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GLRI funds $10 million Great Lakes coastal wetlands study
A $10 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant will fund an extensive examination of the Great Lakes’ coastal wetlands. Many environmental experts say the understanding and conservation of...
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Lake Erie walleye will benefit from dam removal
Ballville Dam After years of swimming in toxic algae and increased human waste, Lake Erie’s walleye might finally be catching a break. A $10 million project to remove the Ballville Dam along the...
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Great Lakes restoration “success stories” featured in two new reports
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative have provided a tremendous amount of funding for Great Lakes restoration projects. To share many of the success...
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Iowa DNR begins restocking Carter Lake
Carter Lake Live fish are once again swimming in southern Iowa’s Carter Lake, following a late-September fish kill intended to eliminate unwanted and harmful species. Iowa Department of Natural...
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Toxic coal tar plagues Lake Superior town
A sign along Ashland’s downtown waterfront warns of the hazardous coal tar that has contaminated sediments in the area. Buried beneath a park in the center of Ashland, Wis. lurks some of the filthiest...
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NOAA awards $9.2 million to Great Lakes fish habitat restoration projects
NOAA has announced funding for nine fish habitat restoration projects in the Great Lakes basin, including removal of the Watervliet Dams on the Paw River in Michigan. Nine projects aimed at fish...
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$1 million grant will expedite Boardman River dam removal project
Boardman River A dam removal project along the Boardman River can begin next spring thanks to a $1 million grant from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust. The grant will fund removal of the Brown Bridge Dam,...
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EPA receives 266 GLRI requests
The Environmental Protection Agency has $40 million to spend from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The 266 applications they received, however, amounted to $124 million. Tim Eder, executive...
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White Lake: A Timeline of Its Turnaround
White Lake was placed on the Great Lakes Areas of Concern list in 1985 after organic solvents were found leaching in. Its water quality was impacted by contaminated sediment, high levels of heavy...
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Research Brief: Restoring Onondaga Lake through Reform
Onondaga Lake in New York was once considered to be one of the most polluted lakes in the United States. However, over the past few decades, Onondaga Lake has found itself at the center of many policy...
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