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By Ruth Thorton Standing together at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute near Hastings, Michigan, two students stared intently at the screen, looking for the subtle signs of the small rattlesnake they were trying to find. The eastern massasauga, Michigan’s only rattlesnake, typically hides in dense vegetation in wetlands, and conservation biologists are concerned about trampling their […]

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Elinor Epperson

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been working to collect new mapping data on Lake Superior since 2020. This survey is part of a large effort to update the mapping of the coastal and nearshore water of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WDIO-TV – Duluth, MN.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240731-superior-mapping

Nichole Angell

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Governor Whitmer of Michigan signed off on state funding to support an early warning system along the 80-mile Lake Huron-to-Lake Erie corridor. The program involves physical monitors at treatment plants in the region that ultimately serves half the state’s population. Read the full story by the Port Huron Times Herald.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240731-water-monitoring-funding

Nichole Angell