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By Taylor Haelterman Capital News Service Insect populations fluctuate from year to year, depending on factors like weather and breeding, but the long-term downward trend in the monarch butterfly population is concerning conservationists. Listen to this story. The average monarch population from 2010 to 2020 is less than half of what it was the decade […]

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/07/17/monarch-butterfly-conservationists-concerned-by-long-term-population-decrease/

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By Weiting Du Summer is here and so are the annoying mosquitoes. But so, too, are creatures that limit their number. Water mites are close relatives to spiders and live in freshwater. Some of them can parasitize or prey on mosquitoes, according to a recent review study published in the Diversity journal. Understanding these water mites could be important […]

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/07/15/mighty-mites-might-manage-mosquitoes/

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From crime boss and occasional visitor “Scarface” Al Capone to the Upper Peninsula’s own Public Enemy #1, John “Red” Hamilton, Up North has historic ties to organized crime and the baddies who used the area as a playground.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/07/09/mobsters-in-the-vacationlands/

Eric Freedman

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Tittabawassee River on May 20, 2020 (right), compared to June 3, 2019 (left). Images: NASA Earth Observatory. By Cassidy Hough Listen to this story:   A combination of heavy rain and aging infrastructure led to the collapse of the Edenville and Sanford dams along the Tittabawassee River in Midland County on May 19.  Close to […]

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/06/17/too-many-dams-too-little-money/

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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 […]

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/06/09/michigan-environment-officials-zoom-you-out-of-the-office/

David Poulson

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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.” 

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Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/05/04/life-skills-skateboarding-art-appreciation-relationship-mending/

David Poulson

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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 […]

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Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/27/abandoned-mines-aplenty-but-cash-to-clean-close-them-scarcer/

Eric Freedman

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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.

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Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/23/covid-19-causes-many-to-look-over-their-shoulders/

David Poulson