Great Lakes records fourth lowest ice cover in 50 years. How will that continue to impact us?

New Ohio Sea Grant research indicates nocturnal migrating songbirds might rely on archipelagos like North, Middle and South Bass islands on Lake Erie as a navigation aid or resting place. Read the full story by The Beacon. Read the full story

Nine years after the water contamination in Flint, Michigan, devastated communities, some residents say they are still grappling with long-term health issues. ABC News has spoken with multiple mothers who claim that their children are still suffering from the effects of the water crisis nine years ago. Read the full story by ABC News. Read…

Wisconsin’s Lower Fox River that flows into the bay of Green Bay was one of the many places throughout the Great Lakes polluted with polychlorinated biphenyls. A new book examines the battles behind one of the largest, most divisive PCB river cleanups in history. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Read the full…

In Michigan, federal, state, and tribal trustees have come up with an extensive plan to spend some of the last of the money from two huge settlements to restore land in the Saginaw Bay watershed. The drafts of the plans are up for public review.  Read and listen to the full story by Michigan Radio….