Great Lakes Echo

Michigan is part of multi-state effort to track chronic wasting disease | Great Lakes Echo

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By Elinor Epperson Researchers at Cornell University are studying whether machine learning can help states and tribes predict the spread of a dangerous disease plaguing North American deer. A recent study done in partnership with Michigan State University showed that machine learning could calculate where chronic wasting disease will spread at the county level. That […]

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Great Lakes Now

PFAS Roundup: Wisconsin PFAS remediation funds still frozen due to partisan divide | Great Lakes Now

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PFAS Roundup: Wisconsin PFAS remediation funds still frozen due to partisan divide

Last week, Eau Claire, Wisconsin finally broke ground on a $20 million PFAS removal facility. The previous year, the city filed a lawsuit against multiples chemical manufacturers, demanding they cleanup after more than half of the city’s wells shutdown in 2021 due to contamination. However, many other municipalities across Wisconsin remain in a state of limbo.

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Owen Sound Sun Times

Conservation area reopens after repairs for damage done by off-road vehicles

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The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority (SVCA) is reopening a conservation area after repairs for damage done by illegal off-road vehicles. The SCVA is also temporarily closing the 98-acre Stoney Island Conservation Area for forest management. In a statement issued Wednesday, the conservation authority announced three changes to its properties’ availability while reminding the public that […]

London Free Press

Complaint about Coun. Susan Stevenson’s social media posts dismissed

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A London city councillor’s social media posts about sex workers, the homeless and agencies helping them may be considered controversial, but she didn’t violate city council’s code of conduct, the city’s integrity commissioner has ruled. Anova, which provides shelter and counselling for abused women, and several homelessness and addictions advocates filed a complaint against Ward […]

Great Lakes Echo Water

Harnessing mussels to filter fresh water: A biological cure for contaminants is being studied | Great Lakes Echo

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By Amalia Medina Water tanks line a room in Philadelphia’s Water Works on the bank of the Schuylkill River. Inside are small fish that are hosts to tiny organisms that researchers say can help solve polluted waterways. Tucked under the fish gills are microscopic mussels that will mature and become capable of filtering 10 to […]

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