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Water

Businesses along Lake Ontario hurt by flooding

By Veronica Volk | May 30, 2017

Flooding is consuming Lake Ontario beaches, and businesses are hurting for it.

Fishing

The stream’s toxic. So why does N.Y. stock it with fish?

By Dan Tevlock | May 26, 2017

The creek is one of only six water bodies where the health department warns fishermen to not eat what they catch.

Land

Big cities struggling to connect with Great Lakes

By Matt Richmond | May 23, 2017

Cities like Cleveland want to take advantage of their proximity to Great Lakes lakeshore, but development obstacles stand in the way.

Wildlife

The Green Room: Birds, glass and cats-preventable impacts

By David Fair & Barbara Lucas | May 19, 2017

What do habitat destruction, cats and glass all have in common? They threaten songbirds. But solutions exist.

Nearshore

Did Plan 2014 cause Lake Ontario’s floods?

By Guest Contributor | May 18, 2017

Some residents and officials blame the International Joint Commission’s plan, which took effect in January, for flooding in the region.

Echo

Worms, streams and renewable energy

By Jeff Kart | May 17, 2017

An environmental update from Mr. Great Lakes.

Podcasts

Lake Ontario, Montreal are flooded. Can this dam help?

By Veronica Volk | May 11, 2017

Property owners along Lake Ontario’s shores hope a dam can help curtail flooding.

Water

Another clean-up for Mother Nature

By CurrentCast | May 8, 2017

Governments might be phasing out the use of microbeads, but nothing but time will remove the problem from the environment.

Echo

N.Y. towns fear impact of Lake Ontario flooding

By Angelica A. Morrison and Veronica Volk | May 4, 2017

New York residents worry rising waters are eroding lakefront properties.

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Environmental groups sue EPA over condition of Lake Erie

By Elizabeth Miller | May 3, 2017

Environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit, accusing the Environmental Protection Agency of violating the Clean Water Act.

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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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