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Drinking Water Roundup: Biden administration invests millions in rural water,...
From lead pipes to PFAS, drinking water contamination is a major issue plaguing cities and towns all around the Great Lakes. Cleaning up contaminants and providing safe water to everyone is an ongoing...
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Invasive Tracking: Researchers trying to trace zebra mussel infestations
While initial populations of invasive zebra mussels were brought to the Great Lakes on boats and in freighter ballast water, a new source of the invasive species has researchers concerned — pet stores....
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Thousand Island Dressing Mystery: Uncertain origins of one of America’s...
What do you get when you mix mayonnaise, a vaudeville star, two swanky hotels and a fisherman’s wife? If you guessed Thousand Island dressing and an age-old mystery, you’d be correct. Today, Thousand...
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Drinking Water Roundup: Line 3 opposition persists during Minnesota drought,...
From lead pipes to PFAS, drinking water contamination is a major issue plaguing cities and towns all around the Great Lakes. Cleaning up contaminants and providing safe water to everyone is an ongoing...
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PFAS News Roundup: Tech company develops PFAS-eliminating technology, PFAS...
PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of widespread man-made chemicals that don’t break down in the environment or the human body and have been flagged as a major contaminant...
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Drinking Water Roundup: Senate passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill, Canada...
From lead pipes to PFAS, drinking water contamination is a major issue plaguing cities and towns all around the Great Lakes. Cleaning up contaminants and providing safe water to everyone is an ongoing...
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Rising Waters: Great Lakes lighthouse keepers fight to preserve history in...
One evening in the late 1800s, a lighthouse keeper named John Herman was drinking, as he usually did, when he decided to play a prank on his assistant. Herman locked the assistant in the lantern room...
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Bridge Over Warming Water: Grants fund fish habitat conservation projects...
Rivers, streams and lakes are warming, casting a dark shadow on the future of coldwater fish in the Great Lakes region. To save them, state and federal agencies around the Great Lakes are investing...
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O Christmas Tree: Is your Christmas tree environmentally friendly?
Earlier this month, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared December 2021 as “Christmas Tree Month” in Michigan. It’s a move that makes sense — the Christmas tree industry provides jobs and bolsters...
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Lighthouse Restoration: A volunteer effort that requires labor, love and...
This summer, a Great Lakes watchtower will celebrate its 200th birthday as any centenarian should: with cake and ice cream. The Marblehead Lighthouse sits on Lake Erie’s temperamental shore in Ohio,...
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