Lake Michigan’s ‘living dunes’ have a history of burying beach bathrooms, cottages and entire towns

Lake Michigan’s ‘living dunes’ have a history of burying beach bathrooms, cottages and entire towns
Great Lakes Commission
Years of sand migration on the 120-foot Mount Baldy within Indiana Dunes National Park have prompted a sand management and relocation program. This spring, crews are onsite to move about […]
Years of sand migration on the 120-foot Mount Baldy within Indiana Dunes National Park have prompted a sand management and relocation program. This spring, crews are onsite to move about […]
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Michigan mulls changes in elk hunt regulations

Michigan mulls changes in elk hunt regulations
Great Lakes Echo
The Michigan DNR received a record 47,493 applications for 260 elk licenses in 2025. The state is considering changes in its regulations for elk hunting season in Pigeon River Country State Forest and an area near Gaylord.
The Michigan DNR received a record 47,493 applications for 260 elk licenses in 2025. The state is considering changes in its regulations for elk hunting season in Pigeon River Country State Forest and an area near Gaylord.
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Michigan mulls changes in elk hunt regulations

As Canada increases military spending, London-area industry eyes major growth

As Canada increases military spending, London-area industry eyes major growth
The London Free Press
Canada’s embrace of a greater global military role is a win for industry in Southwestern Ontario that supplies the national defence sector. London and region boasts about 20 businesses employing roughly 4,000 workers in military-related industries and that number is rising, according to figures from the London Economic Development Corp (LEDC). NP Aerospace, a global […]
Canada’s embrace of a greater global military role is a win for industry in Southwestern Ontario that supplies the national defence sector. London and region boasts about 20 businesses employing roughly 4,000 workers in military-related industries and that number is rising, according to figures from the London Economic Development Corp (LEDC). NP Aerospace, a global […]
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As Canada increases military spending, London-area industry eyes major growth

Push on for bird habitat protection, expansion

Push on for bird habitat protection, expansion
Great Lakes Echo
By Akia Thrower The 2025 State of the Birds report, an evaluation of U.S. birds by conservation organizations, showed a continued decline in bird populations across the nation. The decline is largely due to the habitat loss of wetlands.
By Akia Thrower The 2025 State of the Birds report, an evaluation of U.S. birds by conservation organizations, showed a continued decline in bird populations across the nation. The decline is largely due to the habitat loss of wetlands.
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Push on for bird habitat protection, expansion

Wildlife stamps aim to improve conservation across the Great Lakes region

Wildlife stamps aim to improve conservation across the Great Lakes region
Great Lakes Echo
By Anna Ironside Postage stamps featuring wildlife are helping to fund conservation and bring awareness to communities about habitat protection throughout the Great Lakes region by centering species like the wood duck (Aix sponsa), wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and piping plover (Charadrius melodus).
By Anna Ironside Postage stamps featuring wildlife are helping to fund conservation and bring awareness to communities about habitat protection throughout the Great Lakes region by centering species like the wood duck (Aix sponsa), wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and piping plover (Charadrius melodus).
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Wildlife stamps aim to improve conservation across the Great Lakes region

Lake Michigan beach parking lot buried by moving sand dune, closes until June

Lake Michigan beach parking lot buried by moving sand dune, closes until June
Great Lakes Commission
The “living” sand dune along Lake Michigan has buried beach parking lot and infrastructure within Indiana Dunes National Park. Annually the dune sand moves about five to ten feet toward […]
The “living” sand dune along Lake Michigan has buried beach parking lot and infrastructure within Indiana Dunes National Park. Annually the dune sand moves about five to ten feet toward […]
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Lake Michigan beach parking lot buried by moving sand dune, closes until June

Stoneflies or leafhoppers: Which could become the official state insect?

Stoneflies or leafhoppers: Which could become the official state insect?
Great Lakes Echo
By Justin Fox Clausen Two insects are under consideration as Michigan's official state insect: the stonefly and, more recently, the Huron River leafhopper. The state is one of two in the country without an official insect.
By Justin Fox Clausen Two insects are under consideration as Michigan's official state insect: the stonefly and, more recently, the Huron River leafhopper. The state is one of two in the country without an official insect.
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Stoneflies or leafhoppers: Which could become the official state insect?

Closing down the Destination Inspection Service is a step backward

Closing down the Destination Inspection Service is a step backward
The Lucknow Sentinel
CPMA warns of short- and long-term ramifications including higher grocery costs
CPMA warns of short- and long-term ramifications including higher grocery costs
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Closing down the Destination Inspection Service is a step backward

Ontario budget leans on existing supports, limited new aid for key sectors

Ontario budget leans on existing supports, limited new aid for key sectors
The London Free Press
More than half of Ontario’s exports to the United States avoided tariffs under CUSMA.
More than half of Ontario’s exports to the United States avoided tariffs under CUSMA.
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Ontario budget leans on existing supports, limited new aid for key sectors

Calls grow for Ontario to slow conservation authority overhaul

Calls grow for Ontario to slow conservation authority overhaul
The London Free Press
Municipal leaders and stakeholder groups call for more consultation.
Municipal leaders and stakeholder groups call for more consultation.
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Calls grow for Ontario to slow conservation authority overhaul

Navigating grief in rural areas the focus of upcoming Gateway webinar

Navigating grief in rural areas the focus of upcoming Gateway webinar
The Lucknow Sentinel
The online session "Grief We Carry and Roles We Inherit: Mental Wellness in Rural Families" takes place April 14.
The online session "Grief We Carry and Roles We Inherit: Mental Wellness in Rural Families" takes place April 14.
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Navigating grief in rural areas the focus of upcoming Gateway webinar

Mahon: Cattle rations again pressured by human bandwagons

Mahon: Cattle rations again pressured by human bandwagons
The Lucknow Sentinel
The lines of an illogical human universe are intersecting at the back end of the common cow.
The lines of an illogical human universe are intersecting at the back end of the common cow.
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Mahon: Cattle rations again pressured by human bandwagons
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