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The Lake Superior Project / logo by Lauryl Loberg

LSProject: "A thoroughfare for tar sands crude oil shipping?"

Joe Friedrichs-

Coal. Iron ore. Grain. Limestone. Cement. Salt. Wood pulp. Wind turbine components. Steel coil.


The Lake Superior Project / logo by Lauryl Loberg -Photo by Ken Lewis via Flickr

LSProject: Adapting, A Year Later

Joe Friedrichs-

A year ago on the Lake Superior Project, we spoke with several people around the lake—environmental advocates, policy makers, residents, and others—about climate change.


The Lake Superior Project / logo by Lauryl Loberg -Photo by Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources

LSProject: Ballast Water Discharge Permit Updates

Joe Friedrichs-

Invasive species are arguably one of the biggest—and most expensive—issues facing Lake Superior and the Great Lakes today.


 

LSProject: A New Generation of Conservationists

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 If you tuned into the last edition of the Lake Superior Project, you heard the story of Rick Schubert.


The Lake Superior Project / logo by Lauryl Loberg -Photo by Sharon Mollerus via Flickr

LSProject: Healthy River, Healthy Lake

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The Flute Reed River is located on the North Shore of Lake Superior in Hovland, Minnesota.


The Lake Superior Project / logo by Lauryl Loberg -Photo by pacolyptic via Flickr

LSProject: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

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When we started the Lake Superior Project at the beginning of 2012, one of the most common subjects to come up besides issues facing the lake was funding for restoration projects.


The Lake Superior Project / logo by Lauryl Loberg -Photo by CircleFace via Flickr

LSProject: The Great Waste

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By now you might have heard of a thing called “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” But if you haven’t, it’s basically a large vortex in the center of the Pacific Ocean where scie


The Lake Superior Project / logo by Lauryl Loberg

LSProject: The Life Salvelinus

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The Grand Portage Native Fish Hatchery has been producing and rearing coaster brook trout, a native Lake Superior fish, since 2007.


 

LSProject: A Century of Water

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Huge, endless, large—these are just a few words you might use to describe Lake Superior. At 31,700 square miles, it is the largest freshwater lake by surface area in the world.


The Lake Superior Project / logo by Lauryl Loberg

LSProject: Climate Change & The Future -Part II

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There are a lot of ways climate change stands to affect Lake Superior.