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New film showcases Michigan’s Au Sable River

The River is a new film that tells the story of Michigan's Au Sable River, covering the famous stream's logging history of the 1860s, angling heritage, modern threats and spiritual value .

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Au Sable hatchery poses resource, economic questions

A proposed expansion is indicative of broader issues involving resource protection and the weighing of emerging and established economic forces.

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Photo Friday: Spring on the Baltimore River

Kate Clover of St. Paul, Minn. took this image of the Baltimore River in late May while hiking to O Kun de Kun Falls on part of the North Country Trail in Ontonagon County, Mich. The trail head is just...

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Photo Friday: The Manistique River’s slab wood islands

Have an environmental image you’ve taken somewhere within the Great Lakes region and that you’d like to submit for Echo’s Photo Friday series? Send it to greatlakesecho@gmail.com along with the...

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Manistee dam removal yields snake hibernaculum

Conservation biologists have built the first artificial home for snakes in northern Michigan. And they removed an entire dam to do it.

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Stream app turns Great Lakes citizens into scientists

Anyone can contribute water level information with app unveiled today at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union.

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Logjam report by Indiana journalism, science students yields river cleanup

Ball State University students in journalism, telecommunications, geology, natural resources and environmental management collaborated on a report that produced experiential education and $100,000 for...

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Mirroring images of the Great Lakes

Engineers aren't the only ones who have reversed the flow of a river. Check out what cartographers have done to make maximum use of limited space and technology.

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Pollution changing fish at 16 sites in three rivers reaching the Great Lakes 

A river that once caught fire is once again among those under the microscope for pollution pouring into the Great Lakes, researchers say.

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Wisconsin tribe recognizes Menominee River rights

The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin in January asserted that the Menominee River has the right to exist naturally, flourish, evolve, remain unpolluted and carry out its natural ecosystem functions. 

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