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| Kirtland's Warbler</image:title><image:caption>Kirtland's Warbler in its natural habitat.
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of water at daytime</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Chris Kane on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/reflection-of-building-on-body-of-water-at-daytime-166360/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/pexels-photo-29375879.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>vibrant abstract paint swirl with blues and blacks</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Landiva  Weber on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/vibrant-abstract-paint-swirl-with-blues-and-blacks-29375879/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/pexels-photo-8130636.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>painting of river with sandbanks</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Bju00f6rn Austmar u00deu00f3rsson on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/painting-of-river-with-sandbanks-8130636/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/pexels-photo-29340456.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>boot stepping in autumn rain puddle reflection</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Lexa Shep on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/boot-stepping-in-autumn-rain-puddle-reflection-29340456/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/pexels-photo-24797143.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>blue car trying to drive along a flooded street</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Dibakar Roy on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/blue-car-trying-to-drive-along-a-flooded-street-24797143/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/chjpdmf0zs9sci9pbwfnzxmvd2vic2l0zs8ymdiylta2l3vwd2s2mtg2njgymc13awtpbwvkawetaw1hz2uta293cgniy3kuanbn.webp</image:loc><image:title>Aerial view road winding rivers</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-15T16:12:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2024/11/08/reaching-out-to-trump-accelerating-climate-funding-monitoring-watersheds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-2024-great-lakes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>trump-2024-great-lakes</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/49955370163_15c39932a9_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>President Trump Postlaunch Remarks (NHQ202005300076)</image:title><image:caption>&lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/35067687@N04/49955370163" rel="nofollow"&gt;President Trump Postlaunch Remarks (NHQ202005300076)&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/35067687@N04" rel="nofollow"&gt;NASA HQ PHOTO&lt;/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-07T18:28:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/09/09/after-1986-storm-green-infrastructure-grew-photos-public-event/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/submerged-wsgw-van-near-indian-town_credit-eric-jylha.jpg</image:loc><image:title>submerged-wsgw-van-near-indian-town_credit-eric-jylha</image:title><image:caption>Submerged WSGW van. Credit: Eric Jylha</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/midland-flooding-south-from-downtown_credit-midland-emergency-management.jpg</image:loc><image:title>midland-flooding-south-from-downtown_credit-midland-emergency-management</image:title><image:caption>Midland flooding, 1986. Credit: Midland County</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/midland-bridge-to-courthouse-_credit-midland-county-emergency-management.jpg</image:loc><image:title>midland-bridge-to-courthouse-_credit-midland-county-emergency-management</image:title><image:caption>Midland Bridge to Courthouse. Credit: Midland County</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hampton-township_credit-bay-county-emergency-management.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hampton-township_credit-bay-county-emergency-management</image:title><image:caption>Hampton Township, 1986. Credit: Bay County</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/storm1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>storm1</image:title><image:caption>Portsmouth Township, 1986. Credit: Dick Van Nostrand/The Bay City Times</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/storm2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>storm2</image:title><image:caption>Portsmouth Township, 1986. Credit: Dick Van Nostrand/The Bay City Times</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/30th-anniversary-1986-flood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>30th-anniversary-1986-flood</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-01T14:45:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2024/11/01/home-energy-rebates-marbled-crayfish-conservation-campaign/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/marbled-crayfish-andre-karwath-cc.png</image:loc><image:title>marbled-crayfish-Andre-Karwath-CC</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-31T14:57:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2024/10/18/fall-colors-composting-climate-literacy-guide/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/pexels-photo-3070989.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>autumn colors</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Harrison Haines on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/autumn-colors-3070989/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-18T14:51:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2024/10/11/15-years-of-great-lakes-restoration-solar-property-values-study-final-lead-rule-improvements/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/saginaw-bay-dots-glri.png</image:loc><image:title>saginaw-bay-dots-glri</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-10T15:11:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2024/10/04/nighttime-walleye-surveys-great-lakes-heat-monitoring/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lake-huron-shoreline-september-2024-greenbush-michigan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lake-huron-shoreline-september-2024-greenbush-michigan</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/potential-climate-change-impacts-in-lake-huron-including-rising-water-1.png</image:loc><image:title>potential-climate-change-impacts-in-lake-huron-including-rising-water</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/potential-climate-change-impacts-in-lake-huron-including-rising-water.png</image:loc><image:title>potential-climate-change-impacts-in-lake-huron-including-rising-water</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dnr-walleye-nighttime-survey-great-lakes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSK264-046.jpg | Bass Shocking Study</image:title><image:caption>Bass fish shocking survey on Woodland Lake in Livingston County, October, 2008.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/michigan-dnr-personnel-using-a-boat-to-survey-for-walleye.png</image:loc><image:title>michigan-dnr-personnel-using-a-boat-to-survey-for-walleye</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-03T15:33:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2024/09/27/support-sought-for-linwood-waterfront-park-public-access-envisioned-for-old-power-plant-site/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-26T15:54:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2024/09/20/sturgeon-return-fall-colors-bloom-and-advocates-unite/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/aaron-burden-qy-cbkug_x8-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aaron-burden-Qy-CBKUg_X8-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cznmcy1wcml2yxrll3jhd3bpegvsx2ltywdlcy93zwjzaxrlx2nvbnrlbnqvbhivdxb3azyxnzcwmzgwlxdpa2ltzwrpys1pbwfnzs1rb3dibneyyy5qcgc.webp</image:loc><image:title>drone shot forest Autumn colored</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/52306595351_95add3ee19_k.jpg</image:loc><image:title>52306595351_95add3ee19_k</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-19T15:25:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2024/09/13/solar-powered-hatcheries-shoreline-cleanups-and-a-climate-talk/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/dallc2b7e-2024-09-12-14.34.03-a-simple-and-clean-illustration-showing-a-few-solar-panels-next-to-a-fish-hatchery-pond.-the-scene-is.webp</image:loc><image:title>DALL·E 2024-09-12 14.34.03 - A simple and clean illustration showing a few solar panels next to a fish hatchery pond. The scene is</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-12T18:41:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2024/08/30/great-lakes-beaches-rife-with-microplastics-saginaw-bay-conference-returns/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dallc2b7e-2024-08-29-14.41.12-an-image-depicting-a-great-lakes-beach-with-clear-sandy-shores-and-blue-water-highlighting-the-issue-of-microplastics.-include-small-visible-plasti.webp</image:loc><image:title>DALL·E 2024-08-29 14.41.12 - An image depicting a Great Lakes beach with clear, sandy shores and blue water, highlighting the issue of microplastics. Include small, visible plasti</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dallc2b7e-2024-08-29-14.34.56-an-image-depicting-a-great-lakes-beach-with-clear-sandy-shores-and-blue-water-subtly-highlighting-the-issue-of-microplastics.-include-small-visible.webp</image:loc><image:title>DALL·E 2024-08-29 14.34.56 - An image depicting a Great Lakes beach with clear, sandy shores and blue water, subtly highlighting the issue of microplastics. Include small, visible</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-08-29T18:41:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2024/08/23/microplastic-network-activist-and-solar-training/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a-library-built-with-ai-that-focuses-on-microplastics-in.png</image:loc><image:title>a-library-built-with-ai-that-focuses-on-microplastics-in</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-08-23T13:03:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2024/08/16/fish-stocking-wetland-conserving-runoff-reducing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/polluted-runoff.png</image:loc><image:title>polluted-runoff</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-3.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-2.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/fish-for-the-future-truck-mdnr-fish-stocking-michigan-great-lakes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Coho salmon stocking at Tippy Dam, spring 2024</image:title><image:caption>Coho salmon stocking at Tippy Dam, spring 2024</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-08-15T14:50:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2024/08/02/renewables-ready-communities-new-invasive-plant-sturgeon-moon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-1.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sturgeon-fish-and-full-moon.png</image:loc><image:title>sturgeon-fish-and-full-moon</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image.png</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pexels-photo-6346681.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>full moon in dark night sky</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Francesco Ungaro on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/full-moon-in-dark-night-sky-6346681/" 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road</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Aaron J Hill on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/brown-deer-walking-on-gray-asphalt-road-9215684/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/wet-wipes-michigan-law.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wet-wipes-michigan-law</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-07-21T14:18:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2024/07/12/hoa-solar-array-tittabawassee-trail-sparks-for-standish/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pexels-photo-282045.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>lighted sparkler</image:title><image:caption>Photo by NastyaSensei on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/lighted-sparkler-282045/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-07-11T19:13:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2024/06/28/wildfire-summer-invasive-blitz-algae-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/erica-thomas-2knnb4_oyjo-unsplash-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>erica-thomas-2kNNb4_oYJo-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/erica-thomas-2knnb4_oyjo-unsplash-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>erica-thomas-2kNNb4_oYJo-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/erica-thomas-2knnb4_oyjo-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>erica-thomas-2kNNb4_oYJo-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/chris-leboutillier-be8mnfxzbgo-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chris-leboutillier-be8mnFXzBgo-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/pexels-photo-4070651.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>bushfire</image:title><image:caption>Photo 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growing on street near old building</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Maria Orlova on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/blooming-rose-tree-growing-on-street-near-old-building-4917177/" 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Cars</image:title><image:caption>&lt;a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/517005" rel="nofollow"&gt;Electric Cars&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="https://geograph.org.uk/profile/7121" rel="nofollow"&gt;Paul Anderson&lt;/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CC-BY-SA 2.0&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/5702284_aec3ef3f.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Charging cars - Strand on the Green</image:title><image:caption>&lt;a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5702284" rel="nofollow"&gt;Charging cars - Strand on the Green&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="https://geograph.org.uk/profile/1621" rel="nofollow"&gt;Stephen McKay&lt;/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CC-BY-SA 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glass</image:title><image:caption>Photo by lil artsy on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/selective-focus-photo-of-magnifying-glass-1194775/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-12T14:50:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2023/12/22/restoring-wetlands-conserving-water-and-counting-birds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/spring-migration-wetlands-dnr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSK320-007.jpg | Spring Migration Between Bay Port and Fish Point</image:title><image:caption>Spring Migration Between Bay Port and Fish Point</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pexels-photo-5110768.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>a swamp beside green field</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Chris Flaten on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-swamp-beside-green-field-5110768/" 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Snowfall and Extremely Cold Temperatures from the Midwest to the East Coast</image:title><image:caption>&lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/24662369@N07/11730759313" rel="nofollow"&gt;Heavy Snowfall and Extremely Cold Temperatures from the Midwest to the East Coast&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/24662369@N07" rel="nofollow"&gt;NASA Goddard Photo and Video&lt;/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CC-BY 2.0&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-12-22T16:35:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2022/12/23/budget-deal-boosts-great-lakes-restoration-holidays-boost-trash/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/usace-glri-restoration.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Buffalo District continues GLRI ecological restoration at Walnut</image:title><image:caption>USACE visited the Walnut Beach Aquatic and Riparian Invasive Species Demonstration project. The project is in its final year of invasive plant treatments &amp; native plantings, part of an overall ecological restoration of 43 acres partially within the Ashtabula Area of Concern. Funded by GLRI. May 6, 2019.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sampling-saginaw-bay-aoc-area-of-concern.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sampling-saginaw-bay-aoc-area-of-concern</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/us-ace-buffalo-glri-great-lakes-restoration.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Buffalo District continues GLRI ecological restoration at Walnut</image:title><image:caption>USACE visited the Walnut Beach Aquatic and Riparian Invasive Species Demonstration project. The project is in its final year of invasive plant treatments &amp; native plantings, part of an overall ecological restoration of 43 acres partially within the Ashtabula Area of Concern. Funded by GLRI. May 6, 2019. Fowler's Toad is shown in this photograph.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/5487128_6a78d787.