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Great Lakes
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion: Water management is crucial to protecting Michigan’s environment
How we develop land in Michigan now will have a huge impact on flooding in the future.
Posted inThe Center for Michigan
Watch Bridge Book Club talk on ‘The Death and Life of the Great Lakes’
On Wednesday, journalist and author Dan Egan joined Bridge Michigan for a discussion of his award-winning book. Watch the recording here.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Water wars: Should Michigan worry about water diverted from Great Lakes?
Only a few small communities in the Great Lakes Basin have sought water diversions. But with climate change, some fear that increasingly parched swaths of the U.S. will seek access to the fresh water that surrounds us.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Scientists find more complexity in microplastics polluting the Great Lakes
New research suggests that microplastics act like a chemical sponge, soaking up contaminants such as persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals. Those chemicals, in turn, appear to be causing deformities in larval fish.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Judge: Traverse City needs voter approval for FishPass river project
A judge ruled Thursday that the $19.3 million project, which would allow scientists to test technology that allows some fish to pass through a dam on the Boardman River while others are kept out, can’t proceed without voters’ consent.
Posted inThe Center for Michigan
Bridge Book Club to read ‘The Death and Life of the Great Lakes’ in May
Award-winning journalism Dan Egan will join Bridge Michigan for a discussion of his book, a portrait of ecological threats to the Great Lakes. Join us on Zoom from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on May 26.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
A big fight in Lansing over fishing rules on the Great Lakes
With Great Lakes whitefish in decline, commercial fishers say they’re fighting for survival against state rules that would put them out of business. But recreational fishing advocates say the commercial trade needs more regulation.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Meet the Michigander who's advising Biden on environmental justice
President Joe Biden has promised to combat systems that unfairly burden communities of color with pollution and other threats. Kyle Whyte, a University of Michigan professor, environmental justice scholar and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, has been tapped to help shape the White House’s strategy.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Rapids return means fish returns
Restoring one of the rapids is helping diverse fish species recover in the river that connects lakes Superior and Huron, according to a recent study.