Audio Archives | Great Lakes Now https://www.greatlakesnow.org/category/audio/ Great Lakes Now shares stories about the unique culture and history of the Great Lakes basin Fri, 16 May 2025 16:43:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cropped-gln-avatar-32x32.jpg Audio Archives | Great Lakes Now https://www.greatlakesnow.org/category/audio/ 32 32 Points North: My lakes are better than your lakes https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/05/points-north-my-lakes-are-better-than-your-lakes/ Mon, 05 May 2025 18:47:27 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=42315 Points North: My lakes are better than your lakes

By Daniel Wanschura

Points North is a biweekly podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.

This episode was shared here with permission from Interlochen Public Radio.

Minnesota is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”.

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]]> Federal employees hit streets in Great Lakes region to protest government shutdown https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2019/01/federal-employees-hit-streets-in-great-lakes-region-to-protest-government-shutdown/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2019/01/federal-employees-hit-streets-in-great-lakes-region-to-protest-government-shutdown/#respond Tue, 15 Jan 2019 19:55:54 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=11492 Federal employees hit streets in Great Lakes region to protest government shutdown

Demonstrations against the government shutdown led by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), took place just steps from the EPA’s Great Lakes Region headquarters.

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]]> https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2019/01/federal-employees-hit-streets-in-great-lakes-region-to-protest-government-shutdown/feed/ 0 More than 90 thousand “Bird Nerds” expected to visit Western Lake Erie https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/05/more-than-90-thousand-bird-nerds-expected-to-visit-western-lake-erie/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/05/more-than-90-thousand-bird-nerds-expected-to-visit-western-lake-erie/#comments Fri, 04 May 2018 14:01:14 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=9302 More than 90 thousand “Bird Nerds” expected to visit Western Lake Erie

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]]> https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/05/more-than-90-thousand-bird-nerds-expected-to-visit-western-lake-erie/feed/ 2 Tick season sparks concern for virus along Great Lakes https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/05/tick-season-sparks-concern-for-virus-along-great-lakes/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/05/tick-season-sparks-concern-for-virus-along-great-lakes/#respond Thu, 03 May 2018 13:23:42 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=9295 Tick season sparks concern for virus along Great Lakes

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]]> https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/05/tick-season-sparks-concern-for-virus-along-great-lakes/feed/ 0 Developer wants action on stalled Lake Erie wind farm https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/03/developer-wants-action-on-stalled-lake-erie-wind-farm/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/03/developer-wants-action-on-stalled-lake-erie-wind-farm/#respond Thu, 29 Mar 2018 19:55:21 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=8956 Developer wants action on stalled Lake Erie wind farm

A Cleveland company trying to build a set of wind turbines on Lake Erie has been waiting since July for the state to certify its project. This month, the group filed another set of reports in the hopes of moving the process forward.

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]]> https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/03/developer-wants-action-on-stalled-lake-erie-wind-farm/feed/ 0 Ohio EPA calls western Lake Erie ‘impaired’ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/03/ohio-epa-calls-western-lake-erie-impaired/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/03/ohio-epa-calls-western-lake-erie-impaired/#respond Fri, 23 Mar 2018 21:16:17 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=8870 Ohio EPA calls western Lake Erie ‘impaired’

This story originally appeared on Great Lakes Today and is republished here with permission. 

By Elizabeth Miller • March 23, 2018

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has decided to include Western Lake Erie in a list of impaired waters, due to the harmful algae blooms that plague the region every year. 

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]]> https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/03/ohio-epa-calls-western-lake-erie-impaired/feed/ 0 Landfill plan along Great Lakes sparks fear of pollution https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/03/landfill-plan-along-great-lakes-sparks-fear-of-pollution/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/03/landfill-plan-along-great-lakes-sparks-fear-of-pollution/#respond Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:00:51 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=8730 Landfill plan along Great Lakes sparks fear of pollution

In northern Michigan, people who live near a landfill have been dealing with contaminated drinking water for decades. A new plan for the landfill makes them even more concerned.

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]]> https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/03/landfill-plan-along-great-lakes-sparks-fear-of-pollution/feed/ 0 Distillery turns booze into food – fish food https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/03/distillery-turns-booze-into-food-fish-food/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/03/distillery-turns-booze-into-food-fish-food/#respond Fri, 02 Mar 2018 15:37:47 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=8573 Distillery turns booze into food – fish food

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]]> https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/02/conference-helps-marina-owners-cut-pollution/feed/ 0 Lake Sturgeon fishing in Michigan aimed at preserving prehistoric fish https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/02/lake-sturgeon-fishing-michigan-aimed-preserving-prehistoric-fish/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2018/02/lake-sturgeon-fishing-michigan-aimed-preserving-prehistoric-fish/#respond Fri, 09 Feb 2018 19:20:08 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=8372 Lake Sturgeon fishing in Michigan aimed at preserving prehistoric fish

This story originally appeared on Great Lakes Today and is republished here with permission. 

By BEN THORP • FEB 8, 2018

Every winter outdoor enthusiasts gather on Black Lake in Cheboygan County Michigan, not far from Lake Huron, on a crusade to catch the state threatened prehistoric fish.

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