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Looking back: Top stories of 2015

By Kevin Duffy | December 30, 2015

A rundown of the most clicked on stories produced by Echo in 2015.

Fish

Wildlife researchers not so sure about drones

By Marie Orttenburger | December 11, 2015

Federal regulations, privacy concerns and health of the animals they track are all concerns.

Recreation

Are you smarter than these high schoolers? Probably not.

By Kayla Smith | November 3, 2015

Great Lakes high schoolers test their knowledge of marine science in the Great Lakes Quiz Bowl. Registration for the 2016’s event starts today (Nov. 3).

Recreation
Back-country camping, Moheb Soliman

Minnesota-based artist travels around the Great Lakes in four months

By WKAR Current State | October 12, 2015

Current State talks with a Minnesota-based poet artist who traveled along all the Great Lakes shorelines this summer for his project H.O.M.E.S.

Water

Great Lakes Now coverage of Great Lakes Week 2015

By Kevin Duffy | September 30, 2015

Great Lakes Week in Chicago has ended, but you can catch highlights here.

Nearshore

From mapmakers to moles, North Shore traces a Superior coast legacy

By Kevin Duffy | June 15, 2015

A decade of deep archival research and on-the-ground observation lends perspective to a new environmental history in this new book.

Echo

Researchers eye spread of invasive faucet snails

By Great Lakes Echo | January 14, 2015

The population of the invasive faucet snail is expanding in the Great Lakes.

Echo

Great Lakes Month in Review: Tar sands, Great Lakes Day, water retail

By Gary Wilson | March 31, 2014

At the end of each month Current State checks in with Great Lakes commentator and journalist Gary Wilson for updates on environmental stories from around the Basin.

Recreation

Exploring the magic of the Great Lakes through personal stories

By admin | March 11, 2014

Most people who live in the mitten state have fond memories of time spent at one of the Great Lakes. Those memories are what fuel The Great Lakes Book Project.

Nearshore

Restoring Lake Erie’s largest wetland

By Greg Monahan | January 6, 2014

The Nature Conservancy has a five-year restoration of Erie Marsh now underway.

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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.

  • Michigan’s water infrastructure sees improvements, work still needs to be done

    By Clara Lincolnhol The U.S. would need to invest nearly $3.4 trillion over the next 20 years to fix and update drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, says researchers from The Value of Water Campaign. Much of that infrastructure was built 40 to 50 years ago and shows its age. Michigan’s is no exception. The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state a D+ for its drinking water infrastructure, a D in storm water management and a C for its wastewater infrastructure. Funding is a major problem. Proposed data centers would put more stress on the infrastructure.

  • 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.

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