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pond restoration in Oaklands Park</image:title><image:caption>&lt;a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5487128" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pond restoration in Oaklands Park&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="https://geograph.org.uk/profile/120958" rel="nofollow"&gt;Patrick Roper&lt;/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CC-BY-SA 2.0&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-12-22T16:24:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2022/12/16/climate-by-the-numbers-building-resilient-communities/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/pexels-photo-1314543-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>lots of numbers</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Black  ice on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/lots-of-numbers-1314543/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/pexels-photo-1314543.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>lots of numbers</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Black  ice on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/lots-of-numbers-1314543/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/pexels-photo-1329293.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>pexels-photo-1329293.jpeg</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Magda Ehlers on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/123456-wall-decor-1329293/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/pexels-photo-1339870.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>pexels-photo-1339870.jpeg</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Magda Ehlers on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/red-background-with-100-text-overlay-1339870/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/pexels-photo-1329296.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>pexels-photo-1329296.jpeg</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Magda Ehlers on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/red-background-with-123456789-text-overlay-1329296/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-12-16T13:15:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2022/12/09/michigan-energy-efficiency-ranking-bay-city-development-and-recycling/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/beer-stein2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>beer-stein2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/coke-bottle-recycling.jpg</image:loc><image:title>coke-bottle-recycling</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cznmcy1wcml2yxrll3jhd3bpegvsx2ltywdlcy93zwjzaxrlx2nvbnrlbnqvbhivchgxmti1ndgwlwltywdllwt3dnk0y204lmpwzw-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Free pile of plastic bottles</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1676156_e47b5d0e.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bottle recycling</image:title><image:caption>&lt;a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1676156" rel="nofollow"&gt;Bottle recycling&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="https://geograph.org.uk/profile/196" rel="nofollow"&gt;Richard Webb&lt;/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CC-BY-SA 2.0&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cznmcy1wcml2yxrll3jhd3bpegvsx2ltywdlcy93zwjzaxrlx2nvbnrlbnqvbhivchgxmti1ndgwlwltywdllwt3dnk0y204lmpwzw-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Free pile of plastic bottles</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cznmcy1wcml2yxrll3jhd3bpegvsx2ltywdlcy93zwjzaxrlx2nvbnrlbnqvbhivchgxmti1ndgwlwltywdllwt3dnk0y204lmpwzw.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Free pile of plastic bottles</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cznmcy1wcml2yxrll3jhd3bpegvsx2ltywdlcy93zwjzaxrlx2nvbnrlbnqvbhivznjwbgfzdgljx2jvdhrszxnfym90dgxlc19yzwn5y2xpbmdfmi1pbwfnzs1rewjjexe0ci5qcgc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Plastic bottles, recycled trash</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-12-09T13:56:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2022/12/02/bay-city-pledges-to-protect-lake-huron-forever-dow-pilots-plastic-film-recycling-michigan-green-schools-gets-upgrade/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/bay-city-lake-huron-pledge-middlegrounds.png</image:loc><image:title>bay-city-lake-huron-pledge-middlegrounds</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/pexels-photo-7235815.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>flowers and globe in the plastic</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/flowers-and-globe-in-the-plastic-7235815/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/pexels-photo-256519.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>chairs on table</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Pixabay on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/chairs-on-table-256519/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-12-02T13:44:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2022/11/11/whitefish-n-worms-appetite-for-utilization/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/6103145172_103c0338a8_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>n68_w1150</image:title><image:caption>&lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/61021753@N02/6103145172" rel="nofollow"&gt;n68_w1150&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/61021753@N02" rel="nofollow"&gt;BioDivLibrary&lt;/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0//" rel="nofollow"&gt;CC-PDM 1.0&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-11-11T12:52:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2022/11/04/push-for-saginaw-bay-wetlands-award-for-state-energy-project-forecast-for-wet-winter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/noaa-winter-outlook-2022.png</image:loc><image:title>noaa-winter-outlook-2022</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/pexels-photo-6495315.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>grass growing on shallow waters</image:title><image:caption>Photo by KoolShooters on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/grass-growing-on-shallow-waters-6495315/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/48049936657_daf98e3126_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NASA Tracks an Environmental Invader</image:title><image:caption>&lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/24662369@N07/48049936657" rel="nofollow"&gt;NASA Tracks an Environmental Invader&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/24662369@N07" rel="nofollow"&gt;NASA Goddard Photo and Video&lt;/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CC-BY 2.0&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2754319_bf62db7b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The London Wetland Centre before sunrise in winter</image:title><image:caption>&lt;a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2754319" rel="nofollow"&gt;The London Wetland Centre before sunrise in winter&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="https://geograph.org.uk/profile/43806" rel="nofollow"&gt;Marathon&lt;/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CC-BY-SA 2.0&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/pexels-photo-8569927.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>a green trees near the lake during sunrise</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Tom Fisk on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-green-trees-near-the-lake-during-sunrise-8569927/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/pexels-photo-2631482.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>close up of green frog</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Couleur on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-of-green-frog-2631482/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-11-03T18:08:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2022/10/28/state-public-land-review-save-on-heating-costs-saginaw-bay-monitoring/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/pexels-photo-11192645-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>man in gray and black hoodie</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Vasily Baranov on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-in-gray-and-black-hoodie-11192645/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/pexels-photo-11192645.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>man in gray and black hoodie</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Vasily Baranov on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-in-gray-and-black-hoodie-11192645/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/bay-midland-gladwin-snapshot-state-land-review-2022.png</image:loc><image:title>bay-midland-gladwin-snapshot-state-land-review-2022</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-10-28T20:00:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2022/10/21/history-hiking-saginaw-water-and-clean-energy-jobs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/pexels-photo-284711.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>low section of man standing on autumn leaves</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Lum3n on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/low-section-of-man-standing-on-autumn-leaves-284711/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1675132_f97519b3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Forest track in Shepherdshill Wood</image:title><image:caption>&lt;a href="http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1675132" rel="nofollow"&gt;Forest track in Shepherdshill Wood&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="https://geograph.org.uk/profile/22976" rel="nofollow"&gt;Rod Allday&lt;/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CC-BY-SA 2.0&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/a010-markuss-0488.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Forest floor</image:title><image:caption>&lt;a href="https://www.rawpixel.com/image/432221/forest-floor" rel="nofollow"&gt;Forest floor&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="" rel="nofollow"&gt;Markus Spiske&lt;/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CC-CC0 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stream in a forest</image:title><image:caption>Photo by I Am Sorin on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-stream-in-a-forest-9143853/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/pexels-photo-9599912.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>aerial view of trees in the forest</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Giant Asparagus on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/aerial-view-of-trees-in-the-forest-9599912/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/pexels-photo-4021783.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>glass tube in lab on blue background</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Karolina Grabowska on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/glass-tube-in-lab-on-blue-background-4021783/" 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statue of king neptune at borsen</image:title><image:caption>Photo by C1 Superstar on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/the-statue-of-king-neptune-at-borsen-8135757/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/pexels-photo-13033635.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>white concrete statue under blue sky</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Steve DiMatteo on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/white-concrete-statue-under-blue-sky-13033635/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/pexels-photo-7504665.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>a girl drinking a glass of water</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Artem Podrez on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-girl-drinking-a-glass-of-water-7504665/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/pexels-photo-3965533.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>adorable little girl drinking cup of milk</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Ksenia Chernaya on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/adorable-little-girl-drinking-cup-of-milk-3965533/" 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2.0&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-08-18T15:58:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2022/08/05/soiling-undies-and-upgrading-hatcheries/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/soilyourundies_1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>soilyourundies_1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-08-04T16:55:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/05/13/discovery-playground-rain-barrels-and-milkweed-for-monarchs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/6097445598_a8158d21af_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6097445598_a8158d21af_z</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/discovery-preserve-playground-sblc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>discovery-preserve-playground-sblc</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-29T12:42:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/08/28/monarch-butterfly-count-beach-debris-grants/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/floating_bowling_ball.jpg</image:loc><image:title>floating_bowling_ball</image:title><image:caption>Credit: NOAA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/monarch-milkweed-usfws.jpg</image:loc><image:title>monarch-milkweed-usfws</image:title><image:caption>Credit: USFWS</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-29T12:41:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2022/07/29/monarchs-endangered-egle-boosted-heat-online/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/hotmichiganheatgov.png</image:loc><image:title>hotmichiganheatgov</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/monarch-endangered.jpg</image:loc><image:title>monarch-endangered</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-29T12:39:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2022/07/22/bay-city-boat-launch-survey-michigan-island-energy-project-little-forks-award/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/beaver-island-lighthouse.jpg</image:loc><image:title>beaver-island-lighthouse</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-21T17:14:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2022/07/12/first-minextcities-climate-change-20-cruising-record/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/img_3454.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3454</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/chicago-skyline-tall-buildings-56590.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chicago-skyline-tall-buildings-56590</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-21T17:05:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2022/06/17/sea-lamprey-control-proper-recycling-environmental-justice-funding/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sea-lamprey-larvae-great-lakes-usfws.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sea-lamprey-larvae-great-lakes-usfws</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-22T14:06:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2022/06/10/forecast-says-high-energy-prices-through-2023-officials-celebrate-frankenlust-park-upgrades-and-fresh-water-week/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/pexels-photo-6334213.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>the straits of mackinac under the mackinac bridge</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Christopher Delcamp on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/the-straits-of-mackinac-under-the-mackinac-bridge-6334213/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/pexels-photo-833317.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>low light photography of white arrow</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Tuesday Temptation on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/low-light-photography-of-white-arrow-833317/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/644356_11a03fb1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Shell Garage</image:title><image:caption>&lt;a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/644356" rel="nofollow"&gt;Shell Garage&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="https://geograph.org.uk/profile/18677" rel="nofollow"&gt;Logomachy&lt;/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CC-BY-SA 2.0&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-10T16:42:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2022/06/03/blackouts-one-water-gathering-and-beach-walks/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/8246892319_67089e9fe1_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Black Marble - City Lights 2012</image:title><image:caption>&lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/24662369@N07/8246892319" rel="nofollow"&gt;Black Marble - City Lights 2012&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/24662369@N07" rel="nofollow"&gt;NASA Goddard Photo and Video&lt;/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CC-BY 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and red typewriter on white table</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-and-red-typewriter-on-white-table-3695297/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/star-clusters-rosette-nebula-star-galaxies-73873.