ANN ARBOR — The Great Lakes PFAS Action Network (GLPAN) Tuesday issued the following statement after finalizing funding totaling $35,900 to support the work of Great Lakes communities directly impacted
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This plastic debris was typical along a channel which connects Lake Michigan and Duck Lake north of Muskegon.
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There’s been a lot of news about the amount of plastic debris in the oceans. But plastic pollution is also affecting the Great Lakes. A study out of the Rochester Institute of Technology estimates 22 million pounds of plastic debris enters the Great Lakes from the U.S. and Canada each year.
Lynn Knopf with Duck Creek Watershed Assembly snaps a photo of some of the volunteers who showed up to pick up trash at Duck Lake State Park along Lake Michigan.