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Success Stories
April 30th 2013
Cleanup restores a long-abused Minnesota waterway
A $62 million cleanup in Duluth Harbor’s Stryker Bay removed nearly 200,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from the bay, which marks the confluence of the St. Louis River and Lake Superior. The cleanup has brought fish and birds back … Continue reading
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February 20th 2013
Lake Erie site removed from list of pollution hotspots
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in February 2013 removed Presque Isle Bay from the government’s list of Great Lakes toxic hotspots. Contaminated sediments and a high incidence of tumors on fish in the bay in the 1980s landed the bay … Continue reading
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October 16th 2012
Rocky reefs are helping lake sturgeon recover
Rocky reefs installed in the St. Clair River are improving fish spawning conditions in the waterway. Michigan Sea Grant is using a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant on a project that will install nine rocky reefs in the St. Clair … Continue reading
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October 5th 2012
Report lauds restoration at Great Lakes national parks
A new report from the National Parks Conservation Association highlights several Great Lakes Restoration Initiative projects taking place in national parks along the lakes. The NPCA report, A Sound Investment: Restoring the Great Lakes in our National Parks, highlights six GLRI-funded projects … Continue reading
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January 20th 2012
In New York, natural conditions return to trout stream
The state of New York historically was known for its vast web of cold, clear streams that were teeming with brook trout. That was before the construction of roads, bridges and dams altered the natural flow of rivers, which unleashed … Continue reading
No comment
Cleanup restores a long-abused Minnesota waterway
A $62 million cleanup in Duluth Harbor’s Stryker Bay removed nearly 200,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from the bay, which marks the confluence of the St. Louis River and Lake Superior. The cleanup has brought fish and birds back … Continue reading
No comment
Lake Erie site removed from list of pollution hotspots
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in February 2013 removed Presque Isle Bay from the government’s list of Great Lakes toxic hotspots. Contaminated sediments and a high incidence of tumors on fish in the bay in the 1980s landed the bay … Continue reading
No comment
Rocky reefs are helping lake sturgeon recover
Rocky reefs installed in the St. Clair River are improving fish spawning conditions in the waterway. Michigan Sea Grant is using a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant on a project that will install nine rocky reefs in the St. Clair … Continue reading
No comment
Report lauds restoration at Great Lakes national parks
A new report from the National Parks Conservation Association highlights several Great Lakes Restoration Initiative projects taking place in national parks along the lakes. The NPCA report, A Sound Investment: Restoring the Great Lakes in our National Parks, highlights six GLRI-funded projects … Continue reading
No comment
In New York, natural conditions return to trout stream
The state of New York historically was known for its vast web of cold, clear streams that were teeming with brook trout. That was before the construction of roads, bridges and dams altered the natural flow of rivers, which unleashed … Continue reading
No comment