From Lake Tawas to a wild rice camp: how manoomin is harvested by Michigan Indigenous communities

From Lake Tawas to a wild rice camp: how manoomin is harvested by Michigan Indigenous communities
Great Lakes Commission
Every year as summer ends, Indigenous Michiganders head out onto lakes and rivers to collect wild rice, a staple food with cultural significance to these communities. Read the full story […]
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New Lake Ontario initiative tackles climate hazards alongside Lakes Huron and Superior projects

New Lake Ontario initiative tackles climate hazards alongside Lakes Huron and Superior projects
Great Lakes Echo

By Mia Litzenberg

Climate change is creating new challenges for Great Lakes coastal communities. To tackle these hazards, the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority launched the Lake Ontario Coastal Resilience Pilot Project last summer. Over the next four years, the project aims to engage communities in developing a coastal resilience plan.

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London researcher, Sarnia harmonica player named to Order of Canada

London researcher, Sarnia harmonica player named to Order of Canada
London Free Press
A London researcher who focuses on poverty and homelessness and a celebrated harmonica player and composer from Sarnia are among 83 people appointed Monday to the Order of Canada. Gov. Gen. Mary Simon announced the appointments of Cheryl Forchuk and Mike Stevens for their contributions to the nation. “Forchuk is an esteemed nurse scientist at […]
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Protection of wetlands could come down to farmers, says a new report

Interlochen Public Radio
Industrial agriculture in the Upper Midwest has been a driving force behind wetland loss. The farm bill might hold a solution.
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