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>red and orange solar flare</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Pixabay on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/red-and-orange-solar-flare-73873/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-19T15:25:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2021/02/12/camera-hunter-webinar-free-fishing-weekend-arctic-air-advisory/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/pexels-photo-3135801-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>grey and black 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rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-15T15:17:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2021/01/29/preserving-the-coast-viewing-owls-tracking-birds/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-29T13:40:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2021/01/22/biden-opportunities-public-land-strategy-and-nature-conservancy-award/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-22T15:44:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2021/01/15/shoreline-permits-film-fest-toxic-releases/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-15T14:05:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2021/01/08/on-restoration-coal-plant-retirements-and-christmas-trees-for-goats/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-08T13:56:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/12/04/give-less-holiday-trash-count-birds-for-christmas/</loc><lastmod>2020-12-18T13:59:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/12/18/delta-flint-partnership-offers-water-tech-program-report-ranks-michigan-on-energy-efficiency/</loc><lastmod>2020-12-18T13:41:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/11/27/beach-cleanups-during-covid-environmental-drones-michigan-trails/</loc><lastmod>2020-11-26T15:18:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/11/20/delta-makes-sustainability-list-bay-county-recycles-christmas-lists-epa-marks-recycling-week/</loc><lastmod>2020-11-19T20:57:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/02/28/middlegrounds-cleanup-consumers-net-zero-plan/</loc><lastmod>2020-11-19T20:53:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/11/13/photo-ambassadors-waste-management-and-water-stewardship/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ben-blennerhassett-lw4jm1smacs-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ben-blennerhassett-lw4jM1smaCs-unsplash</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-11-13T13:45:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/11/06/chemicals-linger-in-birds-comments-sought-on-state-parks-and-forest-roads/</loc><lastmod>2020-11-05T17:10:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/10/30/voters-support-renewables-state-supports-composting-and-water-quality/</loc><lastmod>2020-10-30T14:36:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/10/23/investigating-indoor-air-quality-in-schools-commenting-on-chemicals-plugging-old-brine-wells/</loc><lastmod>2020-10-22T18:17:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/10/02/solar-home-tour-mountain-pine-beetle-michigan-clean-water-corps/</loc><lastmod>2020-10-15T15:48:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/10/16/4600-miles-of-trails-500m-for-water-infrastructure-and-1-3m-great-lakes-jobs/</loc><lastmod>2020-10-16T14:10:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/09/25/praising-whitmers-climate-plan-gazing-at-fall-colors-studying-covid-in-wastewater/</loc><lastmod>2020-09-25T16:08:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/09/04/hiking-the-best-trails-outdoors-together-and-recycling-e-waste/</loc><lastmod>2020-09-04T13:38:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/08/28/fall-color-spots-ballot-initiative-beach-sampling/</loc><lastmod>2020-08-28T15:44:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/08/21/improving-trout-habitat-saginaw-bay-asian-carp-concerns/</loc><lastmod>2020-08-21T14:03:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/08/14/electric-road-trips-get-easier-but-cars-kill-lots-of-eagles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/30382071174_995c3c32cd_c.jpg</image:loc><image:title>30382071174_995c3c32cd_c</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-14T13:33:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/07/31/dont-plant-the-seeds-but-recycle-the-electronics/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-31T15:45:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/07/17/adopt-a-beach-july-bioblitz-water-levels-webinar/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bug-rose-macro.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bug-rose-macro</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2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purple finch. Credit: Deb Nystrom</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/unnamed.png</image:loc><image:title>unnamed</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Gladwin Conservation District</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-07-10T03:36:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/05/08/svsu-testing-for-covid-19-in-wastewater-wildlife-drive-opens-early/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/calebwhittaker.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CalebWhittaker</image:title><image:caption>Student Caleb Whittaker conducts wastewater sample research in SVSU laboratories. 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Credit: NOAA/GLERL</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-16T13:56:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/04/10/asian-carp-cuts-factory-farms-permit-and-state-park-distancing/</loc><lastmod>2020-04-16T13:55:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/03/13/info-on-high-water-levels-saginaw-bay-algal-blooms-and-conservation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/36144600272_a39686cf81_c.jpg</image:loc><image:title>36144600272_a39686cf81_c</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Justin Selden, Michigan Sea Grant</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/6a6b6a82ec55c66d64ecac0c7054b003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6a6b6a82ec55c66d64ecac0c7054b003</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-13T14:39:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/03/06/great-lakes-day-in-dc-beach-cleanup-at-state-park-river-project-in-gladwin/</loc><lastmod>2020-03-05T16:21:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/02/28/landfill-waste-up-fishing-shanties-off/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ice-shanties_original.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSK25-150.jpg | Bay de Noc Ice Fishing</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Michigan DNR</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-02-27T16:01:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/02/14/enviro-groups-rate-state-federal-budgets/</loc><lastmod>2020-02-13T16:44:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/01/31/saginaw-bay-reef-documentary-trail-meetings-and-100-renewable-bills/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/coreyon-reef-saginaw-bay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>coreyon-reef-saginaw-bay</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/restoreeee.jpg</image:loc><image:title>restoreeee</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-02-03T19:49:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/01/24/volunteers-for-conservancy-art-for-warblers/</loc><lastmod>2020-01-24T14:48:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/01/17/happy-little-trees-to-populate-state-parks-you-can-add-instagram-photos-to-great-lakes-exhibition/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/16115751988_f2590e2eeb_c.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bob Ross Attempt 2</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Randen Pederson</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-16T16:14:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2020/01/10/gas-grants-radon-testing-bottle-bill/</loc><lastmod>2020-01-14T14:07:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/12/20/first-grants-for-trash-free-great-lakes-more-funding-for-restoration-award-for-recycling-raccoons/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/socialpost-recyclingraccoonsquad-knowit-blue.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SocialPost-RecyclingRaccoonSquad-KnowIt-Blue</image:title><image:caption>Credit: EGLE</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-19T16:32:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/12/13/surplus-land-sale-eco-christmas-tips/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mackinaw-city-in-cheboygan-co..jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mackinaw City in Cheboygan Co.</image:title><image:caption>DNR parcel 315334 includes 0.35 acres for sale near Mackinaw City in Cheboygan County. This parcel includes access to Lake Huron. Credit: DNR</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-11T16:02:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/12/06/michigan-info-on-high-water-levels-and-renewable-natural-gas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_2058-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2058 (2)</image:title><image:caption>Lake Huron. Credit: Author</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-05T16:18:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/11/22/beach-slobs-urban-gardens-and-solar-legislation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/tyler-nix-qs0im4plybe-unsplash-e1574424926957.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tyler-nix-qs0im4pLYbE-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Tyler Nix on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-11-22T12:22:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/11/15/nov-21-dow-settlement-meeting-sag-bay-ag-awards-huron-pines-milestone/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/33487237841_7b300fb5d5_c.jpg</image:loc><image:title>33487237841_7b300fb5d5_c</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Christian Collins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-11-18T14:45:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/11/01/solar-best-for-great-lakes-compost-best-for-leaves/</loc><lastmod>2019-11-03T15:38:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/10/18/seeing-colors-connecting-scientists-saving-warblers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/44274784595_de4d75bf78_c.jpg</image:loc><image:title>44274784595_de4d75bf78_c</image:title><image:caption>Credit: 7 Lakes HDR</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/48765629642_552047b072_c.jpg</image:loc><image:title>48765629642_552047b072_c</image:title><image:caption>A Kirtland's Warbler. Credit: USFWS</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-17T15:14:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/10/04/maps-of-fall-foliage-climate-change-opinions-solar-tour/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/think-michigan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>think-michigan</image:title><image:caption>Via Yale Climate Opinion Maps 2019</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/fall-foliage-map-smokymountains.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fall-foliage-map-smokymountains</image:title><image:caption>The map for Oct. 5, 2019. Via SmokyMountains.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-04T17:32:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/09/27/sustainability-at-delta-leaves-on-trees-tips-on-septic-systems/</loc><lastmod>2019-09-30T19:02:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/09/20/sturgeon-finale-and-energy-jobs-tally/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/tweetcloseup.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tweetcloseup</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wintweet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wintweet</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-23T19:39:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/09/06/watch-out-for-fall-mosquitoes-get-ready-for-easier-recycling-in-bay-county/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/green-bottles-1191462-1599x1040.jpg</image:loc><image:title>green-bottles-1191462-1599x1040</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Silvia McCabe</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-06T12:37:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/08/30/labor-day-tips-and-wildlife-drive-trips/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/american_white_pelican_20190731_allen_t_chartier_8764.jpg</image:loc><image:title>American_White_Pelican_20190731_Allen_T_Chartier_8764</image:title><image:caption>American white pelicans. Credit: Allen T. Chartier</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-03T14:43:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/08/23/talkin-trash-at-svsu-droppin-rocks-in-saginaw-bay/</loc><lastmod>2019-08-26T14:43:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/08/16/maps-of-invasive-species-projects-and-drug-take-back-sites/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screenshot2-e1565972300189.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screenshoottttt-e1565972106249.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshoottttt</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-08-16T16:27:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/08/02/solar-home-water-withdrawals-fighting-frog-bit/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/frogbitleafsize_502773_7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>frogbitleafsize_502773_7</image:title><image:caption>European frogbit via Michigan.gov</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-01T12:40:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/07/12/record-water-levels-saginaw-bay-keynote-solar-property-tax-bills/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/5tcreads-380x558-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5tcreads-380x558 (1)</image:title><image:caption>Via JerryDennis.net</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/233403591_80c4cbfa86_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>233403591_80c4cbfa86_b</image:title><image:caption>Shoreline of Port Elgin, Ontario. Credit: DonkerDink 

</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-07-11T15:54:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/06/28/win-for-saginaw-bay-crop-disaster-resources-recycling-raccoons/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/recycling-raccoons-michigan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>recycling-raccoons-michigan</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-06-28T20:59:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/06/21/balloons-bad-beaches-better-blog-backlog/</loc><lastmod>2019-06-20T17:16:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/05/31/playcleango-awareness/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/playcleango_awareness_week_infographic.png</image:loc><image:title>PlayCleanGo_Awareness_Week_Infographic</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-06-04T17:15:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/05/24/what-can-you-recycle-in-bay-city/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-30T12:29:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/05/17/wildlife-drive-delayed-by-wildlife-ev-adoption-delayed-by-ignorance/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/8204371869_29738610cf_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8204371869_29738610cf_z</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Burt Lum</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-05-17T14:16:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/05/10/comment-on-great-lakes-plan-michigan-parks-turn-100/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/chrisk-podium.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chrisk-podium</image:title><image:caption>EPA GLNPO Director Chris Korleski talking about Action Plan III at a public engagement session. Credit: EPA
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-05-10T12:34:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/05/03/solar-on-farmland-revisited-american-wetlands-month/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-02T15:43:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/04/26/garlic-mustard-pull-cedar-river-cleanup/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/34215547570_ffd2e8db91_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>34215547570_ffd2e8db91_z</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Plant Image Library</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/34215547570_ffd2e8db91_m.jpg</image:loc><image:title>34215547570_ffd2e8db91_m</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Plant Image Library</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-26T14:20:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/04/19/egle-earth-day-events-recycling-grants/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/6952550342_ea7d618b3b_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6952550342_ea7d618b3b_o</image:title><image:caption>Vehicles wait in line for an Ed Golson compost day in 2012. Credit: Jeff Kart </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/egle-logo_original.png</image:loc><image:title>egle-logo_original</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-19T14:15:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/04/12/svsu-to-host-state-of-lake-huron-conference-foundation-to-fund-bay-county-shoreline-project/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/solh19mast1000-2.png</image:loc><image:title>solh19mast1000 (2)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-11T16:49:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/04/05/new-invasive-species-laws-in-effect-consumers-energy-files-settlement/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/clean-drain-dry.jpg</image:loc><image:title>clean-drain-dry</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-05T13:43:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/03/29/lake-huron-lamp-fisheries-workshops/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/monitor-usfs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>monitor-usfs</image:title><image:caption>Monitor Township Tree Planting. Credit: U.S. Forest Service.
