Echo
Great Lakes Echo’s greatest hits of 2018
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Reflect on 2018 with us. These are the Echo stories that garnered the most visits, shares and comments in 2018.
Art
Author asks why residents don’t help Great Lakes more
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Author Dave Dempsey’s latest book steps back from policy and homes in on the hearts of Great Lakes residents to talk about their connection to the lakes.
Echo
Wild rice gets boost in Green Bay
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Wisconsin volunteers once again planted wild rice in Green Bay-area wetlands to protect the native plant from invasive species.
Echo
Most northern Michigan roadside parks have closed for the winter
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Travelers sometimes wish that the parks could stay open year-round, but the cost of continual snow removal and heating facilities during the winter is simply not in the Michigan Department of Transportation’s budget.
Echo
Michigan residents care about the environment, poll reveals
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The Healthy People-Healthy Planet Poll surveyed 1,000 Michigan residents and found that the majority think environmental health is more important that economic gain.
Commentary
Restocking wolves on Isle Royale raises questions about which species get rescued
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Supporters call the National Park Service’s plan to restock wolves on Isle Royale a “genetic rescue,” but skeptics say nature should be allowed to take its course. Authors Mark Neuzil and Eric Freedman think this is unlikely to happen because wolves have friends in high places in the scientific establishment and the federal government.
Echo
Giant owls descend on Grand Rapids, Michigan in “Animal Land”
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Watch video of “Animal Land,’ by artists Lauren Strohacker and Kendra Sollars, as it appeared in ArtPrize 10.
Echo
Knight Center seeks MSU journalism students for paid reporting positions
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Get paid to gain experience reporting on the world’s most important beat.
Art
Remembering the soldiers of Mackinac Island
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A new book looks at the lives of the soldiers stationed on Fort Mackinac in the early 19th century.
Echo
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula storm: “The new normal”
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Scientist says many in area lack a “sense of urgency.”