Debate continues over short-term rentals versus affordable housing needs

Debate continues over short-term rentals versus affordable housing needs
Great Lakes Echo
By Olivia O’Neill Many local governments in and away from popular vacation destinations are wrestling with how to balance economic benefits of short-term rentals to accommodate visitors and a shortage of affordable long-term housing.
By Olivia O’Neill Many local governments in and away from popular vacation destinations are wrestling with how to balance economic benefits of short-term rentals to accommodate visitors and a shortage of affordable long-term housing.
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Debate continues over short-term rentals versus affordable housing needs

Suburban Chicago has greater tree canopy inequity than the city, study finds

Suburban Chicago has greater tree canopy inequity than the city, study finds
Great Lakes Echo
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva Most Americans live in suburbs and beyond urban centers, but inequities in tree canopy distribution are primarily studied in major cities. However, a new study of the Chicago region found that the highest level of tree canopy inequity was in the suburbs.
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva Most Americans live in suburbs and beyond urban centers, but inequities in tree canopy distribution are primarily studied in major cities. However, a new study of the Chicago region found that the highest level of tree canopy inequity was in the suburbs.
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Suburban Chicago has greater tree canopy inequity than the city, study finds

Michigan races to extend public water ahead of huge toxic plume

Michigan races to extend public water ahead of huge toxic plume
Great Lakes Commission
Michigan estimates more than 13 trillion gallons of Antrim County groundwater have been contaminated with TCE, a carcinogen used as a solvent to degrease metal parts, due to pollution left […]
Michigan estimates more than 13 trillion gallons of Antrim County groundwater have been contaminated with TCE, a carcinogen used as a solvent to degrease metal parts, due to pollution left […]
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Michigan races to extend public water ahead of huge toxic plume

Invasive crayfish found in SW Michigan. What to do if you find one

Invasive crayfish found in SW Michigan. What to do if you find one
Great Lakes Commission
Invasive red swamp crayfish have been found in southwest Michigan’s Cass County for the first time, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said on Wednesday. Read the full story by […]
Invasive red swamp crayfish have been found in southwest Michigan’s Cass County for the first time, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said on Wednesday. Read the full story by […]
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Invasive crayfish found in SW Michigan. What to do if you find one

Man charged with discharging sewage into Lake Michigan, impersonating a federal officer

Man charged with discharging sewage into Lake Michigan, impersonating a federal officer
Great Lakes Echo
By Eric Freedman A Michigan man faces trial later this fall on charges of illegally discharging sewage into Lake Michigan, illegally using Coast Guard insignia and impersonating a federal officer.
By Eric Freedman A Michigan man faces trial later this fall on charges of illegally discharging sewage into Lake Michigan, illegally using Coast Guard insignia and impersonating a federal officer.
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Copperwood mine plan proceeds near Lake Superior, Porcupine Mountains

Copperwood mine plan proceeds near Lake Superior, Porcupine Mountains
Great Lakes Commission
A Canadian mining company’s proposed copper mine less than two miles upstream from Lake Superior in Gogebic County, Michigan, is nearing all required permitting approvals and recently received a $50 […]
A Canadian mining company’s proposed copper mine less than two miles upstream from Lake Superior in Gogebic County, Michigan, is nearing all required permitting approvals and recently received a $50 […]
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Copperwood mine plan proceeds near Lake Superior, Porcupine Mountains

The Red Cliff Band and the future of the Apostle Islands

The Red Cliff Band and the future of the Apostle Islands
Great Lakes Commission
Tribal leaders in the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and others living in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, question a federal bill to redesignate the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore as […]
Tribal leaders in the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and others living in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, question a federal bill to redesignate the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore as […]
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The Red Cliff Band and the future of the Apostle Islands

Olive L. Moore/Menominee brings 172 years of maritime history to Ludington

Olive L. Moore/Menominee brings 172 years of maritime history to Ludington
Great Lakes Commission
One of the oldest working vessel combinations on the Great Lakes arrived in Ludington, Michigan, this week as the 98-year-old tug Olive L. Moore pushed the 74-year-old self-unloading barge Menominee […]
One of the oldest working vessel combinations on the Great Lakes arrived in Ludington, Michigan, this week as the 98-year-old tug Olive L. Moore pushed the 74-year-old self-unloading barge Menominee […]
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Olive L. Moore/Menominee brings 172 years of maritime history to Ludington

Research vessel Arcticus takes refuge in Ludington as Lake Michigan gale builds

Research vessel Arcticus takes refuge in Ludington as Lake Michigan gale builds
Great Lakes Commission
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 […]
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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Research vessel Arcticus takes refuge in Ludington as Lake Michigan gale builds

Line 5 reopens after spill despite DNR warning

Line 5 reopens after spill despite DNR warning
Great Lakes Commission
The Line 5 oil and natural gas pipeline across northern Wisconsin went back online Monday, three weeks after a broken valve caused 1.3 million gallons of natural gas liquids to […]
The Line 5 oil and natural gas pipeline across northern Wisconsin went back online Monday, three weeks after a broken valve caused 1.3 million gallons of natural gas liquids to […]
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Line 5 reopens after spill despite DNR warning

DuPage Water Commission gets more federal money for new Lake Michigan water project

DuPage Water Commission gets more federal money for new Lake Michigan water project
Great Lakes Commission
The DuPage Water Commission has received another $500,000 from the federal government for a plan to build a $6 billion system to draw water from Lake Michigan to residents in […]
The DuPage Water Commission has received another $500,000 from the federal government for a plan to build a $6 billion system to draw water from Lake Michigan to residents in […]
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DuPage Water Commission gets more federal money for new Lake Michigan water pro…

Warning: Leave threatened venomous snake alone

Warning: Leave threatened venomous snake alone
Great Lakes Echo
By Anna Barnes The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking the public to stop harassing the threatened eastern massasauga rattlesnake - the only native venomous snake in the state.
By Anna Barnes The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking the public to stop harassing the threatened eastern massasauga rattlesnake - the only native venomous snake in the state.
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Warning: Leave threatened venomous snake alone
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