Volunteers help scoop out bugs to assess quality of Lake Superior watershed

Volunteers help scoop out bugs to assess quality of Lake Superior watershed
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In Ashland, Wisconsin, the Superior Rivers Watershed Association is recruiting citizen scientists to help biologists identify macroinvertebrates — or, unscientifically, bugs — in Lake Superior tributaries. Read the full story […]
In Ashland, Wisconsin, the Superior Rivers Watershed Association is recruiting citizen scientists to help biologists identify macroinvertebrates — or, unscientifically, bugs — in Lake Superior tributaries. Read the full story […]
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Volunteers help scoop out bugs to assess quality of Lake Superior watershed

Great Lakes senators call on Trump to stop delaying invasive carp barrier

Great Lakes senators call on Trump to stop delaying invasive carp barrier
Great Lakes Commission
Five senators from Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin are warning the Trump administration that any more delays to a $1.15 billion barrier project to keep invasive carp out of Lake Michigan […]
Five senators from Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin are warning the Trump administration that any more delays to a $1.15 billion barrier project to keep invasive carp out of Lake Michigan […]
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Great Lakes senators call on Trump to stop delaying invasive carp barrier

Watch lake sturgeon ride an elevator at an Upper Peninsula hydroelectric dam

Watch lake sturgeon ride an elevator at an Upper Peninsula hydroelectric dam
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Fisheries experts began using a fish elevator at the Menominee Dam in Wisconsin in 2015 to help bolster the Great Lakes sturgeon population. Researchers work together each spring and fall […]
Fisheries experts began using a fish elevator at the Menominee Dam in Wisconsin in 2015 to help bolster the Great Lakes sturgeon population. Researchers work together each spring and fall […]
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Watch lake sturgeon ride an elevator at an Upper Peninsula hydroelectric dam

Line 5 reopens after spill despite DNR warning

Line 5 reopens after spill despite DNR warning
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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

Just outside U.P., cleanup continues weeks after Line 5 pipeline spill

Just outside U.P., cleanup continues weeks after Line 5 pipeline spill
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An Aug. 25 accident on Enbridge’s controversial oil and gas pipeline Line 5 in northeast Wisconsin — only a few miles from the border with Michigan’s Upper Peninsula — was […]
An Aug. 25 accident on Enbridge’s controversial oil and gas pipeline Line 5 in northeast Wisconsin — only a few miles from the border with Michigan’s Upper Peninsula — was […]
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Just outside U.P., cleanup continues weeks after Line 5 pipeline spill

UW-Superior’s floating classroom and research lab sets sail to campus

UW-Superior’s floating classroom and research lab sets sail to campus
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UW-Superior’s new two-level teaching and research vessel, the Sadie Ann, set sail for Superior on August 30. After a roughly 40-day trip, its arrival culminates a yearslong effort initiated by […]
UW-Superior’s new two-level teaching and research vessel, the Sadie Ann, set sail for Superior on August 30. After a roughly 40-day trip, its arrival culminates a yearslong effort initiated by […]
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UW-Superior’s floating classroom and research lab sets sail to campus

Historical forest biodiversity changes conservation efforts

Historical forest biodiversity changes conservation efforts
Great Lakes Echo
By Akia Thrower A recent study uncovers the changes within historical tree biodiversity hotspots, which has implications for new conservation efforts in forested areas of concern.
By Akia Thrower A recent study uncovers the changes within historical tree biodiversity hotspots, which has implications for new conservation efforts in forested areas of concern.
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Historical forest biodiversity changes conservation efforts

After decades of pollution, St. Louis River Estuary moves closer to recovery

After decades of pollution, St. Louis River Estuary moves closer to recovery
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For over a century, the St. Louis River Estuary had a bad reputation due to years of wastewater dumping and industrialization. Since being designated as an area of concern, state […]
For over a century, the St. Louis River Estuary had a bad reputation due to years of wastewater dumping and industrialization. Since being designated as an area of concern, state […]
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After decades of pollution, St. Louis River Estuary moves closer to recovery

Milwaukee court reverses Shorewood Lake Michigan beach access ruling

Milwaukee court reverses Shorewood Lake Michigan beach access ruling
Great Lakes Commission
A Milwaukee County circuit judge has reversed a lower-court decision in a closely watched Lake Michigan shoreline access case, a ruling that could influence how Wisconsin courts interpret the public’s […]
A Milwaukee County circuit judge has reversed a lower-court decision in a closely watched Lake Michigan shoreline access case, a ruling that could influence how Wisconsin courts interpret the public’s […]
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Milwaukee court reverses Shorewood Lake Michigan beach access ruling

Bald eagles help scientists map ‘forever chemicals’ in the Great Lakes region

Bald eagles help scientists map ‘forever chemicals’ in the Great Lakes region
Great Lakes Echo
By Bauyrzhan Zhaxylykov Bald eagles are helping scientists uncover where per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, contamination may be coming from across Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region.
By Bauyrzhan Zhaxylykov Bald eagles are helping scientists uncover where per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, contamination may be coming from across Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region.
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Bald eagles help scientists map ‘forever chemicals’ in the Great Lakes region

American Patriot cruise visits generate about $63K in economic impact

American Patriot cruise visits generate about $63K in economic impact
Great Lakes Commission
The cruise ships that stopped in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, this summer generated nearly $63,000 in economic impact, according to estimates from the area’s tourism center. Read the full story by the […]
The cruise ships that stopped in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, this summer generated nearly $63,000 in economic impact, according to estimates from the area’s tourism center. Read the full story by the […]
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American Patriot cruise visits generate about $63K in economic impact

Wisconsin DNR asks Enbridge to pause pipeline rerouting after Line 5 spill

Wisconsin DNR asks Enbridge to pause pipeline rerouting after Line 5 spill
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has asked Enbridge to halt pipeline rerouting work after a natural gas liquids spill near Saxon, Wisconsin. The department also asked for Enbridge’s timeline […]
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has asked Enbridge to halt pipeline rerouting work after a natural gas liquids spill near Saxon, Wisconsin. The department also asked for Enbridge’s timeline […]
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Wisconsin DNR asks Enbridge to pause pipeline rerouting after Line 5 spill
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