Tag: Lake Superior
Anxiety increases over possibility that Duluth EPA Great Lakes lab could close
Anxieties are mounting that a water pollution laboratory buttressing Lake Superior’s North Shore is slated to be closed, potentially terminating work for dozens of scientists and shuttering an economic engine […]
Duluth sewage plant turns waste to resource as leader departs
As the executive director of the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (WLSSD) prepares to leave her post, the WLSSD fired up a trio of generators that now convert biogas from […]
Great Lakes waterbird health suffers at polluted sites despite cleanup efforts
Despite decades-long efforts to clean up toxic hot spots along Michigan’s Great Lakes shores, a recent study shows that the health of waterbirds in some areas continues to suffer. It […]
‘Forest-to-table’: Rural, Indigenous communities rely on forests for food, medicine and cultural values, research shows
This article was republished here with permission from Great Lakes Echo.
By Victoria Witke, Great Lakes Echo
When Roger LaBine was younger, he often drove his grandfather to the Ottawa National Forest to hunt porcupines.
“In the fall after the leaves had fallen, he’d take the .22 when we’d go out and hunt porcupine,” LaBine said.
Maritime Time: Tales from Vermillion Point
The Vermillion Point Life Saving Station sits near Whitefish Point on the shores of Lake Superior.