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Can Asian carp be kept out of Lake Michigan?
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: Kiowa pushes barges over electric carp barrier , Credit: Chuck Quirmbach
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 President Trump's 2018 eliminates $300 million for projects along the Great Lakes. That threatens efforts to...

Bought by WLPR , WXXI Rochester, Wisconsin Public Radio, WCPN, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 9
Dam removal on Lake Huron tributary at risk
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: Chris Pierce oversees the removal of dam on the Maple River, Credit: Ben Thorp
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 A look at a northern Michigan dam removal project that is threatened by President Trump's budget plan. The p...

Bought by WBFO, WLPR , WXXI Rochester, Wisconsin Public Radio, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 7
Research on Lake Erie algae blooms imperiled
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: A piece of walleye head meat before it gets blended with dry ice - the first step in extracting the microcystin toxin from the fish tissue.a, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 By now, most of us have heard that President Trump wants to eliminate a 300-million-dollar program created t...

Bought by WLPR , WXXI Rochester, WBFO, Wisconsin Public Radio (ops), Wisconsin Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 9
Lake Superior cleanup threatened by Trump budget cuts
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: Working for U.S. Steel, employees from Barr Engineering install instruments that measure groundwater seepage and flow between the sediments and St. Louis river. Data collected from the instruments will help in the design, construction and installation of , Credit: Derek Montgomery for MPR News
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 President Trump's budget plan eliminates $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative -- hurting ...

Bought by WLPR , North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Wisconsin Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 8
Sturgeon recovery endangered on Lake Ontario
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / USFWS biologists prepare to examine a lake sturgeon, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / USFWS biologists prepare to examine a lake sturgeon
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 Biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have been using federal funding to monitor the health of ...

Bought by WBFO, WLPR , WXXI Rochester, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 8
Water Pressure 3: Water Isn't Just Running Out In California
From: Rupa Shenoy
Series: Water Pressure
Caption: Swansea Water Manager Robert Marquis
Our biggest source of freshwater is running out -- everywhere.

Bought by WABE, WLPR , and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 3
Water Pressure 1: New England Stole California's Snow
From: Rupa Shenoy
Series: Water Pressure
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Our relationship with water is changing, and we can’t ignore that water’s moods are getting a lot more dramatic.

Bought by WLPR and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:13
  • Purchases: 2
Reinventing Community Part 5
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
Series: Reinventing Community
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From Superfund to "Superfun:" A mining valley regains its former luster

  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 03:37
Reventing Community Part 3
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
Series: Reinventing Community
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Grays Anatomy: On the Washington Coast, a Timber County Embraces Green

  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 03:35
PART 2: CITIES COPE WITH PESTICIDE POLLUTION
From: The Environment Report
Series: Pollution in the Heartland
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Cities work to clean up pollution from pesticides in their water supplies.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2006
  • Length: 04:36
PART 1: CAPPING POLLUTION AT THE SOURCE
From: The Environment Report
Series: Pollution in the Heartland
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Nitrogen pollution from farm fields pollutes public water supplies

  • Added: Aug 09, 2006
  • Length: 04:41