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By Grace Jenkins Indiana Dunes National Park is among the country’s five “lesser known national parks to add to your bucket list,” according to National Geographic.  With 2.7 million visitors in 2023, the park ranks 36th in attendance among 393 national parks, monuments and historic sites. Credited for its striking plant and bird diversity, the […]

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By Eric Freedman A Detroit-built sailing ship that sank in Lake Michigan during an 1864 storm has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The three-masted Mojave, only 1 year old at the time, went down in heavy weather while northbound on the route from Chicago to Buffalo with a load of grain. […]

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Ten Great Lakes Echo reporters recently scored honors in the 2023 Michigan Press Association’s College Better Newspaper Contest. 

They were recognized in nine categories. The environmental publication swept two categories - feature story and column-review - and won the open categories for best writer and best multi-media story.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2024/03/15/great-lakes-echo-reporters-honored-with-michigan-press-association-awards/

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Reporting on environmental problems and controversies remains a perilous endeavor, as demonstrated by a series of incidents around the globe.

Journalists are physically assaulted, jailed, interrogated by police, kidnapped, fired, sued for libel, harassed and even murdered for seeking to expose environmental crimes

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Michigan’s population is less healthy than the national average, ranking below most other states, including its Midwestern neighbors, in premature death rates, infant mortality rates and access to health care. 

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/10/16/states-public-health-ranks-low-study-finds/

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Lianne Leddy grew up with stories of the uranium mining that poisoned her Anishinaabek community in Ontario.

Now, she’s retelling these stories through Serpent River Resurgence, her new book based on documents and interviews from family and friends who lived through the environmental crisis.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/10/03/serpent-river-resurgence-documents-uranium-pollution-of-first-nation-community/

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Michigan’s return rate on bottles and cans, which stood at nearly 89 percent before the pandemic, has plummeted below 76 percent.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/07/05/michigan-bottle-return-rate-fell-after-pandemic-ban-would-price-hike-help/

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By Eric Freedman A Frankfort, Michigan, man has been arrested on federal charges of vandalism and tampering at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore by diverting water from the Platte River within the park. Andrew Howard faces up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine if convicted. He also could be ordered to pay […]

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/06/15/arrest-made-in-sleeping-bear-dunes-vandalism-case/

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Other proposals that the state Department of Transportation and legislators are looking into include converting some highways into toll roads.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/04/13/mileage-based-road-tax-ideas-could-stall-out-over-privacy-concerns/

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They encourage contributors to address practical issues with real environmental or social implications, rather than tackling big general or theoretical questions about our relationship to nature.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/04/11/new-book-gets-in-the-weeds-with-environmental-ethics/

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Habitat restoration can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, years of time and the collaborative effort of engineers, scientists and designers. It may be better to just start from scratch. 

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/04/04/creating-habitat-to-help-fish-reproduce-is-costlier-but-more-effective-than-restoring-it/

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Strengthening the laws would be instrumental to us as we think about the future of this state and what is going to attract and retain people here.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/03/22/polluter-pay-laws-could-return-under-democratic-majority/

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Founded in 1986, Friends of the Rouge is a grassroots organization dedicated to improving the Rouge watershed through hands-on restoration, stewardship and education.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/03/16/toxic-hotspot-builds-nontoxic-community-engagement-2/

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Activists from Stop EtO established the nonprofit Lake County Environmental Works and got $270,000 to test the air for EtO.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/03/14/waukegan-activists-get-federal-grant-to-test-for-eto-that-causes-cancer/

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They're drawn to it because of some personal connection to whether it be the neighborhood they grew up in, the forest they've walked in, the lakes [where] they've smoked salmon. So it's a natural thing to tie environmental matters to personal experiences.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/02/09/new-book-connects-the-environment-with-a-love-of-dogs/

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The lifecycle of microbes and plants creates a system that can filter and hold more water and nutrients, which provides a buffer against drought and unpredictable rain.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/02/07/oilseeds-could-help-farmers-and-soil-alike/

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On Twitter recreation was the most popular topic of discussion, and that users cared more about pollution’s impact on public health than its impact on property values.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/02/06/can-social-media-responsibly-guide-environmental-decisions/

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Cleaning up and greening the lots helps to reduce violence. That effect improves when the local community is engaged in those activities instead of having the lots professionally mowed

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/02/03/gardening-with-a-whole-community-could-reduce-violent-crimes-in-neighborhoods-study-says/

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More recent lakefront homes have been much bigger, and in turn use more natural resources and put more strain on the lakes than the surrounding properties.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/02/02/new-book-highlights-human-mistreatment-of-upper-midwest-lakes/

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Now submerged in Green Bay, the ship was launched in 1890 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, from the Burger & Burger shipyard.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/02/01/lake-michigan-shipwreck-added-to-national-register-of-historic-places/

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There's a lot of people out there that, if they had to choose to go into homelessness with or without their pet, they would take that pet with them, because they're part of their family.

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This project really provides a leverage for organizations to be more actively involved, and engage the community into big societal issues of our time.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/01/25/university-of-michigan-hosts-smelly-art-installation/

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A research team is investigating how to convert carbon dioxide exhaust produced by the burning of fossil fuels into fuel.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/01/16/pipedream-researchers-hope-to-convert-exhaust-into-fuel/

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Heavily symbolic, Woodland art uses the vibrancy of primary colors to convey the ideology behind Ojibwe culture in the forms of animals, plants, people and even the land.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/01/10/northern-ontario-art-form-pays-homage-to-native-roots/

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Research shows that rural residents have higher rates of breast, prostate, cervical and colorectal cancer, lower rates of preventative screening and higher death rates from those types of cancer than urban residents.

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As a long-time angler and ichthyology student, I thought I knew a lot about the bowfin. But recent developments have shown that much of what I knew about this fish was wrong.

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