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May 20th 2013

Groups restoring coastal wetlands along Lake Erie

A $1.3 million project funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is restoring critically important coastal wetlands in western Lake Erie. Urban and agricultural development over the past two centuries destroyed more than half of all coastal wetlands in the … Continue reading →

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February 28th 2013

New report showcases Great Lakes restoration projects

A new report from the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition features more than 30 examples of successful Great Lakes restoration projects. The report shows that government agencies and conservation groups across the region, with funding from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, … Continue reading →

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February 28th 2013

Two Great Lakes toxic hotspots headed toward cleanup finish line

Two pollution cleanup efforts in West Michigan are nearing completion. Government officials have announced that fish contaminants have decreased significantly in Muskegon Lake and White Lake, which for years have been on a list of Great Lakes toxic hotspots. Government agencies and … 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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February 14th 2013

A major milestone in Great Lakes restoration

The federal government showed the Great Lakes a whole lotta love on Valentine’s Day by announcing that Presque Isle Bay in Pennsylvania has been taken off of a list of Great Lakes toxic hotspots. The decision was made by the … Continue reading →

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