Images show impact of Midland County flooding
2020-06-11
Images from NASA's Earth Observatory illustrate the recent flooding in Midland County, Michigan.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/06/11/midland-flooding/
Michigan environment officials Zoom you out of the office
2020-06-09
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By David Poulson Tired of getting trapped in countless Zoom meetings? Rather be hiking among Michigan’s natural wonders? The state’s Department of Natural Resources can get you out of your home-office and into the outdoors. Sort of. The agency has posted images of the state’s natural wonders formatted for use as a Zoom background. The […]
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/06/09/michigan-environment-officials-zoom-you-out-of-the-office/
Education builds lasting connections to Michigan’s environment
2020-06-08
This is the third part of a four-part series on Environmental Risk in Michigan: Past, Present and Future.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/06/08/education-builds-lasting-connections-to-michigans-environment/
“Mastering the Inland Seas” explores history of Great Lakes navigation
2020-06-03
The new book from Theodore Karamanski explains how industries and communities dependent on the Great Lakes have created tools and markers to safely navigate them.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/06/03/mastering-inland-seas/
Looking back at Michigan’s environmental risk
2020-05-26
This is the first part of a four-part series on Environmental Risk in Michigan: Past, Present and Future.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/26/looking-back-at-michigans-environmental-risk/
Research delayed: Megan Mader
2020-05-22
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Coronovirus one more danger of fieldwork to study the impact of people on the ecology of drowned river mouths.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/22/research-delayed-megan-mader/
Research delayed: Elizabeth Lombardi
2020-05-21
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"I think that there’s a tendency for a lot of people that work on independent research projects to get a little, you know, obsessive, and they’re super driven."
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/21/research-delayed-elizabeth-lombardi/
Research delayed: Ellie Weise
2020-05-20
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Shuttered lab stopped DNA sequencing.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/20/research-delayed-ellie-weise/
Research delayed: Emily Varga
2020-05-19
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Research and home-schooling duties are tough to coordinate.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/19/research-delayed-emily-varga/
Research delayed: Kandace Griffin
2020-05-19
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Sea lamprey tracking project hits COVID-19 snag.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/19/research-delayed-kandace-griffin/
Research delayed: Emily Neuman
2020-05-18
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Invasive algae study suffers setback.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/18/research-delayed-emily-neuman/
Professor misses lab
2020-05-15
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Family conversations and reaching out to old friends are among the benefits of quarantine. But she misses yeast for bread baking.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/15/professor-misses-lab/
Greater appreciation for shipping among the consequences of quarantine
2020-05-15
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And ping pong table will get a workout
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/15/greater-appreciation-for-shipping-among-the-consequences-of-quarantine/
Pandemic teaches appreciation
2020-05-14
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Intuitive life adviser believes in opportunities rather than burdens.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/14/pandemic-teaches-appreciation/
Putting a positive spin on challenging times.
2020-05-14
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"What’s really important are my family, friends and our health.”
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/14/putting-a-positive-spin-on-challenging-times/
Isolating with stocks
2020-05-13
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Northwestern Michigan College student hasn’t made a single trade but intensely tracks the market all day.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/13/isolating-with-stocks/
Post COVID-19 plans: celebrate birthday, annoy the cat
2020-05-13
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And maybe baking will replace some TV time.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/13/post-covid-19-plans-celebrate-birthday-annoy-the-cat/
VA nurse manages telehealth calls
2020-05-12
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Her daughter lives with relatives.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/12/va-nurse-manages-telehealth-calls/
Covid takeaways: good night’s sleep, less planning
2020-05-12
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This is part of Coping with COVID-19, a series of brief looks at people in a pandemic.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/12/covid-takeaways-good-nights-sleep-less-planning/
Chips, candy runs over even after COVID-19
2020-05-11
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More reading likely to continue.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/11/chips-candy-runs-over-even-after-covid-19/
Reading, cleaning replaces social media and phone use
2020-05-11
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East Lansing woman hopes to keep it up after quarantine.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/11/reading-cleaning-replaces-social-media-and-phone-use/
Loss of social connection challenges recovering addicts
2020-05-08
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Isolation is something that addiction wants, and without being connected, and without having support from like-minded people, the chances of people returning back to addiction are very high.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/08/loss-of-social-connection-challenges-recovering-addicts/
Quarantine renews teacher appreciation
2020-05-08
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And grandma's got some love coming her way, too.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/08/quarantine-renews-teacher-appreciation/
Michigan customers support favorite businesses during COVID-19 crisis
2020-05-07
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While Michigan businesses struggle to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, loyal customers search for ways to help them out. Here's a look at some of their stories.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/07/michigan-customers-support-favorite-businesses-during-covid-19-crisis/
New title brings new responsibilities
2020-05-06
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Group home supervisor is an essential worker
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/06/new-title-brings-new-responsibilities/
Online grocery shopping is a coronavirus legacy
2020-05-06
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Quarantine pushed Dow retiree to give it a try. Now he's sold.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/06/online-grocery-shopping-is-a-coronavirus-legacy/
Curbside service, pet supply deliveries and video adoption now part of animal care
2020-05-05
Animal-related organizations across the Great Lakes region face new challenges in caring for their critters in the midst of a pandemic.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/05/curbside-service-pet-supply-deliveries-and-video-adoption-now-part-of-animal-care/
An essential worker at the Family Dollar
2020-05-04
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Manager worries about bringing COVID-19 home.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/04/an-essential-worker-at-the-family-dollar/
Life skills: skateboarding, art appreciation, relationship mending
2020-05-04
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Tim Kohlstedt has a greater appreciation nowadays for the angst expressed in Vincent van Gogh’s Night Café: “Everyone in the painting is hunched over. It’s how the world is feeling right now.”
