http://www.mail.com/locations/75310-traverse-city.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/75310-traverse-city.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2138500-government-moves-to-wrap-up-gray-wolf-recovery.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal officials are declaring victory in their four-decade campaign to rescue the gray wolf, a predator the government once considered a nuisance and tried to exterminate. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday proposed removing the animal's remaining protections as an endangered species across the Lower 48 states. The ... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 08:39:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2138500-government-moves-to-wrap-up-gray-wolf-recovery.html 2013-06-08T08:39:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2129532-team-to-excavate-griffin-lake-michigan-shipwreck.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — An organization that believes it has discovered the wreckage of the oldest known shipwreck in the Great Lakes has received a state permit to conduct a test excavation at the site in northern Lake Michigan, officials said Tuesday. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the state archaeologist's office approved a plan b... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:41:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2129532-team-to-excavate-griffin-lake-michigan-shipwreck.html 2013-06-04T20:41:32Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2085932-report-card-great-lakes-big-problems.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and slamming the door on invasive species, but the freshwater seas continue to face serious threats, a U.S.-Canadian agency said Tuesday. The International Joint Commission, which advises both nations on issues aff... Tue, 14 May 2013 22:36:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2085932-report-card-great-lakes-big-problems.html 2013-05-14T22:36:07Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2039720-police-madonnas-brother-resists-arrest-hurt.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say the brother of pop star Madonna needed nine stiches to his forehead after he resisted arrest in a public bathroom in northern Michigan. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/10v57vC ) that police were called Sunday night when 56-year-old Anthony Ciccone refused to leave the bathroom at the Grand ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:56:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2039720-police-madonnas-brother-resists-arrest-hurt.html 2013-04-23T19:56:30Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1991334-report-predicts-ever-bigger-lake-erie-algae-blooms.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — It was the largest algae bloom in Lake Erie's recorded history — a scummy, toxic blob that oozed across nearly one-fifth of the lake's surface during the summer and fall of 2011. It sucked oxygen from the water, clogged boat motors and washed ashore in rotting masses that turned beachgoers' stomachs. It was also likely an omen ... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:06:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1991334-report-predicts-ever-bigger-lake-erie-algae-blooms.html 2013-04-01T20:06:32Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1986070-requirements-ballast-water-dumped-ships.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has issued new requirements for cleansing ballast water dumped from ships, which scientists believe has provided a pathway to U.S. waters for invasive species that damage ecosystems and cost the economy billions of dollars. Commercial vessels are equipped with tanks that can hold millions of ... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:11:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1986070-requirements-ballast-water-dumped-ships.html 2013-03-29T07:11:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1978946-apnewsbreak-pups-born-to-isle-royale-wolves.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The gray wolves in Isle Royale National Park in northern Michigan are increasingly threatened, scientists said Monday, with no pups spotted during the past year and concern growing that the animals may have stopped reproducing. The wolves have long been a symbol of the wilderness character of the island chain, one of the least-... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:25:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1978946-apnewsbreak-pups-born-to-isle-royale-wolves.html 2013-03-25T22:25:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1974382-deal-requires-ferry-to-ash-dumping-2-years.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The nation's last operating coal-fired ferryboat would stop dumping waste ash into Lake Michigan within two years under a deal with federal regulators announced Friday. 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(AP) — Live Asian carp don't necessarily have to be present for their DNA to turn up in the environment, according to a government study released Wednesday that could intensify the debate over how to prevent the aggressive, hungry invaders from reaching the Great Lakes and other vulnerable waters. DNA is found in excrement, slime and ... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:26:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1904066-study-asian-carp-dna-signal-live-fish.html 2013-02-21T01:26:07Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1871240-2-great-lakes-hit-lowest-water-level-record.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Two of the Great Lakes have hit their lowest water levels ever recorded, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday, capping more than a decade of below-normal rain and snowfall and higher temperatures that boost evaporation. Measurements taken last month show Lake Huron and Lake Michigan have reached their lowest ebb since ... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1871240-2-great-lakes-hit-lowest-water-level-record.html 2013-02-06T04:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1848010-spotty-midwestern-snow-mixed-bag-businesses.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Just a week ago, things looked dire for Sarah and Tim Long, owners of Timbers Resort in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Snow is their winter lifeblood, drawing outdoor sports enthusiasts from far and wide, yet the ground was bare. Then came a desperately needed arctic blast. Suddenly the drifts were thigh-deep — and snowmobilers we... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1848010-spotty-midwestern-snow-mixed-bag-businesses.html 2013-01-26T16:53:00Z