Great Lakes Moment: Two Gifts, One Mission of Creating Lasting Change
Recognizing Ralph Wilson's love for water and what it can do to redefine urban places, the Foundation awarded $50 million each for West Riverfront Park in Detroit and LaSalle Park in Buffalo, both...
View ArticleFive Midwestern governors push presidential candidates to aid Great Lakes
Five Democratic governors of states in the Great Lakes region Monday urged the candidates in next year's presidential election to support a plan for safeguarding their shared waters by boosting federal...
View ArticlePFAS at Niagara Falls airbase
By Geoff Kelly, Investigative Post, through the Institute for Nonprofit News network The Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station has landed on an ignoble list. The facility ranks seventh on a list of the 100...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Changes: Great Lakes parks and tourist spots are closing, remaining...
The agencies and businesses running the services, centers and parks are adapting daily, hourly. Read Now at Great Lakes Now.
View ArticleShuttered Canada-US border highlights different approaches to the pandemic –...
By Daniel Baldwin Hess, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York and Alex Bitterman, Alfred State College of Technology, The State University of New York, The Conversation is an...
View ArticleTest Your Knowledge: Rivers on Great Lakes Now
It’s been two years since Great Lakes Now first premiered on Detroit Public Television. There’s been a lot of changes and expansions in the time since, including 24 episodes of the monthly show. So now...
View ArticleOpen Doors: Great Lakes tourist destinations make 2021 a new start
A little more than a year ago the nation’s media outlets, including Great Lakes Now, were reporting on the widespread closures and restrictions being enacted across Great Lakes states. There were...
View ArticleSee the Sturgeon: The many ways to see, touch and appreciate sturgeon around...
When the Milwaukee River Lake Sturgeon Reintroduction Project began 16 years ago, success wasn’t immediately apparent. Having a solid scientific foundation for the project wasn’t the problem: sturgeon...
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