In the new PC game Great Lakes Simulator, players can sail the full length of Lake Huron and Lake Superior on a virtual freighter for an immersive experience. Read the full story by the Port Huron Times Herald.
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DEC announces competitive grant program for Finger Lakes watersheds
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has made awards ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 available for local communities to restore and protect water quality in the Finger Lakes watershed. The grants are supported by the state’s Environmental Protection Fund and administered through the DEC’s Finger Lakes Watershed Grant Program. Read the full story…
PFAS News Roundup: MIT chemists designed a sensor that detects PFAS
Keep up with PFAS-related developments in the Great Lakes area with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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A bill to secure industry use of toxic PFAS is dead – for now.
Kincardine Bulldogs feature local players
By Doug Kennedy When you have good local players on your PJHL team, it helps you in a lot of ways. In the past, when the Kincardine Bulldogs had strong … Continue reading Kincardine Bulldogs feature local players →
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Coal ash contaminating groundwater near Joliet to stay, despite residents’ and activists’ concerns
Joliet, Illinois, a city of about 150,000 people southwest of Chicago, has long depended on a deep sandstone aquifer for drinking water – an increasingly strained resource that city officials hope to supplement with a billion-dollar pipeline from Lake Michigan.
But while this highly publicized search for a new source of municipal water unfolds, some residents who rely on private well water face a different threat.
Lake Superior, known for icy waters, one of the fastest warming lakes in the world
Researchers at the Large Lakes Observatory at University of Minnesota Duluth say Lake Superior has warmed one degree per decade since the 1980s, making it one of the fastest-warming lakes in the world. Read the full story by WCCO-TV – Minneapolis, MN. Read the full story
Jellyfish discovered in Island Lake Recreation Area pond near Brighton
Despite being some of the sea’s most exotic creatures, jellyfish have become an increasingly common sight in the Great Lakes region, including near Brighton, Michigan. Read the full story by FOX 2- TV – Detroit, MI. Read the full story