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Amendment to Clean Water Act improves Great Lakes through critical observation, collaboration
-The Great Lakes region has seen significant improvement since the river fires of 1969, bringing people back the waters they know and love.
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What are wetlands for, anyway?
-Here’s what to know about how the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Sackett v EPA changing wetland protection impacts the Great Lakes region.
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Points North: Birds of Paradise
-Alison Vilag pays attention for a living. She counts migrating ducks at Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, near Paradise, Michigan. It’s key to getting a pulse on different bird populations. But for Alison, counting ducks is more than just science – it’s an escape from the expectations of others.
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A patchwork of differing state laws to protect wetlands
-Federal protections for many wetlands have been removed. Some states have laws to protect those wetlands, but some are stronger than others.
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Points North: Leave it to Beavers?
-States in the Great Lakes kill beavers and remove dams on select rivers and streams. They’re doing it, in part, for anglers. But some people are not on board with that.
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Wolves that nearly died out from inbreeding recovered, now helping a remote island’s ecosystem
-Meanwhile, the park’s moose population continues a sharp but needed decline.
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Michigan’s Magnet Man attracts river trash
-The heaviest thing that he has found is a full-sized safe in the Rouge River in Delray, Michigan, taking seven people with magnets and hooks to pull it out.
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Great Lakes Take Global Stage
-The 2023 UN Water Conference highlights risks and opportunities for the Great Lakes region.