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Ask any cottager what a day outdoors does to their eyes, and they might blame the usual suspects: wind off the water, campfire smoke, or dust from the gravel road. … Continued

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The Ontario government is investing up to $1.8 million in community-led projects to make Great Lakes cleaner and healthier, through the fourth round of the Great Lakes Local Action Fund. […]

As invasive carp threaten to move closer to the Great Lakes, experts are raising concerns about what could happen if they reach Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the […]

Tribal leaders in the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and others living in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, question a federal bill to redesignate the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore as […]

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources utilizes three facilities to collect salmon and trout eggs and keep the Lake Michigan fishery going strong. Read the full story by the Milwaukee […]

More than 40 million people in the United States and Canada depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Treated lake water is laden with microplastics, which are toxic chemicals […]

According to a recent study, Michigan’s water systems face up to $85 billion in water infrastructure needs over the next two decades for more than 1,300 water systems. Read the full story […]

For the Clinton River Watershed Council, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding is more than a grant program. Across the watershed in southeast Michigan, GLRI support helps restore habitat, improve water […]

Don’t let their small size fool you: even tiny birds of prey are birds of prey, ones with the skills and speed to capture and kill. They’re cute with a … Continued

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This barred owl comes to my bird feeder in the morning. I’m wondering why a nocturnal animal would appear in the daylight like this. It sits and stares at me … Continued

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Folklore says there’s an entire town buried beneath the sand dunes of Saugatuck, dubbed “Michigan’s Pompeii,” that was left behind in 1875. A unique cruise will sail along the Kalamazoo […]

Hikers spotted stranded lake sturgeon in a low-water channel of Michigan’s Ontonagon River, prompting three rescue missions that ultimately saved 27 threatened fish. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Keweenaw […]