Joliet water tank project comes in at twice the estimated cost, a $20 million difference

Joliet water tank project comes in at twice the estimated cost, a $20 million difference
Great Lakes Commission
The Joliet, Illinois, City Council on Tuesday approved a $41 million bid to build four tanks that will hold two days of water reserves once Joliet starts using Lake Michigan […]
The Joliet, Illinois, City Council on Tuesday approved a $41 million bid to build four tanks that will hold two days of water reserves once Joliet starts using Lake Michigan […]
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Oswego weighs interim financing as Lake Michigan loan remains delayed

Oswego weighs interim financing as Lake Michigan loan remains delayed
Great Lakes Commission
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

Gannon celebrates one year of CLEER at Blasco Library

Gannon celebrates one year of CLEER at Blasco Library
Great Lakes Commission
Gannon University marked one year since they opened their Center for Lake Erie Education and Research, or CLEER, in Erie, Pennsylvania. Since the site opened last October, more than 17,000 […]
Gannon University marked one year since they opened their Center for Lake Erie Education and Research, or CLEER, in Erie, Pennsylvania. Since the site opened last October, more than 17,000 […]
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Gannon celebrates one year of CLEER at Blasco Library

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

Could lake sturgeon live 400 years? Local project aims to protect ancient fish

Could lake sturgeon live 400 years? Local project aims to protect ancient fish
Great Lakes Commission
New research suggests lake sturgeon in the Great Lakes may live more than 200 years, with some potentially reaching 300 to 400 years, while their populations have declined to about […]
New research suggests lake sturgeon in the Great Lakes may live more than 200 years, with some potentially reaching 300 to 400 years, while their populations have declined to about […]
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Could lake sturgeon live 400 years? Local project aims to protect ancient fish

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

How El Niño Could Affect Fall Colors in the Great Lakes Region

How El Niño Could Affect Fall Colors in the Great Lakes Region
Great Lakes Echo
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva This year, El Niño could delay fall color in the Great Lakes region.
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva This year, El Niño could delay fall color in the Great Lakes region.
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How El Niño Could Affect Fall Colors in the Great Lakes Region

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

Emergency agencies expand options for getting info to the public

Emergency agencies expand options for getting info to the public
Great Lakes Echo
By Katee Tompkins Emergency warnings are designed to reach all Michigan residents, whether through a cellphone alert, television broadcast or weather radio, but ensuring those messages are accessible to people with disabilities, limited English proficiency and limited access to technology often requires additional efforts.
By Katee Tompkins Emergency warnings are designed to reach all Michigan residents, whether through a cellphone alert, television broadcast or weather radio, but ensuring those messages are accessible to people with disabilities, limited English proficiency and limited access to technology often requires additional efforts.
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Emergency agencies expand options for getting info to the public

Activists resist efforts to eliminate some air pollution data from Detroit’s records

Activists resist efforts to eliminate some air pollution data from Detroit’s records
Great Lakes Echo
By Marissa Gonzalez Some environmental experts and activists in Detroit are concerned about a Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy request to the EPA to exclude air pollution data for 21 days with high levels of wildfire smoke.
By Marissa Gonzalez Some environmental experts and activists in Detroit are concerned about a Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy request to the EPA to exclude air pollution data for 21 days with high levels of wildfire smoke.
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Activists resist efforts to eliminate some air pollution data from Detroit’s re…
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