Cleanup of Kalamazoo River oil spill will take months
A series of mandatory tests will soon begin on the oil pipeline that ruptured last month and sent roughly 820,000 gallons of crude oil into a Lake Michigan tributary. When[…]
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Dam removal project will restore Lake Michigan tributary
A dam removal project on the Boardman River, a tributary of Lake Michigan that flows into West Grand Traverse Bay, will re-connect more than 3.4 miles of stream to the[…]
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One of the Midwest’s largest oil spills sparks fears for Lake Michigan
Roughly 819,000 gallons of tar sands oil spilled into a tributary of Lake Michigan yesterday, making it one of the Midwest’s largest oil spills ever. A damaged pipeline released the[…]
Satellite tracking of loons will assist avian botulism study
The U.S. Geological Survey is using satellite transmitters to track loons over the Great Lakes and learn more about the spread of avian botulism. The large black and white, fish-eating[…]
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