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-28T18:26:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/03/22/take-saginaw-bay-algal-blooms-survey-attend-dnr-events/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/greatlakes_amo_2011282_lrg-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GreatLakes_amo_2011282_lrg (2)</image:title><image:caption>Algae in Saginaw Bay. Credit: NASA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-21T14:07:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/03/01/2019-saginaw-bay-confab-seeks-presentations-michigan-recycling-program-releases-stats/</loc><lastmod>2019-02-28T16:22:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/02/22/lake-huron-plan-seeks-input-2019-budget-funds-restoration-projects/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/3722023557_e1015808ea_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3722023557_e1015808ea_z</image:title><image:caption>Credit: JJ</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-02-22T12:34:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/02/08/mec-on-whitmer-reorganization-tnc-on-saginaw-bay-ag/</loc><lastmod>2019-02-07T16:35:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/01/25/excellence-in-conservation-fighting-plastic-pollution/</loc><lastmod>2019-01-24T17:24:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/01/18/economic-impact-study-on-hunting-and-fishing-sustainability-award-for-delta-college/</loc><lastmod>2019-01-17T15:53:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/01/11/urban-wood-toolkit-free-radon-test-kits/</loc><lastmod>2019-01-11T16:50:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2019/01/04/water-strategy-water-trails-and-kayak-launch/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/water-trails-michigan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>water-trails-michigan</image:title><image:caption>State Designated Water Trails. Credit: MDNR</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/reportcov.jpg</image:loc><image:title>reportcov</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-06T15:57:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/12/21/removing-small-dams-and-plastic-pollution-happy-new-year/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/smalldam.jpg</image:loc><image:title>smalldam</image:title><image:caption>Small dam on the East Branch Pine River, Alcona County. Planned for 2019 removal. Credit: Huron Pines</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-21T18:37:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/12/14/guides-for-michigan-holiday-gifts-and-prescription-drug-disposal/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Ludington.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Big Sable Point Lighthouse.</image:title><image:caption>"Image of the Big Sable Point Lighthouse and the Lake Michigan shoreline, Michigan, USA."</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-13T19:45:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/12/07/water-school-surplus-land-flame-retardants/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/clare-county-e-long-lake-road.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-08T16:46:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/11/30/brief-for-whitmer-bill-on-ballast-water/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/capture.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Capture</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-30T14:43:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/11/16/land-conservation-fights-global-warming-you-can-fight-plastic-pollution/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/toolkit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>toolkit</image:title><image:caption>From the toolkit. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-16T15:31:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/11/09/svsu-targets-fecal-contamination-deq-targets-air-quality/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tami-sivy-office-of-the-great-lakes-grant.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tami Sivy -- Office of the Great Lakes grant</image:title><image:caption>Trenton Vogel, junior chemistry major, Bay City (lab coat)&#13;&#13;Tami Sivy, professor of chemistry (wearing glasses)&#13;&#13;John Riley, Area of Concern Coordinator/Great Lakes Management Unit, Michigan DNR, Office of the Great Lakes&#13;&#13;Shannon Briggs,&#13;Water Bureau, MDEQ</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-09T14:44:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/11/02/distributed-generation-net-metering-report-areas-of-concern-tool/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/programcustomers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>programcustomers</image:title><image:caption>Via the Michigan Public Service Commission</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ogl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ogl</image:title><image:caption>Michigan Areas of Concern. Via the Michigan Office of the Great Lakes.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-01T15:21:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/10/19/agricultural-management-comments-sturgeon-stocking-numbers-eco-tourism-funding/</loc><lastmod>2018-10-19T13:10:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/10/12/nominate-a-watershed-adopt-a-park-drink-a-beer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/water-quality-map-deq.jpg</image:loc><image:title>water-quality-map-deq</image:title><image:caption>Basin Year 1. Credit: MDEQ</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-13T14:46:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/09/28/septic-systems-asian-carp-delta-sustainability/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/campus-004.jpg</image:loc><image:title>campus-004</image:title><image:caption>The Delta campus. Credit: Delta College</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/failure-rates.jpg</image:loc><image:title>failure-rates</image:title><image:caption>Estimated septic system failure rates. From "An Assessment of Failing
Septic Systems in the Saginaw Bay Region" 2018</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-09-28T12:12:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/09/14/bay-county-parks-survey-riparian-buffer-strips/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fall-1-040.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fall 1.040</image:title><image:caption>Fall color. Credit: Bay County</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-09-17T13:19:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/08/31/historic-sturgeon-release-forest-management-workshop/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/lakesturgeonflickrset-710px.jpg</image:loc><image:title>LakeSturgeonFlickrset-710px</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-08-30T14:47:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/08/24/michigan-leads-midwest-in-clean-energy-jobs-needs-volunteer-boat-inspectors/</loc><lastmod>2018-08-23T16:54:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/08/17/adopt-a-beach-and-freeze-a-beetle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/wsps-alb_comparison-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WSPS-ALB_comparison (2)</image:title><image:caption>Asian long-horned beetle.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-08-20T17:04:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/08/10/saginaw-bay-resiliency-summit-new-nature-preserve/</loc><lastmod>2018-08-14T13:48:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/08/03/combined-heat-and-power-in-michigans-energy-future/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/michigan-forest-map-gis-snip.png</image:loc><image:title>michigan-forest-map-gis-snip</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Michigan DNR</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/chp-combined-heat-power-michigan.png</image:loc><image:title>chp-combined-heat-power-michigan</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Michigan Energy Office </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-08-03T20:47:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/07/27/free-farmer-lunch-funding-for-restoration/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/fish-migration-noaa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fish-migration-noaa</image:title><image:caption>Via NOAA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-07-26T14:16:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/07/13/dte-energy-proposes-large-ev-project-watershed-groups-boost-midland-park/</loc><lastmod>2018-07-25T19:33:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/06/29/forest-management-plans-great-lakes-climate-outlook/</loc><lastmod>2018-07-03T13:42:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/06/22/epa-coming-to-saginaw-deer-turning-into-zombies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/t1-18165-1556-lakehuron-143-250m.jpg</image:loc><image:title>t1.18165.1556.LakeHuron.143.250m</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-21T15:21:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/06/15/retiring-coal-plants-recovering-from-storms/</loc><lastmod>2018-06-15T13:38:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/06/08/call-for-monarch-and-pheasant-habitat-in-michigan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/12806295594_26f6ae5bfd_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>12806295594_26f6ae5bfd_z</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-08T11:30:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/06/01/wildlife-drive-opens-off-road-vehicles-on-agenda/</loc><lastmod>2018-05-31T18:26:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/05/25/more-clean-energy-cold-beach-water/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/flippers-935347_1920.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flippers-935347_1920</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/timothy-eberly-515751-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>timothy-eberly-515751-unsplash</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-05-25T14:15:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/05/18/drinking-water-conservation-and-invasive-species-identification/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/protect-the-source-drinking-water-week.jpg</image:loc><image:title>protect-the-source-drinking-water-week</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-05-17T19:13:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/05/11/put-the-black-spot-on-parrot-feather-and-sea-lamprey-notmispecies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/screenshot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>screenshot</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-05-11T17:57:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/05/04/huron-shoreline-protected-renewable-initiative-endorsed-invasive-species-targeted/</loc><lastmod>2018-05-10T11:42:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/04/06/recognize-green-schools-ditch-bottled-water/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/tap-water-vs-bottled-water-infographic-flow.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tap-water-vs-bottled-water-infographic-flow</image:title><image:caption>Via FLOW</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/jghs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jghs</image:title><image:caption>Via JGHS </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-07T15:33:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/03/30/renewable-energy-poll-brook-trout-passage-earth-day-cleanup/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/4918442670_e7597ce170_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4918442670_e7597ce170_z</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Brian Rawson-Ketchum</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/hungry-trout-gif-source.gif</image:loc><image:title>hungry trout GIF-source</image:title><image:caption>Via Giphy</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/snippet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snippet</image:title><image:caption>Poll snippet. Credit: Sierra Club</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-29T17:09:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/03/23/deadlines-for-energy-award-art-contest/</loc><lastmod>2018-03-29T17:08:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/03/16/spring-fishery-workshops-and-bird-tours/</loc><lastmod>2018-03-22T16:33:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/03/09/river-flooding-risk-energy-efficiency-savings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/high-water-3063989_1920.jpg</image:loc><image:title>high-water-3063989_1920</image:title><image:caption>High water. Credit: distel2610/Pixabay</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-09T12:25:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/03/02/michigan-wind-stats-frog-and-toad-survey/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bullfrog-michigan-dnr-e1519993350620.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bullfrog-michigan-dnr</image:title><image:caption>Bullfrog. Credit: MDNR</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/locations-renewable-energy-michigan-e1519993107338.jpg</image:loc><image:title>locations-renewable-energy-michigan</image:title><image:caption>Locations of Renewable Energy Projects in Michigan. Credit: MPSC, page 22</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-05T19:40:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/01/12/state-of-the-great-lakes-sustain-our-great-lakes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/4046641938_06b8b53e49_z-e1519765987621.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Atlantic salmon. Salmo salar.</image:title><image:caption>Atlantic salmon. Salmo salar.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-02-27T21:13:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/01/19/recreation-passports-fund-improvements-salt-is-damaging-rivers-and-streams/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/parkhere_554880_7.png</image:loc><image:title>parkHere_554880_7</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Michigan DNR</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/8458604034_b27e79513f_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8458604034_b27e79513f_z</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-02-27T21:10:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/02/23/consumers-energy-pledges-40-renewables-while-state-ballot-initiative-advances/</loc><lastmod>2018-02-26T19:04:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/02/09/report-winter-fish-kills-enter-duck-stamp-contest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/fish-235085_640.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fish-235085_640</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-02-12T20:21:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/01/26/recycling-cart-bucks-first-oscar-for-farming/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/deqrecyclingbin-e1518115792327.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deqrecyclingbin</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/jj-metz-and-mary-fales-tnc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jj-metz-and-mary-fales-tnc</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-02-08T18:50:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/12/01/the-oscars-of-farming-and-land-for-sale/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ap17-96.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ap17.96</image:title><image:caption>Credit: The Met </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/14375317064_ee7dbc4be1_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14375317064_ee7dbc4be1_b</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-01-25T12:33:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2018/01/05/major-conservancy-award-sewer-planning-bucks-solar-school-contest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/saginawlandfb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>saginawlandfb</image:title><image:caption>Via Facebook </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/apple-1702316_640.jpg</image:loc><image:title>apple-1702316_640</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Pixabay</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-01-05T15:57:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/12/22/goodbye-power-plant-hello-arctic-grayling/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/chimney-weadock-consumers-energy.png</image:loc><image:title>chimney-weadock-consumers-energy</image:title><image:caption>Demolition of Weadock’s 500-foot chimney in progress. Credit: Consumers Energy
