Podcasts
Healthy ravines for healthy watersheds
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The Great Lakes and the ravines that surround them share more than just a common geographic genealogy.
Climate
Wisconsin, Michigan attorneys general call Exxon climate change investigation a grave mistake
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They sign a letter that states that if minimizing the risks of climate change represents fraud then so, too, does “exaggerating” the risks of climate change.
Agriculture
Craft beer fuels Michigan hop binge
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State now ranks fourth in producing important beer ingredient.
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Shining lights on Great Lakes history
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Recent addition of three beacons brings total to 144 Great Lakes lighthouses on National Register of Historic Places.
Recreation
Poached Canadian bear, wolf get Wisconsin hunters in hot water
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Boasts on Facebook lead to conviction.
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Park wars: The force is with public trust in Chicago lakefront fight
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City’s mayor joins George Lucas on public policy’s dark side.
Air
New York judge sentences developer in asbestos case
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Workers uncertified in asbestos removal said they were offered cash to remove the material when a container company refused to dump it.
Recreation
Trail segment installed at Sleeping Bear
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Environmental precautions taken when constructing the 27-mile-long route.
Podcasts
Smaller algae bloom forecast for Lake Erie
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But it could have been smaller. Studies indicate lingering effects of phosphorus from last year’s record-breaker.
Forests
Hope for ash
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The emerald ash borer has killed big trees and plenty of them. And while forests are unlikely to recover those numbers, experts say that when big trees die, insect numbers drop. That gives at least a chance of survival for new seedlings in pure stands of ash where other trees cannot take over.