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Wolves prove resilient, but proposal could curtail expansion
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A proposal to strip gray wolves of their remaining federal protections could curtail their rapid expansion across vast swaths of the U.S. West and Great Lakes, yet the predators...
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Report: Great Lakes feeling effects of rapid climate warming
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Great Lakes region is warming faster than the rest of the U.S., a trend likely to bring more extreme storms while also degrading water quality, worsening erosion and...
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Hungry wolves may get new home at Isle Royale National Park
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A U.S.-Canadian team prepared Thursday for another mission to relocate gray wolves to Isle Royale National Park in Michigan from a second Lake Superior island, where the...
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Michigan governor halts Great Lakes pipeline tunnel project
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A law that Michigan’s Republican-led Legislature hurriedly passed during a lame-duck session in December authorizing construction of an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the...
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Trump backtracks on call to gut $300M Great Lakes program
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump tried repeatedly to gut funding for a wide-ranging Great Lakes cleanup, only to be stymied by Congress. Suddenly, he did an about-face. It happened...
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Judge orders closer look at Great Lakes oil spill plans
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a government agency to take a closer look at pipeline company Enbridge’s plans for dealing with potential oil spills in the waterway connecting...
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Michigan governor open to allowing Great Lakes oil tunnel
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that she’s open to allowing construction of an oil transport tunnel beneath the channel where Lakes Huron and Michigan meet, despite...
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Illinois governor OKs first steps on blocking Asian carp
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he is willing to take initial steps toward fortifying a lock-and-dam system on a Chicago-area waterway so it can protect Lake Michigan from...
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Isle Royale moose population surges during wolf decline
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Moose are thriving at Isle Royale National Park, but the trees on which they feast are paying a heavy price, scientists reported Tuesday. An estimated 2,060 of the lumbering...
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Great Lakes water levels surge, some record highs predicted
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Water levels are surging in the Great Lakes and likely will set records this summer, forecasters said Monday — a remarkable turnaround from earlier this decade that’s...
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Army Corps approves $778M plan to block Asian carp advance
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The head of the Army Corps of Engineers has sent Congress a $778 million plan to fortify an Illinois waterway with noisemakers, electric cables and other devices in the hope...
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Enbridge offers 2024 finish for Great Lakes tunnel project
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Enbridge Inc. said Thursday it could have a proposed oil pipeline tunnel built and operating beneath a crucial Great Lakes channel by early 2024, responding to demands from...
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Scientists find flaws in plan to lift US wolf protections
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Scientists tasked with reviewing government plans to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. said in a report released Friday that the proposal has numerous...
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FDA: Sampling finds toxic nonstick compounds in some food
The FDA's food-test results are likely to heighten complaints by states and public-health groups that the administration is not acting fast enough or firmly enough to start regulating the manmade...
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Enbridge seeks court ruling on Great Lakes oil pipeline deal
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Enbridge Inc. said Thursday it will go to court after failing to strike a deal with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on building an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the channel...
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Great Lakes leaders to discuss funding Asian carp project
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Great Lakes regional leaders will meet next month to consider a federal strategy for preventing Asian carp from reaching Lake Michigan and discuss helping foot the bill for...
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Overflowing Great Lakes pose new threat for endangered bird
GLEN HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — Peering through a spotting scope mounted on a tripod, researcher Alice Van Zoeren notices a piping plover skittering across a sandy, pebble-strewn Lake Michigan beach and...
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Enbridge to begin rock, soil sampling in Straits of Mackinac
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Enbridge Inc. said Monday that it is moving ahead with the collection of rock and soil samples in the Straits of Mackinac while it prepares for a court battle with...
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Sturgeon, America’s forgotten dinosaurs, slowly coming back
CHARLES CITY, Va. (AP) — Sturgeon were America’s vanishing dinosaurs, armor-plated beasts that crowded the nation’s rivers until mankind’s craving for caviar pushed them to the edge of extinction. More...
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Democratic presidential hopeful Inslee opposes pipeline plan
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Democratic presidential hopeful Jay Inslee waded into a Great Lakes regional controversy on Wednesday, calling for the defeat of a plan to construct a disputed oil pipeline...
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