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/arctic-grayling-mdnr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>arctic-grayling-mdnr</image:title><image:caption>Arctic grayling. Credit: Michigan Department of Natural Resources</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-01-04T12:58:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/12/15/state-forest-roads-open-to-off-road-vehicles-jan-1-au-gres-to-assess-stormwater-drainage/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/orv-dnr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Black Mountain Recreation Area</image:title><image:caption>Black Mountain Recreation Area</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-12-19T12:30:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/12/08/plastic-pollution-tawas-point-lighthouse/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/plastic-beach.jpg</image:loc><image:title>plastic-beach</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-12-13T14:13:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/11/17/asian-carp-solutions-from-27-countries-agriculture-census-to-3-million-producers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/15569719162_14bafaccdd_k.jpg</image:loc><image:title>15569719162_14bafaccdd_k</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Balliwick Studios</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/map_604961_7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>map_604961_7</image:title><image:caption>Via Michigan.gov</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-11-17T13:11:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/11/03/michigan-makes-it-easier-to-snag-best-camp-sites-saginaw-library-recognized/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/5816640203_2d2a8cd40d_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5816640203_2d2a8cd40d_b</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-11-09T14:07:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/10/20/great-lakes-restoration-phragmites-and-insect-hotels/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_1790.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1790</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-23T18:25:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/10/13/oktoberforest-campaign-and-open-burning-information/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/oktoberforest_coaster_2017_front.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Oktoberforest_Coaster_2017</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-16T12:20:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/09/22/invasive-plant-boat-tours-fall-colors/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/phragmites-boat-tour-saginaw-bay-lake-huron.jpg</image:loc><image:title>phragmites-boat-tour-saginaw-bay-lake-huron</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/leaves.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leaves</image:title><image:caption>Credit: MDNR</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-28T12:01:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/09/08/lake-huron-fall-michigan-coastal-initiatives-energy-plans/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/10590465154_705f4a5349_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>10590465154_705f4a5349_z</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Dale Noel</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/225713117_ab4cbc0304_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>225713117_ab4cbc0304_b</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Drew Saunders</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-08T12:12:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/09/01/antidepressants-in-fish-brains-beach-trash-in-bags/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/5363999563_c4ea8f6604_b-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5363999563_c4ea8f6604_b (2)</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Wendy</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-08T11:45:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/08/24/tittabawassee-river-sturgeon-cedar-river-monitoring/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/juvenile_lake_sturgeon_-_1_389778_7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Juvenile_Lake_Sturgeon_-_1_389778_7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/juvenile_lake_sturgeon_-_2_389780_7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Juvenile_Lake_Sturgeon_-_2_389780_7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/underside_of_juvenile_lake_sturgeon_389784_7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Underside_of_Juvenile_Lake_Sturgeon_389784_7</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-01T13:02:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/08/18/on-following-a-black-bear-and-germania-restoration/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/5797288198_55b410d178_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5797288198_55b410d178_z</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Tony Faiola</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-24T12:34:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/08/11/invasive-carp-challenge-how-you-dune-survey-frankenmuth-catfish/</loc><lastmod>2017-08-18T13:36:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/07/28/comment-on-lake-huron-lamp-info-on-rapid-beach-testing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/14282854978_26281f70bf_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14282854978_26281f70bf_z</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Kevin Dooley</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-17T12:50:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/07/14/saginaw-bay-algal-blooms-up-monarchs-river-cleanups/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/giphy-1.gif</image:loc><image:title>giphy (1)</image:title><image:caption>via Giphy</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-29T15:29:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/07/07/sc-johnson-wind-energy-summer-teacher-institute-canada-geese/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/canada-geese-attack.jpg</image:loc><image:title>canada-geese-attack</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-14T12:47:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/06/23/state-of-the-great-lakes-and-saginaw-bay/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2020.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2020</image:title><image:caption>Saginaw Bay at the Bay City State Recreation Area, Bangor Township, Michigan</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-05T14:23:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/06/16/off-road-proposal-frog-bit-challenge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/3784276457_61ce861929_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3784276457_61ce861929_z</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Audrey</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-25T23:19:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/06/09/paris-in-michigan-pace-in-saginaw-training-in-midland/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/5982377683_63716d298a_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5982377683_63716d298a_b</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-22T15:12:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/06/02/baysail-seeks-trainees-refuge-considers-commercial-guides-state-surveys-fish/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/13700908363_babcedc93f_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>13700908363_babcedc93f_z</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-02T11:26:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/05/26/more-michigan-renewables-updated-fish-finder-saginaw-pollinator-project/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/michigan-fish-finder-2.png</image:loc><image:title>michigan-fish-finder (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/michigan-fish-finder-e1495724684238.png</image:loc><image:title>michigan-fish-finder</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/3824102429_673ae556f0_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3824102429_673ae556f0_b</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-02T11:14:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/05/19/rejecting-more-wind-bagging-more-trash-creating-less-waste/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/litter-comp-general-768x559.png</image:loc><image:title>Litter-Comp-General-768x559</image:title><image:caption>via the Alliance for the Great Lakes 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mussels research. Credit: CMU</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-21T12:21:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/04/14/debating-ag-land-windfall-finding-trout-trails/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/michigan-trout-trails.jpg</image:loc><image:title>michigan-trout-trails</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/michigan-soybean-harvest.jpg</image:loc><image:title>michigan-soybean-harvest</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-21T12:20:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/04/21/spring-beach-cleaning-oak-wilt-earth-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/oak-wilt-michigan-2016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>oak-wilt-michigan-2016</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lake-michigan-beach-ppj.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lake-michigan-beach-ppj</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-21T12:16:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/04/12/energy-laws-duck-and-bird-advice-power-plant-expansion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/midland-cogeneration-venture-expansion-artists-rendering.jpg</image:loc><image:title>midland-cogeneration-venture-expansion-artists-rendering</image:title><image:caption>Artist's rendering. Credit: MCV</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/goslings.jpg</image:loc><image:title>goslings</image:title><image:caption>Goslings. Credit: MDNR</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-12T11:59:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/03/31/spotting-ducks-treating-for-ash-borer-awarding-grants/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/abstract-background-of-blurred-lights-with-bokeh-effect-1635097-640x427.jpg</image:loc><image:title>abstract background of blurred lights with bokeh effect</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Pellinni</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/aerialwaterfowlsurvey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Aerial+Waterfowl+Survey</image:title><image:caption>Department of Natural Resources biologists counted ducks, geese and swans while flying low over Michigan’s waterways as part of an annual effort to monitor waterfowl populations. Credit: MDNR
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-07T14:25:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/03/17/april-showers-bring-grants-fisheries-workshops-youth-opportunities/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/perch.jpg</image:loc><image:title>perch</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Peyman Zehtab Fard</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ag-runoff.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ag-runoff</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Lynn Betts | USDA NRCS
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-31T13:55:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/03/15/bringing-back-the-arctic-grayling-looking-for-frogs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/arctic-grayling-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>arctic-grayling-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/arctic-grayling-michigan-dnr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>arctic-grayling-michigan-dnr</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-15T19:45:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/02/17/comments-on-michigan-air-contaminants-updates-on-renewable-energy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/5321232404_928ff16f2b_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5321232404_928ff16f2b_z</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Jeff Hutchison</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/11791478425_789b595441_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11791478425_789b595441_z</image:title><image:caption>Credit: GollyGforce</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-24T12:30:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/02/03/creating-an-urban-park-and-keeping-the-lights-on-in-michigan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/15379464200_5dc205dba1_h.jpg</image:loc><image:title>15379464200_5dc205dba1_h</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/4331119130_3ff0b8fec1_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4331119130_3ff0b8fec1_b</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-03T15:46:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2017/01/06/state-of-great-lakes-research-lighthouse-keepers-smart-meters/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tawas_point_lighthouse.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tawas State Park &amp; Light Keepers</image:title><image:caption>Tawas Point Lighthouse. Credit: Michigan DNR</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-06T13:00:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/12/23/state-energy-laws-park-improvements-water-infrastructure/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/16011993169_6bb36102a1_k.jpg</image:loc><image:title>16011993169_6bb36102a1_k</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Sharon Mollerus</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2632138944_bd9b25863d_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2632138944_bd9b25863d_o</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/4105593648_d9545ba87f_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4105593648_d9545ba87f_b</image:title><image:caption>Credit: GollyGforce</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-27T15:08:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/12/16/winter-stoneflies-environmental-educator-award-christmas-bird-count/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/winter-stoneflies-michigan-lake-stream.png</image:loc><image:title>winter-stoneflies-michigan-lake-stream</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Dysmorodrepanis, Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/snowyowl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snowyowl</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Rachel Kramer</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-16T13:02:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/12/09/au-sable-river-conservation-michigan-infrastructure-recommendations/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tqlmoxko1r8-michael-roach.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tqlmoxko1r8-michael-roach</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Michael Roach</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/00qwn1j0g48-aaron-burden.jpg</image:loc><image:title>00qwn1j0g48-aaron-burden</image:title><image:caption>Grayling, Michigan. 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Burden</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-13T20:23:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/12/02/getting-warmer-on-climate-predictions-surface-temperatures/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/5539781517_06992b81c5_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5539781517_06992b81c5_b</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/great-lakes-model-nayuki1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great-lakes-model-nayuki</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/great-lakes-model-nayuki.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great-lakes-model-nayuki</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-02T13:32:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/11/25/national-spotlight-for-saginaw-bay-restoration-national-ban-for-11-invasives/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2946.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2946</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-30T20:40:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/11/18/state-land-for-sale-wild-turkey-101-and-big-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/layers-saginaw-bay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>layers-saginaw-bay</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/9028540504_14f1522042_k.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9028540504_14f1522042_k</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-18T13:49:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/11/11/trump-and-climate-research-zero-emission-vehicles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/25146024234_5ed1800391_k.jpg</image:loc><image:title>25146024234_5ed1800391_k</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-11T12:15:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/11/04/invasive-species-sewer-maintenance/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/5563958755_745a0188f5_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5563958755_745a0188f5_b</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-11T12:06:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/10/21/water-strategy-solarize-michigan-clean-your-hunting-dogs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sustaining-michigans-water-heritage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sustaining-michigans-water-heritage</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/pumpkin-sun-mg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pumpkin-sun-mg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hunting-dogs-duck-oakleyoriginals.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hunting-dogs-duck-oakleyoriginals</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-10-21T12:15:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/09/30/restoring-michigans-largest-estuary-improving-energy-efficiency/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/shiawasseesunset.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shiawasseesunset</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-10-12T12:41:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/09/23/growing-the-saginaw-childrens-zoo-and-michigan-solar/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/proposed-zoo-trails-saginaw-bay-win.png</image:loc><image:title>proposed-zoo-trails-saginaw-bay-win</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-09-23T17:12:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/09/16/share-your-stories-at-the-great-flood-of-1986-website-interview/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/great-flood-1986-website-michigan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great-flood-1986-website-michigan</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-09-20T11:38:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/09/02/remembering-the-30th-anniversary-of-michigans-flood-of-1986/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/great-michigan-flood-1986-national-weather-service.png</image:loc><image:title>great-michigan-flood-1986-national-weather-service</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-09-08T11:36:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/08/29/on-curbing-beach-and-back-to-school-trash/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/trashcansconeyisland.jpg</image:loc><image:title>trashcansconeyisland</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-08-29T21:03:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/08/12/human-toothed-pacu-in-michigan-waters-endangered-species-running-out-of-time/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/27875898080_650f87339e_k-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>27875898080_650f87339e_k 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Credit: NASA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/juris.gif</image:loc><image:title>juris</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-30T15:59:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/06/21/plans-for-saginaw-riverfront-park-michigan-water-strategy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/riverfront1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>riverfront1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/riverfront2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Racer Tract 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Fish</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-20T13:20:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/05/09/wind-energy-payments-kirtlands-ham-radio-salmon-classroom-michigan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2458625308_7489fd0b2b_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2458625308_7489fd0b2b_z</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/12435393153_d57b677376_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>12435393153_d57b677376_z</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/5727207750_bfa65062d3_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5727207750_bfa65062d3_b</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/red-barn-wind-rural-landowner-awea.jpg</image:loc><image:title>red-barn-wind-rural-landowner-awea</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-15T15:44:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/04/29/fighting-michigan-invasives-creating-clean-jobs-preserving-rare-orchids/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bay-county-clean-jobs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bay-county-clean-jobs</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/5201656701_0a81fb731f_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5201656701_0a81fb731f_b</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/19475581522_d517ed0fb7_k.jpg</image:loc><image:title>19475581522_d517ed0fb7_k</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-29T11:55:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/04/02/gis-in-bay-county-nature-films-in-midland-clean-communities-in-the-great-lakes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/great-lakes-clean-communities-network-funding.