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Unstable ice leads to a deadly winter
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This winter the lakes have been especially dangerous.
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Family of aviators shares connection to Lake Erie in Watermark Project
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The Toronto-based Watermark Project documents personal connections residents of the Great Lakes have with the water.
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Comments on Michigan air contaminants, updates on renewable energy
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The latest from Mr. Great Lakes.
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Ballast water regs split environmentalists, shippers
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Ballast water is regulated to prevent the spread of invasive species, but there is some disagreement about who should be in charge of those regulations.
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For islanders in Lake Superior, warmer winters mean they can’t drive
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For the second year in a row, warmer winters have made it necessary for the ferries that usually don’t operate during winter to continue to run.
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Chemicals from Air Force base seep into wells, Lake Huron
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Residents near an abandoned military base in Michigan are worried about an unseen invader: toxic chemicals that have contaminated wells in the town of Oscoda. Now the chemicals are spreading farther — and have even reached Lake Huron.
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Student voices from Flint, Lansing in art exhibit on water crisis
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MSU’s Broad Art Museum is hosting an exhibition called “Beyond Streaming: A Sound Mural for Flint” through April 23.
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In Michigan, winter farmers’ markets grow in size, selection
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Michigan winters can be pretty fierce, but the ag industry doesn’t stop cold when the snow flies.
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Waukesha “full speed ahead” in drawing water from Great Lakes
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Waukesha lies outside the Great Lakes basin, but it has received permission to take water from Lake Michigan.
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What happens when Great Lakes shipping season ends?
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In the old days, shipyards would shut down and workers retire to Florida for the season. Not so, anymore.