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

Call for more air quality monitors in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Call for more air quality monitors in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Great Lakes Echo
By Naomi Maxwell The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has only two air quality monitors in the Upper Peninsula, one near Marquette and the other in Seney National Wildlife Refuge. The Michigan Environmental Council and other organizations say that’s too few to protect public health in light of worsening wildfires and wildfire smoke.
By Naomi Maxwell The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has only two air quality monitors in the Upper Peninsula, one near Marquette and the other in Seney National Wildlife Refuge. The Michigan Environmental Council and other organizations say that’s too few to protect public health in light of worsening wildfires and wildfire smoke.
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Call for more air quality monitors in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Wisconsin successfully restores habitat for piping plovers after 49 years with no sightings

Wisconsin successfully restores habitat for piping plovers after 49 years with no sightings
Great Lakes Echo
By Anna Wildman A stretch of Lake Superior beach in northern Wisconsin will remain closed to the public next spring and summer with the hopes of luring back a nesting pair of endangered piping plovers, which were recently spotted there for the first time in nearly a half century.
By Anna Wildman A stretch of Lake Superior beach in northern Wisconsin will remain closed to the public next spring and summer with the hopes of luring back a nesting pair of endangered piping plovers, which were recently spotted there for the first time in nearly a half century.
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Wisconsin successfully restores habitat for piping plovers after 49 years with …

Billions more dollars are pouring into the Great Lakes region’s nuclear plants

Billions more dollars are pouring into the Great Lakes region’s nuclear plants
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Billions of dollars in federal loans are being put towards upgrades to generators, turbines, and other systems at nuclear reactors in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. Read the full story by […]
Billions of dollars in federal loans are being put towards upgrades to generators, turbines, and other systems at nuclear reactors in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. Read the full story by […]
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Billions more dollars are pouring into the Great Lakes region’s nuclear plants

Great Lakes Commission calls for continued action to address harmful algal blooms and water workforce challenges

Great Lakes Commission calls for continued action to address harmful algal blooms and water workforce challenges
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Ann Arbor, Mich. – At its 2026 Annual Meeting, held last week in Toronto, the Great Lakes Commission (GLC) highlighted opportunities for binational collaboration and
Ann Arbor, Mich. – At its 2026 Annual Meeting, held last week in Toronto, the Great Lakes Commission (GLC) highlighted opportunities for binational collaboration and
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Great Lakes Commission calls for continued action to address harmful algal bloo…

Oswego looks at financing options for Lake Michigan water project work

Oswego looks at financing options for Lake Michigan water project work
Great Lakes Commission
Oswego, Illinois, is exploring alternative financing options for its Lake Michigan water project amid uncertainty over the timing of a planned federal loan, which could be delayed by the government […]
Oswego, Illinois, is exploring alternative financing options for its Lake Michigan water project amid uncertainty over the timing of a planned federal loan, which could be delayed by the government […]
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Oswego looks at financing options for Lake Michigan water project work

Michigan may adopt grey wolf hunting season if federal protections are lifted

Michigan may adopt grey wolf hunting season if federal protections are lifted
Great Lakes Echo
By Alexander Boesch President Trump has ordered the U.S. Department of the Interior to consider removing the grey wolf from the federal Endangered Species List. If that happens, some Republican state lawmakers want Michigan to authorize a hunting and trapping season.
By Alexander Boesch President Trump has ordered the U.S. Department of the Interior to consider removing the grey wolf from the federal Endangered Species List. If that happens, some Republican state lawmakers want Michigan to authorize a hunting and trapping season.
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Michigan may adopt grey wolf hunting season if federal protections are lifted

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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Oswego weighs interim financing as Lake Michigan loan remains delayed

Oswego weighs interim financing as Lake Michigan loan remains delayed
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Local officials in Oswego, Illinois, are considering longer-term interim financing for the village’s Lake Michigan water connection as approval of a federal WIFIA loan continues to take longer than expected […]
Local officials in Oswego, Illinois, are considering longer-term interim financing for the village’s Lake Michigan water connection as approval of a federal WIFIA loan continues to take longer than expected […]
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Oswego weighs interim financing as Lake Michigan loan remains delayed

State of Michigan announces $89 million for waterway cleanup

State of Michigan announces $89 million for waterway cleanup
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Michigan is putting $89 million toward cleaning up the Detroit and Kalamazoo Rivers and related waterways. Federal, state, and local officials met in Detroit Thursday afternoon to announce the Reclaim […]
Michigan is putting $89 million toward cleaning up the Detroit and Kalamazoo Rivers and related waterways. Federal, state, and local officials met in Detroit Thursday afternoon to announce the Reclaim […]
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State of Michigan announces $89 million for waterway cleanup

Walberg introduces bi-partisan Regional Great Lakes Partnership Act

Walberg introduces bi-partisan Regional Great Lakes Partnership Act
Great Lakes Commission
U.S. Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-05) joined lawmakers from Michigan and Ohio to introduce the bipartisan Regional Great Lakes Partnership Act to enhance federal conservation and research support by officially designating […]
U.S. Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-05) joined lawmakers from Michigan and Ohio to introduce the bipartisan Regional Great Lakes Partnership Act to enhance federal conservation and research support by officially designating […]
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Walberg introduces bi-partisan Regional Great Lakes Partnership Act

The Red Cliff Band and the future of the Apostle Islands

The Red Cliff Band and the future of the Apostle Islands
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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
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