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By Anne Hooper Capital News Service Forty-two states and territories, including Michigan, implemented “stay-at-home-orders” between March 1 and May 31 to discourage traveling, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Along with inhibiting the spread of COVID-19, these orders had the secondary effect of improving air quality in the Great Lakes region, […]

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Great Lakes Echo

Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/11/12/lockdown-clears-michigan-air/

Marie Orttenburger

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By Eric Freedman Jennifer Cook initially got along amicably with her neighbors in rural Bartholomew County, Indiana. But that relationship went downhill when the neighbors, Brian and Katrina Brumley, bought a Great Pyrenees puppy to protect their poultry, goats, miniature horse and miniature donkey from coyotes, foxes and bobcats, according to legal documents in Cook’s […]

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Great Lakes Echo

Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/10/16/neighbors-at-war/

Eric Freedman

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The once-honored Beechwood Store in Iron River Township, the Flint Brewing Co., the shipwrecked schooner Alvin Clark in Menominee, the Fenton Seminary and the majestic Grand Riviera Theater in Detroit have all disappeared from the prestigious National Register of Historic Places. The National Park Service recently removed their recognition because they’ve been demolished, no longer retain their historic integrity and cannot convey their historic significance, the State Historic Preservation Office says.

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Great Lakes Echo

Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/10/07/disappearing-history-sites-dropped-from-national-register-of-historic-places/

Eric Freedman

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New farmers markets in low-income, urban areas of Michigan face challenges in recruiting and retaining vendors, a new study finds. Farmers motivated by their love of gardening or the desire to build community are least likely to drop out of those urban markets, the study concludes.

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Great Lakes Echo

Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/10/05/what-drives-farmers-to-join-farmers-markets/

Eric Freedman

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A roadside zoo in Charlestown, Indiana, has violated the Endangered Species Act by declawing Big Cats – tigers, lions and hybrids – “without a medical necessity” and separating cubs as young as 1 day old from their mothers, a federal judge has ruled.

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Great Lakes Echo

Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/09/02/judges-declaw-indiana-zoo-for-illegally-declawing-big-cat-cubs-abusing-animals/

Eric Freedman

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A federal judge in Ohio has sentenced an illegal slaughterhouse operator to 33 months behind bars for dumping animal blood and other “bodily fluids” into a waterway that empties into Beaver Creek and Lake Erie in violation of the Clean Water Act. 

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Great Lakes Echo

Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/08/10/ohio-slaughterhouse-operator-sent-to-prison-for-environmental-money-laundering-crimes/

Eric Freedman

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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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Great Lakes Echo

Great Lakes Echo

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

Guest Contributor

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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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Great Lakes Echo

Great Lakes Echo

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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Great Lakes Echo

Great Lakes Echo

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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Great Lakes Echo

Great Lakes Echo

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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Great Lakes Echo

Great Lakes Echo

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

David Poulson