The Environmental Integrity Project released a report looking at pollution levels in waterways and bodies of water in all 50 states. Read the full story by the Midland Daily News.
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Conservation group to buy Lake Superior’s largest privately-owned island
The Nature Conservancy of Canada has made a deal to buy Batchewana Island in Lake Superior north of Sault Ste. Marie to protect it from development. It is Lake Superior’s largest privately-owned island and has 27 kilometres of shoreline and more than 2,000 hectares of forests and wetlands. Read the full story by CTV News….
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