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Art

Paintings, books, music, plays and other arts are effective ways of communicating environmental issues.

Art

Poet turns Great Lakes shipwrecks to verse

By Kate Habrel | March 15, 2017

What do you get when you combine art and history? In this case, a poetry collection informed by Great Lakes shipwrecks.

Art

Great Lakes writer tackles tale of survival 50 years after Lake Huron shipwreck

By Natasha Blakely | September 15, 2016

Sailor survives shipwreck, November storm and lifelong guilt.

Recreation

Retired zoologist reveals unseen life through his art

By Josh Bender | May 31, 2016

His rural Michigan studio features coldly utilitarian scientific equipment that contrast with the vibrant paintings of the images it reveals.

Art

Shopping and cooking guide links past and present of Detroit’s Eastern Market

By Kayla Smith | May 10, 2016

An on-the-ground look at Eastern Market evokes the spirit and memories of one of brightest Detroit’s gems.

Water

Review: “Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World”

By Guest Contributor | May 6, 2016

Israel is a major player in the global water business whether in Asia, Africa, or the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

Art

Good anglers, bad marriages and fish that fake orgasms

By Kayla Smith | April 25, 2016

New book explores the lore and legacy of fishing in the North Woods.

Art

Flight Paths traces hope and heartbreak for New York’s birds

By Mahmoud Haidar | April 19, 2016

Journalist follows researchers into the field to document the challenges facing six species of birds.

Book Cover, Lake Invaders
Art

Below the surface: Great Lakes invaders

By Kevin Duffy | March 24, 2016

A new book explores the uphill battle against the worst Great Lakes invaders and praises the people who research them.

Art

When POWs logged Michigan’s North Woods

By Eric Freedman | March 2, 2016

Retired Northern Michigan University professor uses fiction to explore life at the real but little known-UP WWII prison camps now rapidly fading from view.

Recreation
Sanctuary Theater

Alpena film festival filled with Great Lakes and ocean flicks

By Kevin Duffy | January 26, 2016

The fourth-annual Thunder Bay International Film Festival dives into Great Lakes shipwrecks, conservation and transport.

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About Great Lakes Echo

Environmental news of the Great Lakes region from the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University.

  • Mussels in a green net.
    Endangered spectaclecase mussels reintroduced into the Chippewa River

    By Ada Tussing To combat the population loss of spectaclecase mussels, researchers with both the Minnesota and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released over 177 mussels into the Chippewa River in Northwest Wisconsin.

  • Michigan allocates $77 million to clean thousands of contaminated sites

    By Clara Lincolnhol Michigan is pouring $77 million into clean-up of contaminated abandoned real estate such as former factories. The director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy says the goal is to make the cleaned-up sites safe for housing, commercial developments and other uses.

  • Winter makes curved roads dangerous; researchers seek solutions

    By Eric Freedman Flashing light on warning signs near curves can slow drivers and reduce the odds of a crash during winter weather conditions, says a new study by Michigan State University engineers.

  • The cover of “Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project." The cover is moose antlers on the ground.
    Great Lakes books for your holiday gift list 

    By Eric Freedman   Looking for a holiday gift for a reader who loves the Great Lakes? Here are five prospects to consider – and what our reporters learned from interviewing their authors this year.

  • A side-by-side of the historic Portage Canal and modern Portage Canal from an aerial view.
    Restoration of historical site improves quality of life for Portage, Wisconsin residents

    By Joshua Kim Following the completion of segments 1 and 2 of the Portage Canal, local residents and visitors can use the historic site and its amenities following years of disrepair.

  • What herring gulls tell us about plastic pollution

    By Victoria Witke Christina Petalas, a doctoral student McGill University, studies herring gulls to learn about plastic pollution near the St. Lawrence River. Across two studies, she found plastic additives in every bird sampled, which could have human health consequences.

  • Scientists update geological map of northern Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva The U.S. Geological Survey has began large-scale low-level airplane flights over Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin to obtain high-resolution data on subsurface mineral structures and bedrock composition. The data will be used to create two- and three-dimensional maps to better understand the geological structure at depths of about 10,000 feet.

  • ‘Refusal is insisting on your own terms’: Indigenous activism in the Midwest

    By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira “Indigenous Activism in the Midwest: Refusal, Resurgence and Resisting Settler Colonialism” explores how Dakota and Anishinaabe communities in Minnesota continue their relationships to the land and challenge dominant settler narratives about ownership, belonging and identity.

  • Cannabis workers are developing job-related asthma and some have died, study says

    By Clara Lincolnhol New research says workers picking, grinding and packaging cannabis are developing workplace-related asthma, and two deaths have occurred so far.

  • Swiss researcher studies ‘abandonment tourism’ in Detroit

    By Camila Bello Castro A recent case study of a former “abandonment tourism” business in Detroit found a disconnect between the lived experience of many city residents and the lives of the tour participants who were generally white, younger and more international than most Detroiters and generally first-time visitors to the city.

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