Water
Researchers creating warning system for low oxygen water
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Low oxygen water can create problems for Ohio’s water intakes. This new project is looking to help by predicting the movement of the low oxygen water.
Recreation
Ready for winter? Have you built your snowshoes?
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You can have fun and save money by building your own.
endangered plants
Native prairie restoration fights invasive species and helps the endangered ones
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Even prairie remnants as small as potted plants on an apartment balcony can help butterflies migrate.
Green Gavel
Michigan court upholds penalty for filling wetland
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Couple fined $10,000 and told to remove fill.
Climate
Enzyme makes producing biofuels easier
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Fostering its production could help fight climate change by making it easier to produce alternatives to fossil fuels.
Capital News Service
Lead poisoning is statewide, help is not
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Federal authorities offer a handful of grants each year to provide lead abatement services, but because the competition is so fierce, they go to bigger metropolitan areas. Rural communities are left to fend for themselves to address lead problems that cause a myriad of serious health effects.
Podcasts
Toxin kills thousands of birds along Lake Michigan shore
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Up to 5,000 birds have washed up on the shores of Lake Michigan this fall.
Echo
Iconic sport hangs on in Michigan
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The traditional sport of foxhunting lives on in Michigan, where the thrill is in the chase and the quarry lives to run another day.
Areas of Concern
U.S., Canada battle St. Clair River’s polluted legacy
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Bacteria, industrial pollutants, mercury among the challenges.
Fish
New method shows some Great Lakes fish consumption advisories may not protect health
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Most fish advisories are based on a single contaminant and don’t include the added health risk of multiple contaminants being present at once.