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Before heavy industry began to recede due to globalization and economic restructuring, it became apparent that we couldn't continue to ignore one of our most important natural assets
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Rep. Collene Lamonte and Michigan League of Conservation Voters' West Michigan Office Director Patty Birkholz said that their proposed legislation would remedy changes to dunes law passed by the legislature and signed by Gov. Rick Snyder in 2012.
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Although western Lake Erie will have algae floating through October, the odds of it becoming a dense mat with toxins strong enough to cause a repeat of what happened around Toledo's water intake fade more every day, a Great Lakes expert said.
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The arrival of the oil tanker Minerva Gloria in the port of Sorel-Tracy Sunday opened a new chapter in the ongoing efforts of Quèbeckers to resist shipments of diluted bitumen crude oil from Alberta through their communities.
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The Tregurtha was departing with a full load of coal when it failed to negotiate the turn toward the Aerial Lift Bridge.
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Unlike Gulf of Mexico communities and those along the Atlantic coast, communities on the shores of the Great Lakes are unlikely to be devastated by hurricanes or massive oil spills. However, there are certainly risks here in the basin. There is also plenty of evidence of resilience.
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Remember the Love Canal? Just up the road from that notorious toxic neighbourhood in New York state, there's a new plan to dump more poisonous waste, including radioactive material, right near Lake Ontario and on an earthquake fault line.
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Canadian scientists say they've found 2-millimeter plastic microbeads widely distributed along the bottom of the St. Lawrence River.
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Sept. 22-26 is SepticSmart Week! One-quarter of all U.S. homes have septic systems. If you're not properly maintaining your septic system, you're not only hurting the environment and groundwater resources, you're putting your health at risk. Learn more at EPA's SepticSmart website!
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the school represents the continued development of Milwaukee's water cluster. It also symbolizes the potential for economic growth, jobs and revitalization that can flow from partnerships that apply high-end research to solving real-world problems.
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Conservation biologists have built the first artificial home for snakes in northern Michigan, and the biologists removed an entire dam to do it.
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More than 100 people attended a symposium in Port Huron, Mich., to discuss the latest research on water quality in the St. Clair River, including on-going rehabilitation efforts and challenges.
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Volunteers will be combing the beaches of Lake Michigan this weekend, picking up trash along the shore in the annual Adopt-A-Beach event taking place across five states.
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The 2014 Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting is an opportunity for Great Lakes stakeholders to convene with colleagues and share perspectives on important Great Lakes issues. This year's meeting takes place in Buffalo, N.Y., on Sept. 29-30. Register now!
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Experts who focus on the quality of the Great Lakes gathered recently to discuss the latest threats to the region's most precious resource. High on their list is concern over plastic microbeads.
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Conservation biologists have built the first artificial home for snakes in northern Michigan. And they removed an entire dam to do it.
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The symposium looked at what's been done to the river, on-going rehabilitation efforts and challenges
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Volunteers are still needed to help clean up Lake Michigan beaches this weekend.
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Work could start this fall on a nearly two mile-long earthen berm through a northeastern Indiana marsh that's considered a possible pathway for Asian carp to reach the Great Lakes.
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Ocean-going ships through the St. Lawrence Seaway have more than made up for the ice-locked start of this year's shipping season, and in spite of rain delays are now ahead of last year's overall pace.
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Telling Our Stories: Wisconsin Wetlands Association's 20th Anniversary Wetland Science Conference will take place Feb. 24-26 in Madison, Wis. Attendees will be a part of defining and developing the way our region understands, manages, and communicates about our important wetland and water resources.
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Top leaders from Monroe and Wayne counties in N.Y. voiced their strong opposition to a plan that would change regulatory guidelines for the Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River highs and lows.
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Ocean-going ships through the St. Lawrence Seaway have more than made up for the ice-locked start of this year's shipping season, and in spite of rain delays are now ahead of last year's overall pace.
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At a luncheon this week during the Ohio State University Farm Science Review, an annual agriculture trade show, OSU's Dean of the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences outlined work that's already begun to address the root causes of Lake Erie phosphorus pollution.

Lake Ontario south shore lawmakers urge John Kerry to block Plan 2014
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Set to replace a half-century-old water regulation plan, the U.S.-Canadian International Joint Commission's "Plan 2014" proposal has drawn criticism from eastern and southern lakeshore communities because of increased risks of flooding and coastal property damage.
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