Michigan’s sand dunes face serious threats as climate change and environmental factors continue to evolve, as do the communities surrounding them. Read the full story by the Alpena News.
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To date, Michigan has collected a massive amount of environmental samples — water, soil, fish tissue and others — and identified about 350 sites where PFAS levels in groundwater exceeds […]
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Lakers have depended on a regional economy that moved in lockstep with Canada. Coal volumes have hit hard times, and U.S. tariffs have disrupted trade in iron ore. Adding to the uncertainty […]
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The Great Lakes and its shorelines keep secrets to mysteries that will never be solved. But a Michigan historian takes pride in unraveling the legends of shipwrecks, lighthouse keepers and […]
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Northwestern Ontario communities such as Fort Frances and Gakijiwanong Anishinaabe Nation are expressing concerns that a proposed mine in Minnesota could pollute their sources of drinking water. Read the full […]
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Goderich, Ontario, is utilizing a team of over 50 goats and 20 sheep to eat their way through invasive species, an alternative approach to mechanical or herbicide techniques so close […]
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A fish carcass that might otherwise be disposed of may instead help fisheries biologists with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources better understand Lake Superior’s ecosystem and dynamic food web. […]
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Liz Favot remembers when she first saw the waters outside her cottage on Lake Nipissing, Ont., turn a murky green. It was in the summer of 2020. “This cottage is … Continued
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The Illinois Department of Natural Resources confirmed that it had received reports of dead mallard ducks in DuSable Harbor and picked up carcasses Aug. 21 for diagnostic testing. Advocates and […]
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The U.S. Geological Survey research vessel Arcticus entered Ludington harbor along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan Monday evening as a powerful gale began building across the lake. Read the […]
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As crews paint the iconic Algoma Pierhead Lighthouse bright red in Sturgeon Bay, work continues on the same harbor project on Lake Michigan. The north break wall needed an upgrade […]
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Fisheries experts began using a fish elevator at the Menominee Dam in Wisconsin in 2015 to help bolster the Great Lakes sturgeon population. Researchers work together each spring and fall […]