to promote awareness of their growing numbers.
CIGLR
Great Lakes make for great moods
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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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Third Coast surf swell is not so swell…
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Record high water levels are threatening Great Lakes surfing.
Hiking
Minong Ridge Trail: One tough trek
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The Minong Ridge trail on Isle Royale is “arguably the hardest hike in Michigan.”
Echo
Lake Erie paddleboarders leave as scheduled
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Three paddleboarders set out this morning as scheduled on an 80-mile trip across Lake Erie to raise money for Great Lakes research.
Catch of the Day
Michigan company creates endangered species game
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Gamers with an environmental interest have until Friday to order a special edition of a new board game designed around helping endangered species.