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JEWEL OF THE GREAT LAKES: Keeping our waters clean, one butt at a time

By Darby Hinkley, The Alpena News

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ALPENA — In her experience picking up litter along the Lake Huron shoreline, Meag Schwartz has seen a whole lot of cigarette butts.

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JEWEL OF THE GREAT LAKES: Group battles invasive species

By Steve Schulwitz, The Alpena News

This article is part of a collaboration between The Alpena News and Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television to bring audiences stories about the Great Lakes, especially Lake Huron and its watershed.

ALPENA – Aquatic invasive species continue to spread and threaten the ecosystem in the waterways near Alpena, local environmental professionals say.

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JEWEL OF THE GREAT LAKES: Keeping pollutants out

By Julie Riddle, The Alpena News

This article is part of a collaboration between The Alpena News and Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television to bring audiences stories about the Great Lakes, especially Lake Huron and its watershed.

ALPENA — Spring showers may bring spring flowers, but they can also carry pollutants into the lake that provides Alpena’s drinking water and many tourism dollars.

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$3.7M grant to aid Lafarge port upgrades

By Julie Riddle, The Alpena News

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ALPENA – An Alpena company will snag a piece of more than $241 million in grants awarded to upgrade U.S.

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SS Badger makes final Lake Michigan crossing of season

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LUDINGTON (AP) — The SS Badger backed into its dock Oct.

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SCUBAnauts enjoy first Great Lakes dive in Alpena

By Darby Hinkley, The Alpena News

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ALPENA — These teens have a lot of experience diving, but, until this month, none of them had any experience diving in any of The Great Lakes.

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BEN is back! Autonomous vessel launches into Lake Huron from Rogers City, Michigan

By Darby Hinkley/The Alpena News

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ROGERS CITY — BEN gets around.

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Ship-top vaccinations help keep freighters hauling

By Julie Riddle, The Alpena News

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ALPENA — Sailors aboard Great Lakes freighters got a shot in the arm when nurses in Sault Ste.

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Marine archaeology research crew up from University of Texas

By Darby Hinkley, The Alpena News

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ALPENA — A trio of researchers who have been studying the Alpena-Amberley Ridge are joined this month by a group of undergraduate students from the University of Texas at Arlington.

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Outside help available for oil spill, other large-scale emergencies

By Julie Riddle, The Alpena News

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ALPENA — If an oil spill oozed its way to Thunder Bay and onto the shores of Alpena, local responders wouldn’t have the needed equipment on hand to stop it.

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As Line 5 debate continues, residents weigh risks to shorelines, economies

By Julie Riddle, The Alpena News

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ALPENA — In six days, oil escaping from under the Straits of Mackinac could reach Rogers City.

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