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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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Inside the Adjustment Center at San Quentin State Prison

From: KALW

In 1851, the government of the new state of California legalized executions. But it wasn’t until 1891 that the state legislature required all execu...

Researchers Call Oil Spills and Climate Change a Devastating Combination

From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS

Caption: Torbjörn Törnqvist says sea-level rise will overtake natural subsidence as a cause of land loss., Credit: Barry Yeoman

Most of us shudder to imagine the impact of another large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for good reason. A spill in future decades could hav...

An Oystering Community Contemplates Life Without Oysters

From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS

Caption: For Byron Encalade, oysters and culture are inseparable., Credit: Barry Yeoman

In Pointe-a-la-Hache, Louisiana, the oyster harvest feeds widows, sustains relationships, and keeps the rural economy humming. But the BP oil spill...

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For One Cajun Shrimper, a Journey from Despair to Defiance

From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS

Caption: Darla Rooks looks out over the oiled marshland of Bay Jimmy. , Credit: Barry Yeoman

It has been over a year since the Deepwater Horizon blowout, but it’s still too early to measure the complete cost of the ensuing disaster. Despite...