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great-lakes-clean-communities-network-funding</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/banff-mountain-film-festival-midland.jpg</image:loc><image:title>banff-mountain-film-festival-midland</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gis-bay-county.png</image:loc><image:title>gis-bay-county</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-02T15:55:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/03/26/place-based-education-fishery-workshops-coffee-talk/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/6079976530_3798d8944a_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6079976530_3798d8944a_z</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/northeast-michigan-watersheds-seagrant.png</image:loc><image:title>northeast-michigan-watersheds-seagrant</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-29T21:03:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/03/21/salmon-suffering-beach-cleaning-happy-spring/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/beach-trash-erv.jpg</image:loc><image:title>beach-trash-erv</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/chinook-salmon-usfws-pacific.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chinook-salmon-usfws-pacific</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-21T18:09:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/03/11/lake-huron-conservation-shiawassee-restoration-spring-grant-funding/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/heron-kramer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>heron-kramer</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/location.jpg</image:loc><image:title>location</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/laketrouteggs-usfwsmidwest.jpg</image:loc><image:title>laketrouteggs-usfwsmidwest</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-11T12:38:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/03/04/great-lakes-bay-trail-duck-stamp-contest-phragmites-workshops/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/great-lakes-bay-regional-trail.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great-lakes-bay-regional-trail</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/phragmites-michigan-sea-grant.jpg</image:loc><image:title>phragmites-michigan-sea-grant</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/duck-stamp-michigan.png</image:loc><image:title>duck-stamp-michigan</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-04T12:49:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/01/29/meanest-and-greenest-cars-and-solarizing-the-saginaw-bay-region/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/solarize-michigan-sun.jpg</image:loc><image:title>solarize-michigan-sun</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/super-sun-solar-michigan-solarize.jpg</image:loc><image:title>super-sun-solar-michigan-solarize</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/chevy-spark-ev-mho.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chevy-spark-ev-mho</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-28T16:08:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/01/25/staying-warm-largest-energy-efficiency-standards-in-history/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/winter-warmth-kart.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter-warmth-kart</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/northern-pike-sikkema.jpg</image:loc><image:title>northern-pike-sikkema</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/retro-analysis-nrel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>retro-analysis-nrel</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-25T12:31:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/01/08/happy-shoe-year/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/esri-logo-visualizing-water.jpg</image:loc><image:title>esri-logo-visualizing-water</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/recycling-carts-2016-deq.jpg</image:loc><image:title>recycling-carts-2016-deq</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/showshoes-noeh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>showshoes-noeh</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-19T15:42:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2016/01/19/au-gres-restoration-and-michigan-adventures/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/the-outbound-collective-near-bay-city-michigan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the-outbound-collective-near-bay-city-michigan</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-19T15:37:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/12/18/counting-birds-and-bacteria/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/michigan-river-winter-sorbie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>michigan-river-winter-sorbie</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Jim Sorbie</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/christmas-bird-count-usfws-2011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christmas-bird-count-usfws-2011</image:title><image:caption>Credit: USFWS</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-19T16:13:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/12/11/tripling-renewables-raising-rates-rebuilding-reef/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/reef-spawning-snip-tnc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>reef-spawning-snip-tnc</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/karn-weadock-bay-county-mi-americas-power.jpg</image:loc><image:title>karn-weadock-bay-county-mi-americas-power</image:title><image:caption>Credit: America's Power</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/30-brian.jpg</image:loc><image:title>30-brian</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-11T12:50:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/11/20/bears-bay-alerts-and-wind/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/7426060674_1eca97153d_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7426060674_1eca97153d_z</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/9488930010_ced3305789_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9488930010_ced3305789_o</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/5203091533_8cd45563bd_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5203091533_8cd45563bd_z</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2058049586_fbc0a298c6_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2058049586_fbc0a298c6_o</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-20T14:36:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/11/06/alternatives-to-microbeads-frankenmuth-fish-passage-michigans-recycling-rate/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/can-on-beach.jpg</image:loc><image:title>can-on-beach</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Maxence</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-06T12:52:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/10/23/extreme-storm-survey-saginaw-bay-fishing-regs-and-solar-design/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/national_photovoltaic_2009-01.jpg</image:loc><image:title>national_photovoltaic_2009-01</image:title><image:caption>Via NREL</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/great-lakes-storm-waterspout.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great-lakes-storm-waterspout</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Erik Drost</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/q901falldrive.png</image:loc><image:title>q901falldrive</image:title><image:caption>Click to find out more</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-23T17:39:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/10/12/more-conservation-volunteers-first-on-pace-stressed-out-saginaw-bay/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1-stressed-out-sag-bay-2015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-stressed-out-sag-bay-2015</image:title><image:caption>Via University of Michigan - GLEAM</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1-pace-michigan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-pace-michigan</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Michigan Energy Agency</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/americorps.jpg</image:loc><image:title>americorps</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Steven Depolo</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-12T20:41:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/10/02/top-10-eco-schools-and-lake-trout-in-lake-huron/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/lake-trout-stocking-usfws.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lake-trout-stocking-usfws</image:title><image:caption>Lake trout stocking in the Great Lakes. Credit: USFWS</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/map-nwf-eco-schools-michigan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>map-nwf-eco-schools-michigan</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-01T19:15:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/09/27/invasive-plant-hunt-green-infrastructure-contest-and-a-total-eclipse-of-the-moon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/total-lunar-eclipse.jpg</image:loc><image:title>total-lunar-eclipse</image:title><image:caption>Via US Naval Observatory/EarthSky</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-28T00:11:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/09/11/two-new-invasive-species-fall-conservation-summit-and-miwaters/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/new-zealand-mud-snails-key-gustafson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>new-zealand-mud-snails-key-gustafson</image:title><image:caption>Credit Dan Gustafson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/fall-leaves-michigan-crunch-erik-przekop.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fall-leaves-michigan-crunch-erik-przekop</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Erik Przekop</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-11T12:20:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/09/04/net-metering-up-solar-shingles-out-beach-cleanups-planned/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/powerhouse-solar-shingles-installed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>powerhouse-solar-shingles-installed</image:title><image:caption>Powerhouse Solar Shingles installed on a house in Detroit. Via Houzz.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-04T13:54:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/08/21/prepping-clean-power-plan-commenting-on-water-strategy-planting-rain-gardens/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1-3626218934_1d6e68bfaf_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>garden shovel</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Quinn Dombrowski</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/15100973910_c696db8853_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>carbon emissions michigan</image:title><image:caption>One day's CO2 emissions. Credit: Carbon Visuals</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-08-21T12:29:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/08/14/top-11-michigan-water-trails-big-birding-event/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/spinal_tap_-_up_to_eleven.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spinal_Tap_-_Up_to_Eleven</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Wikipedia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-08-14T12:55:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/07/31/saginaw-bay-in-report-to-congress-waterfowl-festival/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/4225814820_824054c95e_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ducks on the go michigan saginaw bay waterfowl festival 2015</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Ducks Unlimited </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/12136086473_330b5773c1_k.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mandarins</image:title><image:caption>Pair of Mandarins. Credit: Rodney Campbell</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/epa-saginawbayglri15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>epa great lakes initiative report to congress saginaw bay map</image:title><image:caption>- via the EPA report </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-08-07T13:16:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/08/07/septic-tanks-dont-work-restoration-does/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2079933685_bceaeec804_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>poo sign</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Börkur Sigurbjörnsson</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-08-07T13:02:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/06/19/beach-contaminants-wildlife/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wildlife-drive-map-snip.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wildlife-drive-map-snip</image:title><image:caption>A map of the Wildlife Drive Auto Tour. Full-sized version here</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_3525.png</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3525</image:title><image:caption>myBeachCast for Bay City, Michigan, on June 19, 2015. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-18T13:56:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/07/17/saginaw-bay-lighthouse-for-sale-land-conservation-stats-and-community-solar/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/solar-garden.jpg</image:loc><image:title>solar-garden</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Nahid V</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gravelly-shoal-light-auction.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gravelly-shoal-light-auction</image:title><image:caption>Gravelly Shoal Light Station, Saginaw Bay. Via gsaauctions.gov </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-18T13:55:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/06/26/michigan-first-to-use-new-faster-beach-testing-method/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1-beach-bay-city-state-park-recreation-area.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-beach-bay-city-state-park-recreation-area</image:title><image:caption>The beach at the Bay City State Recreation Area, June 8, 2015. Credit: Jeff Kart</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-26T12:15:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/06/12/free-fishing-great-lakes-protection-and-no-more-renewable-energy-surcharges/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/16816849843_ee49e0ebbd_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>red tailed hawk solar arrays dte</image:title><image:caption>Via Deb Nystrom</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/nature-bridge2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nature-bridge2</image:title><image:caption>Via Nature Bridges</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/free-fishing1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>free-fishing1</image:title><image:caption>Via Traverse City Rotary Club</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-12T14:32:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/04/24/sugar-trails-kickoff-leed-gold-for-delta-geothermal-financing-options/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/geothermal-system-installation-jeffreyw.jpg</image:loc><image:title>geothermal-system-installation-jeffreyw</image:title><image:caption>Installation of the geothermal system. Credit: JeffreyW</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sugar-trails-michigan-kart.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sugar-trails-michigan-kart</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Jeff Kart</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-11T22:38:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/05/08/kicking-off-the-tawas-point-birding-festival-and-a-saginaw-bay-water-quality-initiative/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/14061867913_6d08a98e8a_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eastern bluebird michigan birding</image:title><image:caption>Eastern bluebird. Credit: Rodney Campbell</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/rcpp-infographic-finalwusda-page-0.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Saginaw Bay Watershed RCPP</image:title><image:caption>Infographic via The Nature Conservancy</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-11T22:37:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/06/08/commercial-fishing-may-return-to-southern-lake-huron/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/michigan-more-than-halfway-ucs-clean-power-plan.png</image:loc><image:title>michigan-more-than-halfway-ucs-clean-power-plan</image:title><image:caption>via UCS</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lake_whitefish.gif</image:loc><image:title>lake_whitefish</image:title><image:caption>Via the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-08T21:15:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/05/29/how-the-clean-water-rule-affects-michigan-and-kirtlands-warbler-fest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/kirtlandswarblerusfws.