Capital News Service
Perfect storm shrinks volunteer corps that protects Michigan shipwrecks
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The state preserves, which protect sunken ships and natural features, receive no state money.
Water
Michigan protects more than a dozen shipwreck areas
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More than a dozen underwater preserves along Michigan’s Great Lakes coastlines have been established to protect hundreds of shipwrecks.
Water
Video: Ice balls, ice volcanoes and more ice on the Great Lakes
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If you like ice, you have to love the Great Lakes, where it comes in all shapes and sizes. With the recent deep freeze, we’re seeing a lot more ice than in the past few winters — including a frosty Niagara Falls.
environmental politics
Local agencies want federal tools with teeth to tackle Lake Erie pollution
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Toledo and Lucas County officials are leading the fight to curb Ohio’s algae-feeding pollutants. It’s a role they say should be played by the U.S. EPA.
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Michigan wants lead out of all pipes in 20 years
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New rules would require pipe replacement and reduce the acceptable level of lead in drinking water from 15 parts per billion to 10 parts per billion.
Podcasts
What will 2018 bring for the Great Lakes?
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A new year brings new opportunities for recreation and commercial interests along the Great Lakes. It also means seven gubernatorial elections in states that border the lakes, and growing concern over climate change.
Green Gavel
Former New York paper mill official convicted of Clean Water Act violations
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Michael Ward failed to alert his supervisors at the APC Paper Group mill in Norfolk that the mill was exceeding the maximum daily level of discharges allowed under its state permit.
Podcasts
Expect snow, not ice on the Great Lakes this winter
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Over the past two winters, the Great Lakes have had a below-average ice cover. And that’s expected to continue this year.
Echo
Researcher’s love of fish spawns #25DaysofFishmas
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A Great Lakes researcher has launched a new holiday celebrating fish and “bad puns.”
Catch of the Day
Federal ballast water rules would replace state’s, if bill passes
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Michigan’s ballast water regulations are deterring oceangoing vessels from entering Michigan ports to pick up exports.