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MONDAY MASHUP: Great Lakes tapestry map
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The U.S. Geological Survey combined maps of geologic features (like rock types) and natural landscape features (like mountains) to make this tapestry map.
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Lake Michigan “doughnut” bloom update: See it from space
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The Lake Michigan “doughnut” – a huge ring-shaped bloom of phytoplankton that circles the late-winter waters of the Lake’s southern basin – is disappearing.
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Michigan biologist dubbed best in the Midwest
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John Niewoonder was named wildlife biologist of the year by the Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. He’s a Michigan native and key author of the state’s new deer management plan.
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The Greening of Flint: Youth Farm Stand
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This week: Brian Johns of The Youth Farm Stand program at Holmes Foundation Academy in Flint, teaches students to grow vegetables using traditional farming methods, as well as cutting-edge technologies such as hydroponics and aguaponics.
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MONDAY MASHUP: Great Lakes Conservation And Recreation Lands
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Curious what land is protected in your state?
Then meet CARL – a Conservation And Recreation Lands map.
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Quagga mussels chow down on Lake Michigan’s crucial “doughnut” bloom
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A decade-old discovery in Lake Michigan is already disappearing.
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Lake Ontario cormorants gobble round gobies, fewer sport fish, study says
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From 2003 to 2007, researchers estimate that the cormorant ate 13 million fewer yellow perch and 600,000 fewer smallmouth bass in two large Lake Ontario cormorant colonies.
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Greening of Flint: Mama E and the Mayor
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This week: The debate on “shrinking the city” because of the large inventory of vacant, overgrown lots and abandoned homes. In this clip, Mama E and Mayor Dayne Walling are on the same side of the debate.
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MONDAY MASHUP: Spotting Michigan lighthouses
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A map made by the Michigan Lighthouse Fund has information for more than 100 structures along Lake Michigan, Superior and Huron.
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One quarter of Michigan’s Great Lakes tributaries environmentally handicapped
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Around a quarter of Michigan’s Great Lakes tributary streams and rivers are ecologically impaired.