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kirtlands warbler michigan usfws</image:title><image:caption>Via USFWS</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mapsnip.jpg</image:loc><image:title>epa esri map drinking water michigan clean water rule</image:title><image:caption>Via EPA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-29T12:21:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/05/22/new-markets-for-old-tires-and-completion-of-the-thumb-loop/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/4111032533_a0f54d8e2e_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scrap tire graveyard</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Scott.Symonds</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/thumb-loop-itc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thumb-loop-itc</image:title><image:caption>Credit: ITC</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-22T12:30:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/06/20/saginaw-bay-research-on-nutrients-algae-asian-carp-and-a-delta-college-leed-project/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/saginaw-bay-searls.jpg</image:loc><image:title>saginaw-bay-searls</image:title><image:caption>Bay City, Michigan, and Saginaw Bay. Credit: Doc Searls.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-23T13:16:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/04/17/lake-huron-fisheries-workshops-earth-day-and-refuge-fire/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/delta-college-earth-day-2015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>delta-college-earth-day-2015</image:title><image:caption>Delta College Earth Day poster, 2015. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/rx-fire-bremer-marsh-4-13-2006-e.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rx fire Bremer Marsh 4-13-2006 e</image:title><image:caption>Credit: SNWR</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-16T12:31:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/04/04/climate-education-dark-skies-and-barely-biodegradable-plastics/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dark-skies-lauer2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dark-skies-lauer2</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Brian Lauer</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/water-bottle-crumpled-wagstaff.jpg</image:loc><image:title>water-bottle-crumpled-wagstaff</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Jesse Wagstaff</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/stars-alpha-michigan-lauer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stars-alpha-michigan-lauer</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Brian Lauer</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-04T15:03:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/03/27/michigan-clean-tech-jobs-powerley-app-new-energy-stats/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1-powerscan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>powerley powerscan</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Powerley</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-27T12:48:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/03/13/for-spring-targeting-mosquitoes-oak-wilt/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/oak-wilt-msu.jpg</image:loc><image:title>oak-wilt-msu</image:title><image:caption>Classical symptoms of oak wilt on red oak leaves.  Credit: Michigan State University</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scrap-tire-mosquitoes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scrap-tire-mosquitoes</image:title><image:caption>Credit </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-18T23:40:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/03/06/support-for-proposal-1-grant-money-for-saginaw-bay-resources-for-solar/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/michigan-roads-snow.jpg</image:loc><image:title>michigan-roads-snow</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Ben W</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-06T13:26:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/02/27/battleground-smartphone-app-fights-invasive-species-groups-fight-for-rivers-and-lakes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1748.png</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1748</image:title><image:caption>MISIN app</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1747.png</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1747</image:title><image:caption>MISIN app</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1746.png</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1746</image:title><image:caption>MISIN app</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1745.png</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1745</image:title><image:caption>MISIN app</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-01T00:48:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/02/15/more-waste-landfilled-clean-energy-obstacles-new-statewide-trail/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/jason-bike-incase-fridaythe13th.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jason-bike-incase-fridaythe13th</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Incase</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-15T01:18:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/01/23/trail-towns-and-urban-farming-in-michigan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/urban-farming-petee.gif</image:loc><image:title>Urban-Farming-Petee</image:title><image:caption>Petee</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/urban-farming-stockwell.gif</image:loc><image:title>Urban-Farming-Stockwell</image:title><image:caption>Stockwell</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/urban-farming-goss.gif</image:loc><image:title>Urban-Farming-Goss</image:title><image:caption>Goss</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/urban-farming-monroe.gif</image:loc><image:title>Urban-Farming-Monroe</image:title><image:caption>Monroe</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-22T20:58:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/01/16/10-million-for-saginaw-bay-and-the-low-cost-of-wind-power/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/10146804395_b605463f5c_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>saginaw bay</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Matt Stehouwer</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-16T13:48:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2015/01/09/epa-to-coal-plants-get-your-ash-in-order/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/kingston-plant-spill-swanpond-tn2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IM000109.JPG</image:title><image:caption>View of the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant fly ash spill, appx. 1 mile from the retention pond. This view is from just off Swan Pond Road. The pile of ash in the photo is 20-25 feet high, and stretches for two miles or so along this inlet (the inlet empties into the Emory River). Appx. coordinates: N 35.92087 W 84.51701. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-09T14:04:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/12/19/where-does-your-christmas-tree-come-from-and-grading-michigans-renewable-and-efficiency-programs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1-6252770047_71986c0e0f_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christmas trees oregon</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Wonderlane</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-19T16:13:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/12/05/the-detroit-lions-wont-win-the-great-lakes-bowl-but-water-levels-will-flood-beaches/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pinnywaterrrrr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pinnywaterrrrr</image:title><image:caption>High water levels in Pinconning, Michigan. Via the Lake Level Viewer. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-05T14:18:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/11/21/superstorm-research-may-save-your-life-new-sugar-trails-for-your-bike/</loc><lastmod>2014-11-21T15:04:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/11/07/group-restoring-au-sable-windows-killing-birds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/huronpinesausableupdate.jpg</image:loc><image:title>huronpinesausableupdate</image:title><image:caption>Via Huron Pines</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-07T14:52:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/10/31/suggest-water-monitoring-sites-beware-of-toxic-halloween-stuff/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/6854185921_b32031a318_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6854185921_b32031a318_z</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Lee Cannon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/spooky-village-eco-center-example-14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spooky-village-eco-center-example-14</image:title><image:caption>Via HealthyStuff.org </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-31T16:20:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/10/10/michigan-tech-part-of-cellulosic-ethanol-milestone-us-at-bottom-of-sustainable-list/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/greendex-2014-americans-us-18.jpg</image:loc><image:title>greendex-2014-americans-us-18</image:title><image:caption>We're 18th! Via the Greendex 2014 report. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-10T13:06:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/10/03/echo-wind-park-spins-win-grants-available-and-septic-tips/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/echo-wind-park-construction-dte.jpg</image:loc><image:title>echo-wind-park-construction-dte</image:title><image:caption>Echo Wind Park construction. Credit: DTE. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/4918233289_d2fff0bea9_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>commode toilet septic</image:title><image:caption>Don't overload the commode. Credit: Glenn Beltz.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-03T23:51:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/09/29/great-lakes-action-plan-2-midland-marine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/thunder-bay-expand.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thunder-bay-expand</image:title><image:caption>Via NOAA.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/actionplangl2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>actionplangl2</image:title><image:caption>The Great Lakes Restoration Action Plan II. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/forestviewdedication-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ForestviewDedication (1)</image:title><image:caption>A boardwalk built by an Eagle Scout candidate leads visitors through wetlands at Forestview Natural Area. An opening celebration for the first trail loop at the nature preserve is planned for October 12 at 1 p.m. Credit: LFC.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-29T13:39:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/09/19/consumers-energy-cuts-pollution-huron-pines-reconnects-rivers-and-saginaw-bay-charters-hook-more-walleye/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/4023753017_763effcc83_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>walleye</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Jerry 'Woody'</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-19T13:54:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/09/05/saginaw-part-of-nationwide-livability-project-invasives-sold-at-bait-shops/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/livability-map-saginaw-refuge-cf.png</image:loc><image:title>livability-map-saginaw-refuge-cf</image:title><image:caption>The four communities selected for the initiative. Via The Conservation Fund. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-05T12:25:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/08/29/bay-alerts-bigger-beach-fall-travel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pure-michigan-fall-travel-guide-cover-2014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pure-michigan-fall-travel-guide-cover-2014</image:title><image:caption>Via Michigan.org</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-08-29T13:44:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/01/10/algae-pics-clean-energy-roadmap-and-asian-carp-comments/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/saginaw-bay-muck-kart.jpg</image:loc><image:title>saginaw-bay-muck-kart</image:title><image:caption>Saginaw Bay muck. Credit: Jeff Kart. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-08-22T13:57:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/08/22/michigan-wind-energy-support-see-through-solar-scrap-tire-roads/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/5156736020_caafd4220d_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sunset through windows</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Sarah Reid. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-08-22T13:37:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/08/15/scooping-up-dioxins-and-mapping-coastal-wetlands/</loc><lastmod>2014-08-19T20:07:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/08/08/making-your-own-power-and-watching-the-perseid-meteor-shower/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/4915686724_bb583198c7_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>perseid meteor shower michigan</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Dominic Alves.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-08-08T13:24:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/08/01/conservation-in-saginaw-michigan-beaches-are-7th-best-and-where-your-rec-money-goes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/testing-waters-2013-report-snip.jpg</image:loc><image:title>testing-waters-2013-report-snip</image:title><image:caption>A look at all the beaches examined in the 2013 Testing the Waters report, from NRDC. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-08-01T16:40:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/07/18/skin-cancer-and-energy-from-the-sun/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/5210721361_c25938790d_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pylon sun</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Craig Chew-Moulding. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-15T17:21:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/07/11/nature-preserve-midland-county-conservation-funding-saginaw-bay-farmers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/szokpreserve-saltriver-littleforks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Szok preserve midland county</image:title><image:caption>Via Little Forks Conservancy.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-11T12:44:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/06/16/climate-action-for-michigan-a-response-to-great-lakes-debris/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/powerplantsmichigan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>powerplantsmichigan</image:title><image:caption>The location of fossil fuel fired power covered by the proposed Clean Power Plan.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-16T12:01:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/02/15/energy-forum-at-delta-dragons-in-saginaw-and-a-project-on-the-kawkawlin/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/1-coal-chunk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>coal chunk red</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Jeffrey Beall</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/coal-chunk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>coal-chunk</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Jeffrey Beall</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dragonhunter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dragonhunter</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/spatterdock.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spatterdock</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/skillet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skillet</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-30T18:28:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/05/30/farm-bill-funding-saginaw-bay-beach-wellness-endangered-dragonflies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/6168924339_1bf034dd7b_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stabenow-saginaw-bay</image:title><image:caption>U.S. Sen Debbie Stabenow. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hines_emerald_dragonfly.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hines_Emerald_Dragonfly</image:title><image:caption>An adult Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly is the focus of this coastal habitat conservation project in northeast Michigan. Photo credit: David Cuthrell, Michigan Natural Features Inventory</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-30T18:26:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/05/28/invasive-awareness-video-new-michigan-energy-data-and-a-golf-course-renewal/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-28T12:24:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/05/19/climate-change-in-the-great-lakes-protecting-childrens-health-and-fighting-mussels-with-algae/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/climatecover-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>climatecover-001</image:title><image:caption>Cover of the National Climate Assessment. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/collecting-quagga-mussels.jpg</image:loc><image:title>collecting-quagga-mussels</image:title><image:caption>Collecting quagga mussels. Credit: USFWS.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/climatecover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>climatecover</image:title><image:caption>Cover shot of the National Climate Assessment.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-19T13:29:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/04/24/dark-sky-week-and-another-dam-removal/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/6913559661_e51eb5105f_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dark sky light pollution</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Timothy Boocock</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-19T13:27:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/04/17/white-nose-syndrome-in-michigan-birds-in-tawas-and-earth-day-in-bay-city/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/little_brown_bat_with_wns_hanging_in_cave.jpg</image:loc><image:title>little brown bat with white nose</image:title><image:caption>Credit: USFWS.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-18T00:22:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/04/11/manure-runoff-lake-huron-summit-solar-panel-glare/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2554857445_86acc0e4c9_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2554857445_86acc0e4c9_z</image:title><image:caption>A furry moth eye. Credit: Andrew Magill. 
