In this episode of Great Lakes Now, investigating the complicated policy and impacts of coal ash in the Great Lakes through the student reporting initiative, "Poisonous Ponds: Tackling Toxic Coal Ash." Coal ash threats on Lake Michigan, ideas for beneficial reuse and more in this special collaboration with Northwestern University?s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications.

Join researchers as they uncover details about the bottom of the Great Lakes, head to Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum to learn how scientists are using a natural history collection to understand changes to global biodiversity, and The Catch has news about the lakes you love.

In this episode of GLN, digging into the future of land use in the Great Lakes as needs grow for both housing and agriculture, then an eFoiling adventure on Lake Huron, and The Catch has news about the lakes you love!

Michigan DNR researchers document the northern madtom - a tiny, endangered catfish that's venomous. Then take a cinematic journey through Earth's largest freshwater ecosystem - the Great Lakes watershed - with a preview of a new documentary series, and news about the lakes you love.

Volunteers work to preserve a historic Great Lakes lighthouse; a Chicago community finds new life through embracing its past, and high school students learn about Native American culture with the help of lake sturgeon.