A recent study of 35 national parks found the waters off an island in northwestern Wisconsin had the highest concentration of plastic pollution.

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A national defense bill before Congress would make the nearly 100-year-old lighthouse in Ashland's harbor part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

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Beginning in 1857, lighthouses began shining across the Apostle Islands, guides for sailors and fishermen and witnesses to shipwreck and rescue, to family life and presidential visits.

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Five lighthouses on the Apostle Islands will be closed for repairs until at least this fall.

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LA POINTE, Wis. (AP) — A Lake Superior tribe and its local community are forming a committee to discuss the possibility of reclaiming reservation land. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa settled on Madeline Island in Lake Superior’s ...

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By John Flesher Associated Press Traverse City, Mich. — Some of the Great Lakes’ treasured national parks are showing ill effects of climate change that likely are to worsen in coming decades, from shoreline erosion to decline of certain wildlife ...

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By Scott Carlson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — For the past three decades, leaders of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa have searched for the money to build a new casino. The search ended Monday. The Red Cliff ...

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By CLAIRE DUQUETTE The Daily Press, Ashland ASHLAND, Wis. (AP) — At the turn of the century, tourism was just beginning to flourish. There was a new leisure class who enjoyed spending time outdoors and could travel via brand-new railways ...

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