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Mr. Great Lakes on Lake Huron salmon, beach adoption

By Jeff Kart | March 28, 2016

Lake Huron’s salmon history is deemed unlikely to recover, and the Alliance for the Great Lakes gears up for its first beach cleanup events.

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Keep it local, keep it fresh: improving access to good food in Michigan

By Guest Contributor | March 25, 2016

The MSU Center for Regional Food Systems wants to make sure everyone in Michigan has access to healthy foods.

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Can the Chicago River change its ways (again)?

By CurrentCast | March 24, 2016

The Chicago River’s history is more colorful than its waters on St. Patrick’s Day.

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UM study: Lake Huron salmon unlikely to bounce back

By WKAR Current State | March 22, 2016

A new report from University of Michigan scientists says the Chinook salmon population in Lake Huron is unlikely to bounce back from its decade long decline. Current State talks to University of Michigan researcher Sara Alderstein-Gonzalez.

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Mr. Great Lakes on conservation money, refuge open house, mini grant proposals

By Jeff Kart | March 21, 2016

Gear up for the first day of spring by keeping abreast with news from Mr. Great Lakes.

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Mr. Great Lakes on trails, stamps, phragmites

By Jeff Kart | March 16, 2016

Hear about the latest in the Great Lakes Bay area.

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Disagreements delay energy legislation

By Guest Contributor | March 16, 2016

Kirk Heinze speaks with Varnum Law attorney Bruce Goodman on this segment of Greening of the Great Lakes.

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Lake-to-lake train could attract riders, economic growth

By WKAR Current State | March 14, 2016

A coast to coast train in Michigan could be in our future. Current State talks to transportation expert Liz Treutel about the vision for a new passenger rail system in the state.

Agriculture

For the birds: keeping coffee green

By David Fair & Barbara Lucas | March 7, 2016

Global coffee consumption is expected to rise 25 percent in five years, a growth with significant environmental implications.

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When POWs logged Michigan’s North Woods

By Eric Freedman | March 2, 2016

Retired Northern Michigan University professor uses fiction to explore life at the real but little known-UP WWII prison camps now rapidly fading from view.

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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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