Environmental groups use anniversary of Kalamazoo River oil spill to warn about Line 5

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he massive oil spill in the Kalamazoo River 15 years ago polluted the water and shoreline and left oil-coated wildlife. More than a million gallons of oil was recovered along a more than 35 mile stretch of the river.
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Environmental group says EGLE is not looking at all the risks of a Line 5 tunnel

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he National Wildlife Federation says Michigan's environment department should fully review what damage drilling the tunnel for a new pipeline segment might cause.
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Sea lamprey barrier work planned to start at Little Manistee weir

Sea lamprey barrier work planned to start at Little Manistee weir
Great Lakes Commission
Construction will begin the week of July 21 on a new sea lamprey barrier and trap at the Little Manistee River Weir and egg take facility in Manistee County, Michigan. […]
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A Good, Not Great Lake

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Lake Champlain is more than 16 times smaller than Lake Ontario, the smallest Great Lake. But in 1998, Congress designated Lake Champlain as the sixth Great Lake, teeing off a historical and cultural fight over which lakes can really call themselves Great.
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A guide to the federal review of the Line 5 tunnel

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The review is a major step toward a permitting decision on the controversial proposal to build a tunnel underneath the Straits of Mackinac. The last day for the public to comment is June 30.
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A gravel road. A dump truck crash. And questions over safety fixes

A gravel road. A dump truck crash. And questions over safety fixes
London Free Press
An Oxford County couple is raising concerns about road safety after a dump truck tipped over at the edge of their rural home’s driveway.
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Sea lamprey larvae targeted in Tuscola County’s Cass River

Sea lamprey larvae targeted in Tuscola County’s Cass River
Great Lakes Commission
In Michigan this week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will begin applying lampricides to the Cass River in Tuscola and Saginaw counties to kill sea lamprey larvae burrowed in […]
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Counting the Kirtland’s warbler

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Volunteers and conservation groups and agencies are in the jack pine forests this week, counting the Kirtland's warbler which almost went extinct in the 1980s because of loss of habitat.
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Great Lakes states and provinces to host seventh annual Aquatic Invasive Species Landing Blitz

Great Lakes states and provinces to host seventh annual Aquatic Invasive Species Landing Blitz
Great Lakes Commission
Ann Arbor, Michigan – Organizations across the region will come together to educate the public about aquatic invasive species (AIS) during the seventh annual Great
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On the move: Turtlefest and crossing signs return to Benzie County

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It's all about turtle safety at the second annual Turtlefest in Benzie County.
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State rep wants more firewood collection after ice storm

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Northern Michigan continues to grapple with debris and forestry management.
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Playing favorites

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Mourning dove. Squirrel. Goldenrod. What do they have in common? Somewhere in Michigan, someone hates them.
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