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If you’ve stayed at an Airbnb before, you’ve likely spent your last morning hastily sweeping, stripping linens, washing dishes, and completing other tasks from a lengthy list of checkout chores … Continued

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Parks Canada’s underwater archeology team documented several sites in the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area this past summer. Read the full story by Timmins Today.

Long before Michigan had towns, roads or county lines, Indigenous peoples had established complex societies throughout the Great Lakes region.  Read the full story by The Sun Times News.

A research ship typically used for ocean science has set off on an unusual 2,531 nautical-mile voyage into the Great Lakes to help scientists hunt for some of the universe’s […]

Water has entered Morton Salt’s mine about 2,000 feet beneath Lake Erie, shutting down underground operations and leaving unanswered questions about its source, its volume and whether it can be […]

Great Lakes storms may be dangerous to people and shipping, but they replenish lakeshore sand and rearrange sand formations. They set back ecological succession and maintain open sands that are […]

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is reminding people to inspect their gear after invasive New Zealand mudsnails were detected in Bear Creek, a small, coldwater tributary of the Thornapple […]

A new rule enacted by Indiana is raising concerns because repairs are prohibited for existing dry well septic systems along Lake Michigan. Read the full story by Chicago Tribune.

Warmer than usual air temperatures and Lake Erie water temperatures still above 60 degrees are delaying the autumn migration of gizzard shad and shiner minnows — and the walleyes that […]

The USS Silversides, one of Muskegon, Michigan’s, most recognizable landmarks and a storied relic of World War II naval history, returned home Saturday after months of preservation work in Wisconsin. The submarine […]

Do you stack firewood against your cottage? If so, you’re making a big mistake, especially if your home has wood siding, says Matt Gladwin, a certified arborist and the owner … Continued

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The key to a roaring blaze is the “fire triangle”—heat, fuel, and oxygen—and people often forget one element, says Daniel Kimia, the managing director at Zoroast The Fireplace Store in … Continued

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