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Researcher fields questions on Pure Michigan study

Livingston Daily (3/10)

The founder of Longwoods International answered lawmakers' questions about a recent study showing the Pure Michigan advertising campaign produced $40 million in new taxes and nearly $600 million in spending by tourists from outside Michigan.

Marquette, UWM launch joint research program for water industry

Milwuakee Journal Sentinel (3/9)

Marquette Univ. and the Univ. of Wisc.-Milwaukee have launched a shared research program called the Industrial/University Cooperative Research Center linking university researchers with water-engineering companies.

Sex hormones tested in fight against sea lamprey

Detroit Free Press (3/2)

The next phase of the decades-long fight against destructive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes was expected to begin Monday when researchers were to pump a man-made love potion into more streams after experiments from last spring showed it helped lure the lamprey into traps.

Study: Lakes in the Great Lakes region healthier

(3/2)

The overall condition of U.S. lakes is less than encouraging, but a recent study found thriving lakes in much of the Great Lakes region. Click to read more and view maps detailing lake conditions across the U.S.