Echo
Great Lakes scientists team up to track fish with GLATOS
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The Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation Systems, or GLATOS, is a network of researchers sharing fish-tracking data from across the Great Lakes basin.
Great Lakes
Setting the story straight on Great Lakes water levels
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Warm winters don’t necessarily make for lowered lakes.
environmental politics
Great Lakes businesses join forces against oil pipeline
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The collection of businesses see Enbridge Line 5 as a threat to the economy and the environment.
Echo
Unique lake trout could help restore Lake Michigan population
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The trout in Lake Michigan were once wiped out, but one strain might help bring them back.
Water
Historian turns childhood interest into book on Great Lakes freighters
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The 20th century history of the Great Lakes freighters is tackled and summarized in a new book by Michigan historian Frank Boles.
Great Lakes
Plastic litter on Great Lakes beaches
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A recent study found most trash on Great Lakes beaches is plastic – consumer goods like water bottles and food wrappers.
environmental politics
Improving Soo Locks top priority for state legislators
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The Soo Locks are essential to the Great Lakes and the United States economy, and they desperately need to be upgraded.
Great Lakes
Secretive amphibian can provide pollution clues
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New information about mudpuppies can help researchers determine ecosystem health.
Great Lakes
New book paddles through history on canoe
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Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims’s “Canoes: A Natural History in North America” explores the rich history of the vessel and the people involved.
Echo
Utility report: Michigan can meet federal clean power requirements by retiring coal plants
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Closure of power plants will help Michigan comply with new federal emissions requirements.