How seeds from the past are saving a unique flower of the Great Lakes

How seeds from the past are saving a unique flower of the Great Lakes
Great Lakes Echo

By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva

More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted just 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle in the sandy dunes of the Great Lakes. At the time, no one knew if the new populations would survive. Today, three decades later, the restored populations are thriving and spreading.

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By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva

More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted just 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle in the sandy dunes of the Great Lakes. At the time, no one knew if the new populations would survive. Today, three decades later, the restored populations are thriving and spreading.

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How seeds from the past are saving a unique flower of the Great Lakes

Some roads reopen in southern Bruce County, but squalls persist

Some roads reopen in southern Bruce County, but squalls persist
The Lucknow Sentinel
Snow squall warnings were continuing across Grey-Bruce on Wednesday morning, although some roads that had been closed the past two days were beginning to reopen. South Bruce OPP issued an advisory just before 9 a.m. that Hwy. 21 between Kincardine and Amberley, Hwy. 9 between Kincardine and Walkerton and Bruce Rd. 23 between Lorne Beach […]
Snow squall warnings were continuing across Grey-Bruce on Wednesday morning, although some roads that had been closed the past two days were beginning to reopen. South Bruce OPP issued an advisory just before 9 a.m. that Hwy. 21 between Kincardine and Amberley, Hwy. 9 between Kincardine and Walkerton and Bruce Rd. 23 between Lorne Beach […]
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Some roads reopen in southern Bruce County, but squalls persist

How pink salmon made it to the Great Lakes. And why they get so big there

How pink salmon made it to the Great Lakes. And why they get so big there
Great Lakes Commission
Pink salmon hail from the Pacific Northwest but were stocked in Lake Superior in 1956. By 1979 the species had spread throughout the Great Lakes. Read the full story by […]
Pink salmon hail from the Pacific Northwest but were stocked in Lake Superior in 1956. By 1979 the species had spread throughout the Great Lakes. Read the full story by […]
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How pink salmon made it to the Great Lakes. And why they get so big there

Great Lakes volatility on display. Why ocean waves are less risky.

Great Lakes volatility on display. Why ocean waves are less risky.
Great Lakes Commission
Gale force winds producing waves not seen since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975 are hitting the Great Lakes. Giant waves in some parts of Lake Superior were […]
Gale force winds producing waves not seen since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975 are hitting the Great Lakes. Giant waves in some parts of Lake Superior were […]
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Great Lakes volatility on display. Why ocean waves are less risky.

Lake Erie water levels changed by wind, reveal hidden items on bottom

Lake Erie water levels changed by wind, reveal hidden items on bottom
Great Lakes Commission
A bomb cyclone winter storm brought wind gusts over 50 mph to much of Michigan and those winds pushed water out of western Lake Erie in a massive way exposing […]
A bomb cyclone winter storm brought wind gusts over 50 mph to much of Michigan and those winds pushed water out of western Lake Erie in a massive way exposing […]
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Lake Erie water levels changed by wind, reveal hidden items on bottom

Anglers embrace ice on Lake Ontario

Anglers embrace ice on Lake Ontario
Great Lakes Commission
With so much ice and wind in the Great Lakes region, most people would think twice before heading outside for very long. But for others, the conditions are perfect. Read […]
With so much ice and wind in the Great Lakes region, most people would think twice before heading outside for very long. But for others, the conditions are perfect. Read […]
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Anglers embrace ice on Lake Ontario

Do the Great Lakes ever freeze over? See how much ice has formed

Do the Great Lakes ever freeze over? See how much ice has formed
Great Lakes Commission
The Great Lakes are roughly “on schedule” for their ice season and researchers have begun to track lake ice percentages daily. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.
The Great Lakes are roughly “on schedule” for their ice season and researchers have begun to track lake ice percentages daily. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.
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Do the Great Lakes ever freeze over? See how much ice has formed

Michigan scientists realize the state has a sixth Great Lake

Michigan scientists realize the state has a sixth Great Lake
Great Lakes Commission
New research and state analysis are reframing Michigan’s groundwater as one interconnected system, large enough to rival a Great Lake. Read the full story by The Sun Times News.
New research and state analysis are reframing Michigan’s groundwater as one interconnected system, large enough to rival a Great Lake. Read the full story by The Sun Times News.
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Michigan scientists realize the state has a sixth Great Lake

Ships remain stuck in the St. Lawrence Seaway, prolonging navigation season

Ships remain stuck in the St. Lawrence Seaway, prolonging navigation season
Great Lakes Commission
There are massive ships stuck in the St. Lawrence Seaway. Ice is building up around the locks between Lake Ontario and Montreal, making it difficult to impossible for ships to […]
There are massive ships stuck in the St. Lawrence Seaway. Ice is building up around the locks between Lake Ontario and Montreal, making it difficult to impossible for ships to […]
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Ships remain stuck in the St. Lawrence Seaway, prolonging navigation season

Ice boom installation delay sends heavy ice down Niagara River

Ice boom installation delay sends heavy ice down Niagara River
Great Lakes Commission
Large sheets and chunks of ice moved down the Niagara River along Fort Erie’s waterfront this week after work on the Lake Erie-Niagara River ice boom was delayed by severe […]
Large sheets and chunks of ice moved down the Niagara River along Fort Erie’s waterfront this week after work on the Lake Erie-Niagara River ice boom was delayed by severe […]
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Ice boom installation delay sends heavy ice down Niagara River
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