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Cap on state-owned land moves responsibility to land conservancies
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That’s disconcerting for environmentalists, who call the limit arbitrary and worry it will render the state unable to cope with rising demand for public land.
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Where’s the Concern? Week 12
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Each week, Great Lakes Echo features a photo story about a different Area of Concern designated by the U.S. or Canadian governments in the Great Lakes basin. Guess where the area is located, based on the description of the site.
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Strain the Great Lakes alphabet soup
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We’ve got a GLEC and now a GLAB.
What’s the next regional group to emerge?
How about a commission charged with whittling the list of Great Lakes agencies, boards, committees, initiatives, councils and collaboratives?
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Great Lakes region has some of best small towns
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Three Great Lakes locales are listed by Business Insider as among the 10 best small towns in America. Traverse City, Mich., Door County, Wis. and Galena, Ill. are among those recognized March 31 for unique atmospheres, charming shops and restaurants and scenic beauty. “In a time when “authentic” is a travel buzzword, these hamlets are attracting visitors with an often unexpected–and surprisingly sophisticated–array of independent and locally-minded cultural, outdoor, and culinary offerings,” reports Business Insider, a business and technology news website.
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Youth symposium highlights Great Lakes stewardship, research
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For four days in May, the Lake Superior Youth Symposium will bring students, teachers and scientists together to promote better stewardship of the Great Lakes. The symposium starts May 16 in Houghton, Mich. at Michigan Technological University’s Great Lakes Research Center. The goal of the symposium, now in its 10th year, is to work with middle and high school students and their teachers to improve their understanding of environmental science and encourage the conservation of the Great Lakes. Attendees participate in hands-on workshops, challenge courses and art and music programs that highlight careers aimed at protecting the Great Lakes.
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Energy efficiency rewarding for Michigan businesses
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Detroit was listed in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2012 top 25 cities with the most ENERGY STAR rated buildings. It ranked 19th with 100 ENERGY STAR buildings.
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Mr. Great Lakes: Solar energy, public recreation and DNR land
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Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM.
This week Kart discusses selling solar energy, grants for better public outdoor recreation and DNR standards for public access to Michigan beaches. Text at Mr Great Lakes
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Where’s the Concern? Week 11
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Each week, Great Lakes Echo features a photo story about a different Area of Concern designated by the U.S. or Canadian governments in the Great Lakes basin. Guess where the area is located, based on the description of the site.
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Photo Friday: Snow moon over Lake Ontario
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According to photographer Rick Stankiewicz, February’s full moon is called the snow moon, signaling the deepest snows of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. On February 25, the moon rose over Lake Ontario’s Bay of Quinte, witnessed by Stankiewicz and his friends while ice fishing for walleye. This photo was contributed to Earth Science Picture of the Day, a service of NASA’s Earth Science Division and the Universities Space Research Association.
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Dredging can churn up historical contaminants
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Though low water levels in the Great Lakes make it necessary, dredging can harm the ecosystem by stirring up contaminanted sediment, exposing chemicals such as arsenic and PCBs.
Eating carp and catfish that have been exposed to such toxins puts both humans and predatory fish at risk.