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/04/life-skills-skateboarding-art-appreciation-relationship-mending/
Reporters find ways to get the newspaper out
2020-04-28
Journalists share about how they’re covering the COVID-19 pandemic and how it reinforces their sense of mission.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/28/reporters-find-ways-to-get-the-newspaper-out/
Abandoned mines aplenty, but cash to clean, close them, scarcer
2020-04-27
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In: Echo
By Eric Freedman Capital News Service Nobody knows how many abandoned mine features such as tunnels, shafts, pits and waste piles remain on federal land in Michigan and elsewhere, but untold numbers of them pose safety and environmental threats, a new General Accountability Office (GAO) report says. The National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau […]
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/27/abandoned-mines-aplenty-but-cash-to-clean-close-them-scarcer/
COVID-19 causes many to look over their shoulders
2020-04-23
COVID-19 has pushed thousands of teachers, executives, journalists, students, health care providers and others to video-chat platforms. While they learn to navigate the technology, they might want to check behind themselves. Their background delivers as much of a message as their words.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/23/covid-19-causes-many-to-look-over-their-shoulders/
Michigan farmers markets cope with COVID-19 order
2020-04-23
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Michigan farmers markets can continue to operate under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” executive order, but because customers are staying home, many farmers are seeing a dip in demand for their products.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/23/michigan-farmers-markets-cope-with-covid-19-order/
‘Greening’ Detroit’s riverfront
2020-04-22
The Environmental Protection Agency recently signed a $2.5 million agreement to clean the Detroit River and create new habitat for wildlife.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/22/greening-detroits-riverfront/
COVID-19 pro tip: keep your glasses from fogging
2020-04-21
Steamed by the precautions needed to limit the spread of the coronavirus? Check these tips for keeping your glasses from fogging up when you wear a mask.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/21/covid-19-pro-tip-keep-your-glasses-from-fogging/
Michigan musicians reeling from closed venues take acts online
2020-04-20
Michigan musicians are struggling to stay afloat while in-person shows are canceled for the foreseeable future.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/20/michigan-musicians-reeling-from-closed-venues-take-their-acts-online/
COVID-19 disrupts Great Lakes research, outreach
2020-04-17
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In: Echo
Fieldwork, research conferences and outreach programs face an uncertain summer.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/17/covid-19-disrupts-great-lakes-research-outreach/
Northern Michigan’s food gurus
2020-04-16
Northern Michigan may be known for beautiful water views and serenity, but more recently it’s become known for a variety of excellent restaurants.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/16/northern-michigans-food-gurus/
Minnesota county views food waste as a resource
2020-04-14
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In: Echo
Food waste is a resource, not trash in Minnesota’s Hennepin County.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/14/minnesota-county-views-food-waste-as-a-resource/
Many university students don’t qualify for COVID aid
2020-04-06
If they are between 16 and 24 and their parents claim them as dependents, they don't qualify for any check - including the $500 their parents get for younger dependents. Lawmakers are looking for a fix while some college students call foul.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/06/many-university-students-dont-qualify-for-covid-aid/
Michigan residents want to save and spend stimulus checks
2020-04-03
Whether you decide to save or spend your stimulus check will impact the economic recovery from the COVID-19 disaster. Some Michigan residents want to save it for tougher times, pay off debt, buy stuff or invest in bitcoin.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/03/michigan-residents-want-to-save-and-spend-stimulus-checks/
Remembering the UP’s break-away movement
2020-04-02
The time was the 1970s, when many Yoopers believed that the push to strengthen national and state environmental laws posed an economic threat to the U.P., especially its mining, lumbering and agricultural industries.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/02/remembering-the-ups-break-away-movement/
Comparing actions by Great Lakes states and spread of COVID-19
2020-04-01
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Bridge compares when the region took measure to limit the spread of COVID-19 and the number of cases in some Great Lakes states. The Michigan-based nonprofit news service reports: "Epidemiologists warn that it’s too early in the crisis to make conclusions, but some experts wonder if Michigan’s caseload would be different if public officials moved faster in the early days of the outbreak."
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/01/comparing-actions-by-great-lakes-states-and-spreat-of-covid-19/
MSU researcher merges science with Native American tradition
2020-03-30
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Jared Gregorini doesn’t see ancient Native American spirituality as incompatible with modern science. In fact, he believes in mixing the two together.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/03/30/msu-researcher-merges-science-with-native-american-tradition/
Tough talk from a tough generation
2020-03-26
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In: Echo
Echo tasked a group of young reporters with asking members of their grandparents' generation how they are coping with the coronavirus. We wondered how it compares to the significant social disruptions they've already weathered during their lifetimes.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/03/26/tough-talk-from-a-tough-generation/
Ontario’s origins lead to land use disputes
2020-03-23
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In: Echo
Southern Ontario's population is growing rapidly, pitting suppliers of sand, rock and gravel against citizens’ concerned about the impact urban sprawl and aggregate extraction have on the environment.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/03/23/ontarios-origins-lead-to-land-use-disputes/
Environmental journalism students recognized in Michigan College Better Newspaper Contest
2020-03-16
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Great Lakes Echo reporters were recognized for exceptional work by the Michigan Press Association.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/03/16/environmental-journalism-students-recognized-in-michigan-college-better-newspaper-contest/
Drone businesses become more specialized
2020-03-12
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Many drone pilots who started a business to provide photo and video services to clients of all types now are specializing.
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/03/12/drone-businesses-become-more-specialized/
Partisan divide widens over environmental policy priorities
2020-03-09
A growing proportion of Americans see environmental protection and global climate change as policy priorities, while worries about the economy are shrinking, a new national survey says.
Great Lakes Echo
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GreatLakesEcho/~3/D9HX6OJrrR8/