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Over a decade ago, Al Bjornaa was wondering what to do with a 10-foot refrigerated meat trailer that an uncle left at his property in Batchawana Bay, Ont., a 45-minute … Continued

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Michigan is putting $89 million toward cleaning up the Detroit and Kalamazoo Rivers and related waterways. Federal, state, and local officials met in Detroit Thursday afternoon to announce the Reclaim […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved removing the “Beach Closings” impairment from the Maumee Area of Concern, signaling a large step for improving water quality in the Lake Erie […]

Construction has started on a pumping and storage station that will deliver Lake Michigan drinking water to Romeoville, Illinois. The site will have two storage tanks that each hold 1.6 […]

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa recognized Treaty Day on Wednesday, in part by releasing nearly 700 sturgeon fingerlings into the upper St. Louis River. Treaty Day […]

The Great Lakes Restoration Act, passed this week in the U.S. Senate, will reauthorize funding for habitat restoration, toxic sediment/ pollution cleanup and invasive species management to protect and maintain […]

The City of Evanston, Illinois, recently installed new educational signs along bike paths and at local dog parks along Lake Michigan. The signs are designed to raise awareness about protecting […]

Nearly 100 young lake sturgeon were released into the Tittabawassee River Saturday, in efforts to restore the species’ population. Three similar releases were held later in the day on the […]

A new 66-foot research vessel designed to improve the safety and efficiency of Lake Michigan fisheries research is now in service after being commissioned Wednesday in Charlevoix, Michigan. Read the […]

The Rain Catchers Collective, a coalition of the organizations stewarding southeast Michigan’s four major watersheds— the Clinton, Detroit, Huron, and Rouge rivers—is seeking $12.5 million in state funding to expand […]

With apologies to the Bard, all the world isn’t a stage, especially at the cottage. And that’s a good thing, says Carleton University psychology professor Robert Coplan, author of the … Continued

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The keyhole bottle opener is one of those relics one finds lying around the cottage, along with manual automobile cranks, phonographs, and people like me, human relics over 50 years … Continued

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