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Traverse City Michigan and the Environment

  • traverse city fresh water
  • February 6, 2011
There is a tendency for us in the northern lands of Hemingway to feign a righteously warm love of all things green and blue. The attitude says hey:...
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Wooden snow fences signal transition to winter at Grand Haven State Park

The installation of wooden snow fencing across the Grand Haven State Park beachfront almost always stirs up pangs of nostalgia that come with the...
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77 years to clean up the Great Lakes

  • News
  • September 16, 2009
A new federal report by the inspector general details that, at the current pace, the most polluted sites of the Great Lakes won't be cleaned up for...
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DDT traces in Great Lakes fish can cause diabetes

A new study released in July's issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives has linked toxins from Lake Michigan fish to diabetes. The...
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Great Lakes restoration open to the public

Have a bone to pick with anything regarding the Great Lakes, from beaching to clean water? Pick it now!The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a...
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The drugged-out truth about Chicago's drinking water

Who doesn't like a little testosterone in their drinking water? Or how about nicotine, or caffeine? Or perhaps a cocktail of pharmaceuticals to go...
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Great Lakes boss named to head restoration efforts

Chicagoland advocate Cameron Davis was assigned to fill a new federal post leading a major Great Lakes clean-up task force by Lisa Madigan, head of...
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