Climate
Farmers’ Almanac forecasts frosty Great Lakes flip-flop
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After an unusually warm and stormy summer, the Great Lakes region has in store a “frosty flip-flop” winter, according to the 2021-22 Farmers’ Almanac forecast.
Catch of the Day
21 years later, Best Maze still stumps visitors
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Mark Benjamin has been coming up and creating mazes since he was young, making it a lifelong passion.
Echo
New project promises to amplify reach of Great Lakes climate reporting
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Great Lakes Echo is one of 23 newsrooms in a climate collaborative representing both long-standing and emerging media groups.
Catch of the Day
Michigan county health department on lookout for mosquito-borne diseases
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Mosquitoes are out in full force this summer, which also means a risk of mosquito-borne illnesses.
Echo
Guilty plea expected in Allegheny River pollution case
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A former supervisor of a Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority plant is expected to plead guilty to a felony charge for allegedly ordering employees to discharge sludge into the Allegheny River.
Echo
Former Echo reporter awarded reporting fellowship
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Carol Thompson is among 13 journalists named to the inaugural class of the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships.
Catch of the Day
Michigan offers $1 million to improve wildlife habitat
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Reinstatement of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Habitat Grant Program could provide significant funding for many habitat projects this year, the department said.
Echo
Blue spruce fungus hits Christmas tree, landscape tree growers
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Disease and a newly identified fungus have been killing Michigan’s blue spruce population for roughly a decade, and the dangers show no signs of slowing.
Echo
Novel sends U.P. game warden on 20th century spy mission
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A new novel from Michigan author Joseph Heywood.
Echo
Echo joins climate reporting collaborative
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Great Lakes Echo has joined a nationwide collaborative to provide better and more local reporting of climate change.