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Canadians offer plan to battle harmful algae blooms
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A photo captured by Dr. Rafat Ansari 9-24-17, Credit: Dr. Rafat Ansari
The governments of Canada and Ontario recently released their plan to combat toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie. Phosphorus is the primary cause of th...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2018
  • Length: :51
  • Purchases: 7
Can New York solve harmful algae blooms?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Different species of algae await testing in the ongoing fight against harmful algal blooms, Credit: Veronica Volk, Great Lakes Today
In the Great Lakes region, toxic algae blooms are a big problem. Every summer, they leave a green sheen on parts of the Great Lakes – and on many s...

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  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 8
Ohio, Army Corps reach settlement in dredging suit
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A ship travels the Cuyahoga River, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Ohio and the US Army Corps of Engineers have settled a lawsuit over dredging in the Cuyahoga River.

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2018
  • Length: :51
  • Purchases: 3
Conference helps marina owners cut pollution
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: [Denise Kappa/Shutterstock]
There are hundreds of marinas – and thousands of boats – spread across the Great Lakes. And that means there’s a lot of potential for pollution. G...

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2018
  • Length: :54
  • Purchases: 8
Coalition hopes Congress will save Great Lakes funding
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Boats on Lake Erie during Healing Our Waters Lake Erie tour in 2017., Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
This week, President Trump outlined his 2019 budget and a plan to invest in roads, bridges and other infrastructure. In the Great Lakes region, a ...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2018
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 8
Trump again seeks to slash Great Lakes funding
From: Great Lakes Today
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President Trump’s 2019 budget outline is out and Great Lakes funding is cut again. But as Great Lakes Today’s Elizabeth Miller reports, politician...

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  • Added: Feb 12, 2018
  • Length: :43
  • Purchases: 12
Coast Guard battles heavy ice on Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: The crew of USCG Cutter Neah Bay breaks up ice in Fairport Harbor, Ohio on January 23, 2018., Credit: U.S. Coast Guard District 9
The US and Canadian Coast Guards have assisted over 300 ships this winter season. It’s the result of a years-long partnership – in one of the wors...

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  • Added: Jan 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:13
  • Purchases: 9
Discarded Christmas trees a weapon against Asian Carp
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Christmas tree berm at the Royal Botanical Gardens. , Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON
Canada’s Royal Botanical Gardens has a problem. Carp are trying to invade protected marshes, where they could destroy lots of plants. But scientist...

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 7
New Navy ship, USS Little Rock, stalled by ice
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: USS Little Rock in Buffalo, Credit: Angelica A. Morrison
Icy conditions have delayed departure plans for the USS Little Rock. The ship was commissioned in Buffalo, back in December and started on a journe...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: :44
  • Purchases: 3
Using Social Media for Wildlife Monitoring
From: Betsy Brown
Caption: Instagram Hashtag Search for #monkseal
Learn how scientists are using social to monitor endangered monk seals and the people who see them in the wild.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 04:25
Waste dumps a burden for minority neighborhoods
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Environmental Injustice
Caption: Children playing next to Garden Valley [Bill Nehez/CSU Cleveland Memory Project]
Would you want an industrial waste dump near your house? Probably not. But across the country, environmental hazards like waste dumps tend to be lo...

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  • Added: Jan 11, 2018
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 10
Icy Great Lakes causes concern for shipping, safety
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Current Great Lakes ice cover, Credit: NOAA GLERL
Over the past two winters, there wasn’t much ice cover on the Great Lakes. That changed with this month’s deep freeze. Ice is expected to cover al...

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  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 01:09
  • Purchases: 12
Plastics in Paradise: Wavelengths Podcast Episode 1
From: Betsy Brown
Caption: Papah?naumoku?kea partners pose with debris collected from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2017., Credit: NOAA
Hear how trash is affecting wildlife in one of the world's most remote places.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2017
  • Length: 13:56
Report: NY sewer overflows totaled billions of gallons
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: This summer, a water discharge darkened the Niagara River near the falls., Credit: Maid of the Mist
The problem of sewer overflows affects the entire Great Lakes region. The EPA reports that about 182 municipalities have systems that can release u...

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 6
New report on Great Lakes pushes monitoring, regulations for farmers
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A northwest Ohio farm, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
A new report from the International Joint Commission, a U.S.-Canadian agency, says the Great Lakes restoration is progressing -- but not quickly en...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2017
  • Length: :57
  • Purchases: 9
Lake Erie's problems set to music in 'Voice of the Lake'
From: Great Lakes Today
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It may be hard to imagine a composer being inspired by public hearings and court cases. But Lake Erie and its problems take center stage in a new o...

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  • Added: Nov 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 2
Lake Erie algae bloom rated 'severe'
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: The algae bloom near Maumee Bay State Park in September, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
The 2017 algae bloom is over in western Lake Erie. And while it didn’t directly threaten drinking water, its bright green hue prompted national at...

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  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: :54
  • Purchases: 9
Author travels over 100 miles along Maumee River
From: Great Lakes Today
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The Maumee River runs more than 100 miles before emptying into Lake Erie in Ohio. And it carries a lot of the farm runoff that triggers algae bloom...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2017
  • Length: :45
  • Purchases: 3
Great Lakes conference tackles diversity
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Simone Lighfoot of National Wildlife Federation, Credit: Dave Rosenthal
Racial diversity was among the issues highlighted at the Healing Our Waters conference.

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: :49
  • Purchases: 4
Niagara Falls sewage release highlights aging systems
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Aerial photo of July discharge in Niagara River, Credit: Twitter/@MaidOfTheMist
Niagara Falls New York has a messy problem – it continues to dump sewage and discolored water downriver from the falls. The most recent incident ha...

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  • Added: Oct 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 3
Great Lakes islands aim to help each other
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Downtown Put-In-Bay, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Representatives from 12 Great Lakes islands attended a first-of-its-kind summit this week. They talked about building a coalition to address the u...

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  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: :57
  • Purchases: 8
Great Lakes conference to discuss regional challenges
From: Great Lakes Today
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There are so many plans and programs in place to clean up the Great Lakes, it’s hard to keep track. Next month, environmentalists from across the r...

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 8
City watches for dangerous Lake Erie algae blooms
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Lake Erie algae bloom, 2011, Credit: NASA
For a city on Lake Erie, it's the season for monitoring toxic algae blooms -- and drinking water.

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Dam removal sparks cultural revival in Akwesasne
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Tony David (right) and an apprentice, Angelo Johnson (left) look out over the water where the dam used to be., Credit: Veronica Volk
Seventy-two dams in the U-S were demolished last year; and hundreds more were removed in the past decade. Most are taken down as part of an effort ...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2017
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 6
Army Corps study recommends plan to prevent Asian carp
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: This map from the US Army Corps of Engineers shows the location of measures in the agency's recommended plan to restrict Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes, Credit: USACE
The U-S Army Corps of Engineers released a long-awaited report today that says new measures are need to prevent Asian carp from getting into the Gr...

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 8