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Removal of Fallen Leaves Can Improve Urban Water Quality

Removal of Fallen Leaves Can Improve Urban Water Quality

Water-Level Changes in Northeast Twin Cities Lakes Vary with Landscape Setting

Water-Level Changes in Northeast Twin Cities Lakes Vary with Landscape Setting

Common Insecticide Identified in Midwestern Streams

Common Insecticide Identified in Midwestern Streams

Bifenthrin combats pests, but may harm aquatic ecosystems

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Widespread Plastic Pollution Found in Great Lakes Tributaries

Widespread Plastic Pollution Found in Great Lakes Tributaries

High Rate of Tumors Found on white sucker in some Wisconsin Rivers

High Rate of Tumors Found on white sucker in some Wisconsin Rivers

There is an elevated incidence of skin and liver tumors among White Suckers caught in certain Wisconsin rivers that flow into Lake Michigan according...

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USGS Streamgage Reactivated After 13 Year Absence

USGS Streamgage Reactivated After 13 Year Absence

A U.S. Geological Survey streamgage, dormant since 2003, was recently reactivated in the city of Frankton, Indiana through a funding partnership with...

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New USGS Streamgages Bolster Protection of Hoosier Lives, Property

New USGS Streamgages Bolster Protection of Hoosier Lives, Property

Two new streamgages recently installed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the cities of Greenfield and Elwood, Indiana will provide continuous, real...

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Media Advisory: Congressman Upton, Scientists Retrieve Underwater Robot Studying Lake Michigan

Media Advisory: Congressman Upton, Scientists Retrieve Underwater Robot Studying Lake Michigan

The USGS and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute deployed a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle, named Tethys, in Lake Michigan on August 1...

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Deadly Bat Fungus in Washington State Likely Originated in Eastern U.S.

Deadly Bat Fungus in Washington State Likely Originated in Eastern U.S.

   

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Low Levels of Contaminants Found in Great Lakes Tree Swallow Eggs

Low Levels of Contaminants Found in Great Lakes Tree Swallow Eggs

    

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Sources of Excessive Nutrients in the Transboundary Red-Assiniboine River Basin Identified by Binational Research Team

Sources of Excessive Nutrients in the Transboundary Red-Assiniboine River Basin Identified by Binational Research Team

Islands in Ice: Lake Huron Fish Spawning Habitat Created by Ancient Streams of Ice

Islands in Ice: Lake Huron Fish Spawning Habitat Created by Ancient Streams of Ice

Paleo-ice streams, or corridors within ice sheets that move more quickly than surrounding ice, may have formed much of the egg-laying habitat for...

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