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The Great Lakes Now monthly television program is produced by Detroit PBS in partnership with a network of PBS affiliates around the region. Shooting on location in eight states and …
From the Ice Age to Now: A Lake Erie timeline
Mar 22, 2024 · Native to the Atlantic, sea lampreys were observed in Lake Ontario in the early 1800s, though confined by Niagara Falls. But by the 1900s, they had migrated through the …
Zebra Mussels: A guide to the good and the bad of these Great …
Feb 28, 2020 · Zebra mussels are not native to the Great Lakes. They were first discovered in the area in the late 1980s, and it has been an ongoing battle to get rid of and control them ever since.
The murky process of reopening Palisades and why it’s a turning …
May 1, 2024 · U.S. nuclear industry is closely watching Palisades, amid a surge of investments as demand climbs for low-carbon sources of electricity. Other recently shuttered nuclear plants …
Across the U.S., millions of people are drinking unsafe water. How …
Sep 15, 2020 · By Lynne Peeples, Ensia, through the Institute for Nonprofit News network This story is the first in a nine-month investigation of drinking water contamination across the U.S. …
First in decades, a new Great Lakes freighter joins fleet
Sep 6, 2022 · For the first time in decades, a new bulk freighter has been built on and launched on the Great Lakes. The Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding Company in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin …
30 Years Later: Mussel invasion legacy reaches far beyond Great …
Feb 2, 2021 · The way J. Ellen Marsden remembers it, when she first suggested calling a new Great Lakes invasive species the quagga mussel, her colleague laughed, so the name stuck. …
Can shipping on the Great Lakes take the next step toward …
Jul 15, 2022 · Great Lakes Now: A recent column in the industry publication The Maritime Executive said there is a renewed interest in expanding container shipments to Great Lakes …
About Great Lakes Now
With a monthly magazine-style television program and daily online reports at GreatLakesNow.org, the Great Lakes Now initiative offers in-depth coverage of news, issues, events and …
Mapping the Great Lakes: Freighters! | Great Lakes Now
May 30, 2023 · Love staring at a map and discovering something interesting? Then “Mapping the Great Lakes” is for you. It’s a monthly Great Lakes Now feature created by Alex B. Hill, a self …