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Why NYC Is Banning Cars From Some Streets

From: Catharine Smith

The Open Streets program aimed to give New Yorkers more safe spaces to hang out during Covid. The program was so popular that it's going to be perm...

Love Canal, 40 years later

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Children protest at Love Canal, Credit: Center for Health, Environment & Justice

This week marked the 40th anniversary of the federal emergency declaration at Love Canal, the New York neighborhood endanger by industrial pollutio...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and North Country Public Radio

New shipwreck discovery might be Lake Erie’s oldest

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Side Scan Sonar Image of Excavation Areas Outlined in Red of the target believed to the Lake Serpent, Credit: Tom Kowalczk/CLUE

A Cleveland group may have discovered Lake Erie’s oldest shipwreck.

Bought by WSKG, WCMU Michigan, and WKSU

Divers uncover 1899 Great Lakes shipwreck

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: The Margaret Olwill, Credit: [Historical Collection of the Great Lakes/Bowling Green State University]

A group of underwater explorers has announced the discovery of the Margaret Olwill, a steam barge that sank in Lake Erie off the Ohio coast in 1899.

Bought by WORT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WVBI-LP, WBFO, WSKG and more

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...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more

RDD: The Lake and the Doctor (part 2)

From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor

In a Rough Draft Diaries first, we're entering the world of science by learning about the past (and present) struggles of Lake Erie with the former...

The man who turned off Niagara Falls

From: Great Lakes Today

In 1969, the Army Corps of Engineers shut off the American side of Niagara Falls to study erosion. We interview the man who led that team.

Bought by KUSU, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WBFO

American side of Niagara Falls to go silent

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Pedestrian Bridge to be replaced at Niagara Falls State Park., Credit: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Pedestrian Bridge to be replaced at Niagara Falls State Park.

New York State plans to shut off the American Falls, a major attraction for tourists who flock to Niagara Falls. It's part of a project to replace...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WSKG and more

Viking ship Draken leaves Great Lakes, but hard feelings linger

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Draken Harald Harfagre, Credit: courtesy of Draken Harald Harfagre

The replica Viking ship Draken Harald Hårfagre has sailed out of the Great Lakes, wrapping up a summer visit marred by a dispute over pilots fees. ...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, WMUK, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more

NEXT Episode 3: On Foot

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)

A new, regional news program from The New England News Collaborative, hosted by John Dankosky. Stories about the dangers of being a pedestrian, che...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Vermont Public

12,000-pound lighthouse moves to new home

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Port Clinton lighthouse moves by barge, Credit: Elizabeth Miller

Hundreds gathered Tuesday to watch the Port Clinton lighthouse make a half-mile journey down the Portage River to a new home on Lake Erie. The 120-...

Bought by WXXI Rochester and WBFO

More marine sanctuaries coming to Great Lakes

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Boundaries for Oswego's proposed marine sanctuary

Shipwrecks are a big draw for divers and tourists in the great lakes. Now – for the first time in 20 years -- more communities are getting help in ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WBFO, and North Country Public Radio

Michigan town rebrands itself as shipwreck capital of the Great Lakes

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Passengers of the Lady Michigan look down through its glass bottom in hopes of spotting one of the area’s many shipwrecks., Credit: Veronica Volk

Alpena, Michigan used to be a bustling port on Lake Huron. But since the decline of its major industry, residents of the small town have shifted th...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, WCPN, and WBFO

Shipwreck discovered off the coast of Lake Ontario

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: A photo of the recently-discovered Royal Albert., Credit: Jim Kennard

On Wednesday, a group of New York-based underwater explorers announced they discovered a mid-nineteenth-century shipwreck that's been hiding in the...

Bought by WSKG, WCMU Michigan, WBFO, and WCPN