How LittaTraps are keeping litter in Thunder Bay, Ont. out of Lake Superior

How LittaTraps are keeping litter in Thunder Bay, Ont. out of Lake Superior
Great Lakes Commission
An environmental initiative in Thunder Bay, Ontario, is helping keep garbage out of local waterways, with nearly 1,500 pieces of litter diverted from storm drains in the past year via […]
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2025 Great Lakes shipping season starts this week. Duluth will see ships soon

2025 Great Lakes shipping season starts this week. Duluth will see ships soon
Great Lakes Commission
The 2025 Great Lakes shipping season begins Friday when the larger of two locks in Sault Sainte Marie, Mich. opens. Ships will soon be on the move to and from […]
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The Week Ahead: REAP, hotspots and federal money

Interlochen Public Radio
Each Monday on Morning Edition, an IPR journalist brings you up to speed on what’s going on in northern Michigan, and what IPR is working on this week.
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Copperwood Mine receives updated air quality permit — with more testing and limits

Interlochen Public Radio
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The proposed Copperwood Mine in the Upper Peninsula has received a new air quality permit from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, allowing the project to continue moving forward. Public comment on the controversial project […]
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Summer at Lake Superior’s Apostle Islands threatened by federal workforce cuts, tourism boards warn

Summer at Lake Superior’s Apostle Islands threatened by federal workforce cuts, tourism boards warn
Great Lakes Commission
The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is in a holding pattern after the mass layoff of national park staff, part of the Trump administration’s effort to dramatically cut the federal workforce. […]
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Bad River tribe says Line 5 reroute will violate its water quality standards

Bad River tribe says Line 5 reroute will violate its water quality standards
Great Lakes Commission
The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has objected to permitting Enbridge’s proposed Line 5 reroute under the Clean Water Act, saying the project will violate the tribe’s water […]
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Maritime Time: The heroic act of a Great Lakes captain

Interlochen Public Radio
The heroic acts of Capt. James Jackson saved the lives of many on Lake Superior.
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DNR must consider anew whether to study massive pool of mine waste above Lake Superior, court rules

DNR must consider anew whether to study massive pool of mine waste above Lake Superior, court rules
Great Lakes Commission
The Minnesota Court of Appeals handed environmental groups a win in their continuing legal fight against the expansion of a massive pond for mining waste three miles from Lake Superior. Their […]
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Big Abe’s Net

Interlochen Public Radio
One calm September day, Big Abe LeBlanc set his fishing net in Lake Superior. Then he called law enforcement and turned himself in. What happened next changed fishing in the Great Lakes forever.
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‘A crisis’: Lake whitefish survey paints an even more dire picture

Interlochen Public Radio
One scientist thinks lake whitefish could disappear from certain parts of the Great Lakes within the next five years.
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Maritime Time: ‘You’re sinking, you idiot!’

Interlochen Public Radio
“What the little ice devils pull down in Lake Superior never comes up again.”
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Maritime Time: ‘You’re sinking, you idiot!’

Interlochen Public Radio
“What the little ice devils pull down in Lake Superior never comes up again.”
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