Land
Wet weather douses forest fires
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In the Huron-Manastee National Forest, crews responded to 81 wildfires, down from the annual average of 150.
Climate
Space station to give CATS scan to Great Lakes
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Device probes clouds and air pollution with laser beams and helps build climate models.
Water
Dam failure raises questions for state waterways
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Eighty-eight Michigan dams have a high hazard status. More than 90 percent of state’s dams by 2020 will be older than 50.
Nearshore
Lake Erie isn’t only lake with algae headaches; Lake Ontario also on the hook
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Last summer’s Toledo water woes is a warning to the entire Great Lakes community.
Water
Great Lakes Month in Review: rising lake levels, Asian carp DNA
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For today’s Great Lakes Month in Review, we talk about the dramatic rise in lake levels this fall, the latest legal updates on Asian carp, and the U-N’s stance on the Detroit water shut-offs.
Wildlife
Great Lakes fishery managers need insight on climate change impacts
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It ranks third in their greatest worries, but it has direct implications for the habitat loss and invasive species threats listed above it.
Climate
Drones could predict region’s lake effect snow
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But federal regulations keep a Great Lakes weather fleet grounded.
Wildlife
Hunting not sole issue in wolf debate
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Hunting is only one part of an effort to manage the state’s wolf population, and only one part of the larger issue, according to researchers at Michigan State and Michigan Technological universities.
Water
Michigan, New York, Minnesota test fisheater’s blood for contaminants
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Blood and urine of volunteers were tested for PCBs, pesticides, mercury, lead and cadmium as part of federal health study.
Wildlife
New river reefs built to encourage fish spawning
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To encourage fish spawning, Michigan Sea Grant and its research and industry partners are laying rock for new spawning habitat in the St. Clair River.