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-14T13:05:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/04/04/bay-city-midland-earth-day-events-and-more-solar-for-michigan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/5011981473_edd2ec9aa7_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winterberries flickr</image:title><image:caption>Via Flickr</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-04T17:58:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/03/28/energy-attitudes-spring-migration-and-clean-water-rules/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/269580366_4d6e11900e_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>269580366_4d6e11900e_z</image:title><image:caption>A sandhill crane. Credit: Phil Kates. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-27T17:46:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/03/21/saginaw-bay-algae-events-win-earth-day-contest-and-warblers-in-ogemaw/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/muckadvis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>muckadvis</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-21T13:53:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/03/14/a-cleaner-kawkawlin-installing-home-solar-systems-and-sewage-for-saginaw-bay/</loc><lastmod>2014-03-14T12:53:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/02/21/trash-from-canada-going-up-weadock-plant-shutting-down-and-trees/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/solidwastelandfillsdeqmi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>solidwastelandfillsdeqmi</image:title><image:caption>Solid waste landfills in the Bay City, Michigan, area. Click for the full map from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-20T19:37:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/02/13/saginaw-bay-reefs-rock-helicopter-wetlands-solar/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/bm6u9675.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cmu helicopter wetlands </image:title><image:caption>CMU has acquired the only unmanned aerial vehicle in Michigan equipped with a hyperspectral camera that will significantly advance research imaging of Great Lakes wetlands. Credit: CMU. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/horns.jpg</image:loc><image:title>let there be rock horns</image:title><image:caption>Let there be rock. Credit: Soumyadeep Paul.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-14T01:54:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/02/07/recyclemania-healthy-asian-carp-and-the-best-barrier/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/asian-carp-recycle-logo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>asian-carp-recycle-logo</image:title><image:caption>Asian carp recycling? Credit: LouisvilleUSACE and StockMonkeys.com.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-07T13:39:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/01/24/the-cgt-on-low-water-levels-and-name-the-nature-preserve/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cgt-paper-graphic.png</image:loc><image:title>cgt-paper-graphic</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-24T20:19:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2014/01/17/great-lakes-funding-on-tap-along-with-new-green-book/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/100-franklin-funding.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100-franklin-funding</image:title><image:caption>Credit: 401 (K) 2012</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/green-book-cover.gif</image:loc><image:title>green-book-cover</image:title><image:caption>Via Delta.edu</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-18T22:32:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/12/20/ice-breaking-in-saginaw-bay-and-almost-10000-geese-in-the-shiawassee-refuge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/canada-geese-ice.jpg</image:loc><image:title>canada geese on ice</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Peter aka anemoneprojectors.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cutterbristol.jpg</image:loc><image:title>us coast guard bristol bay</image:title><image:caption>The cutter Bristol Bay. Credit: USCG.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-26T17:13:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/12/13/11-vibrant-waterfront-communities-and-12-days-of-a-clean-energy-christmas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/big-snowmanyoucantpronounce.jpg</image:loc><image:title>big-snowmanyoucantpronounce</image:title><image:caption>Bumbles Bounce.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/alpena-snip.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alpena-snip</image:title><image:caption>Via Michigan Sea Grant. The Alpena Case Study. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-12T20:44:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/12/06/cross-winds-in-tuscola-and-hazardous-holiday-garland/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/goldgarland.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gold holiday garland </image:title><image:caption>Pretty ... hazardous. Via HealthyStuff.org</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-05T20:23:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/11/29/energy-efficiency-saves-3-83-for-every-dollar-spent/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/michigan-capitol-dome-weber.jpg</image:loc><image:title>michigan capitol dome</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Betsy Weber. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-27T16:44:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/11/22/two-firsts-a-bay-city-nature-preserve-and-the-high-voltage-thumb-loop/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/fl2a2297.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FL2A2297</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/7x2a2429.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7X2A2429</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/7x2a2310.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7X2A2310</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/7x2a2053.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thumb Loop Project, Phase 1</image:title><image:caption>Shot in September 2013, just before Phase 1 went online. Photos courtesy of ITC. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sblc_service_area__nature_preserves.jpg</image:loc><image:title>saginaw basin land conservancy nature preserves</image:title><image:caption>Via SBLC. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-22T16:03:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/11/15/new-bat-species-noaa-art-contest-saginaw-basin-field-guide/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/field-guide-2-cover-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>saginaw basin field guide cover</image:title><image:caption>The second edition of the Saginaw Basin Field Guide, from the Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/hoarybat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>michigan hoary bat</image:title><image:caption>A hoary bat captured at Shiawassee refuge. . Credit: Amber Nolder.
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-15T13:20:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/11/08/this-may-be-the-oldest-living-red-tailed-hawk-michigan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/returning-red-tailed-hawk-stimac.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Returning-Red-tailed-hawk-stimac</image:title><image:caption>Photo of the refuge's returning Red-tailed Hawk by David Stimac.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-07T21:42:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/11/01/beat-micro-bead-register-great-lakes-bowl-comment-clean-water-act/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/penny-lake-great-lakes-microbeads-5gyres.jpg</image:loc><image:title>penny-lake-great-lakes-microbeads-5gyres</image:title><image:caption>Via 5gyres.org.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-31T15:33:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/10/25/a-bay-county-recreation-survey-great-lakes-restoration-database-and-educational-tools/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/michigan-sea-grant-fieldscope-graphic.jpg</image:loc><image:title>michigan sea grant fieldscope</image:title><image:caption>Via Michigan Sea Grant.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-28T21:00:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/09/27/comment-michigan-energy-report-glos-crowdhydrology/</loc><lastmod>2013-10-28T20:59:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/10/10/relaxing-michigan-air-quality-rules-and-breathing-in-saginaw-bay/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/michigan-governor-rick-snyder-chamber.jpg</image:loc><image:title>michigan-governor-rick-snyder-chamber</image:title><image:caption>Gov. Snyder speaks at at the Detroit Regional Chamber 2012 Mackinac Policy Conference.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-10T20:27:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/09/20/a-new-saginaw-bay-research-vessel-and-cleaning-up-microplastics/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/students-conducting-water-research-in-cardinal-ii.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Students conducting water research in Cardinal II</image:title><image:caption>SVSU students conducting water research aboard the Cardinal II. Courtesy SVSU.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cardinal-ii-leaving-dock.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cardinal II leaving dock</image:title><image:caption>The Cardinal II leaving a dock. Courtesy SVSU.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-20T13:11:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/09/12/saginaw-bay-runoff-research-and-algae-maps-for-all/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hab_greenbay_20130910_web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HAB_GreenBay_20130910_web</image:title><image:caption>Green Bay, Lake Michigan, Sept. 10</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/erie_habs_20130910_web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Erie_HABs_20130910_web</image:title><image:caption>Western Basin, Lake Erie, Sept. 10</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/saginaw_habs_20130910_web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Saginaw_HABs_20130910_web</image:title><image:caption>Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, Sept. 10</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hab_greenbay_20130910_web-231x300.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HAB_GreenBay_20130910_web-231x300</image:title><image:caption>Green Bay, Lake Michigan, Sept. 10</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-19T12:44:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/09/06/great-lakes-literacy-lessons-and-more-microbeads-reported/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/great-blue-heron.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great-blue-heron</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Rona Proudfoot</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-09T12:50:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/08/30/aquatic-invasive-recommendations-natural-sinkholes-residential-energy-use/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pure-michigan-phragmites.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pure-michigan-phragmites</image:title><image:caption>Collage of the logo and plant/CC.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-28T15:36:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/08/16/great-lakes-climate-change-mosquitoes-frog-bit/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-15T18:00:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/08/02/sustaining-au-sable-river-info-michiganwatertrails/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/au-sable-canoe-13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>au-sable-canoe-13</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Christopher Woo</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-01T18:54:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/07/19/a-good-dam-investment-sblc-solar/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dams.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dams </image:title><image:caption>From a dam presentation by Michigan DEQ</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-19T18:28:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/06/27/michigan-beach-closures-and-obamas-climate-plan-for-the-great-lakes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/beach-bay-city-state-rec-area-muck.jpg</image:loc><image:title>beach-bay-city-state-rec-area-muck</image:title><image:caption>The beach at the Bay City State Recreation Area in Bay County. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-27T18:32:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/05/31/lake-huron-fish-research-beach-cleanups-and-phragmites-maps/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/from-the-study-phragmites.jpg</image:loc><image:title>from-the-study-phragmites</image:title><image:caption>From the Study. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-30T15:06:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/05/24/a-larger-shiawassee-refuge-and-new-great-lakes-boating-forecasts/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/lake-huron-glos.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lake-huron-glos</image:title><image:caption>Lake Huron in the new forecasting tool. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/refuge-180-acres-new-kahl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>refuge-180-acres-new-kahl</image:title><image:caption>Wetlands and grasslands at the refuge's 180-acre addition. Credit: Steven F. Kahl/USFWS.
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-23T15:41:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/01/24/fish-heads-wind-turbines-and-a-golf-course-refuge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/shiawassee-refuge-restoration.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shiawassee-refuge-restoration</image:title><image:caption>Another prairie/meadow restoration site on the refuge. The new tract will look similar after restoration. Credit: USFWS.
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/mystery-fish-head-gf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mystery-fish-head-gf</image:title><image:caption>Mystery Fish Head. Credit: GoodiesFirst.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-22T17:11:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/05/17/midland-man-to-document-greenland-warming-updates-on-energy-forums-and-bay-city-transport-projects/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/greenland-melt-nasa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>greenland-melt-nasa</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-17T12:05:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/05/09/low-energy-loons-state-forest-plans-and-woody-debris/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/robot-bird.jpg</image:loc><image:title>robot-bird</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Steve Bowbrick</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-14T13:46:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/05/03/saginaw-bay-scavenger-hunt-goodbye-winter-lake-huron-fish/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/shiawassee-ducks-circle.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shiawassee-ducks-circle</image:title><image:caption>Ducks at the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-03T12:04:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/04/26/saginaw-river-dredging-better-birding-and-a-local-350-march/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/early-bird-worm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>early-bird-worm</image:title><image:caption>The early bird. Credit: ellenm1</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-26T11:16:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/04/12/great-lakes-restoration-funding-for-2014-lots-of-atlantic-salmon-and-new-michigan-green-schools/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/atlantic-salmon-yearlings-usfws.jpg</image:loc><image:title>atlantic salmon yearlings</image:title><image:caption>Via U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-15T20:50:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/04/05/solar-generation-michigan-land-management/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1-bayregionlanddnr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-bayregionlanddnr</image:title><image:caption>Via Michigan DNR</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-04T17:50:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/03/29/taking-out-weeds-take-back-tap-michigan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bottled-water-michigan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bottled-water-michigan</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Seth Anderson. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-01T13:42:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/03/22/why-spring-snow-great-lakes-climate-change/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/fig-monthly-weather-review-climate-change-snow-great-lakes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fig-monthly-weather-review-climate-change-snow-great-lakes</image:title><image:caption>A figure from the paper, “Sensitivity of Lake-Effect Snowfall to Lake Ice Cover and Temperature in the Great Lakes Region.”</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-21T20:59:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/12/21/go-ahead-bring-on-the-apocalypse-new-virtual-windows-make-fake-nature/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/the-world-is-still-here-maya-2012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the-world-is-still-here-maya-2012</image:title><image:caption>Photo: rachellynnae</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-11T10:29:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/03/08/funding-great-lakes-restoration-adding-up-wind-and-embracing-our-earth/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1-us-capitol-building-green.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-us-capitol-building-blue</image:title><image:caption>Credit: Ron Cogswell</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-07T16:23:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/02/21/a-tally-of-renewable-energy-in-michigan-and-beach-trash-in-the-great-lakes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/toxic-butts-beach-cigs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>toxic-butts-beach-cigs</image:title><image:caption>Photo by ToxicButts</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-21T16:39:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/02/08/dow-solar-shingles-cost-how-much-the-great-lakes-bowl-and-michigan-landfills/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dow-powerhouse-shingles-screenshot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dow-powerhouse-shingles-screenshot</image:title><image:caption>A screenshot from the Dow Solar site. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-11T13:47:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/02/01/michigan-waterfowl-legacy-adds-saginaw-bay-midland-wants-a-bioreactor-and-climate-change-is-already-here/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1-midwest-national-climate-change-assessment-temperatures-rising.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-midwest-national-climate-change-assessment-temperatures-rising</image:title><image:caption>From Chapter 18 from the National Climate Assessment draft. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-01T13:10:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/01/18/saginaw-bay-forum-low-ice-cover-and-more-toxics-in-the-great-lakes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/great-lakes-ice-cover-2013-google-earth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great-lakes-ice-cover-2013-google-earth</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-01-17T17:03:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/01/11/saginaw-bay-could-benefit-from-sustain-our-great-lakes-see-the-gleam-map/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/gleam-great-lakes-stressors-map-saginaw-bay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gleam-great-lakes-stressors-map-saginaw-bay</image:title><image:caption>Saginaw Bay, on the GLEAM map.. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1-gleam-great-lakes-stressors-map.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-gleam-great-lakes-stressors-map</image:title><image:caption>The GLEAM map, focused on Saginaw Bay. See the original here: http://www.greatlakesmapping.org/sites/default/files/products/photos/basin_CAJ_white_121012_300dpi_b.jpg</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-01-11T14:13:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2013/01/03/solar-shingles-expand-home-market-baysail-nears-milestone-and-new-life-for-coastal-wetland/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/flying-duck-michigan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flying-duck-michigan</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Eric Dobis</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-01-03T17:30:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/12/20/fighting-phragmites-by-satellite-exotic-earthworms-and-state-of-the-great-lake-huron/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/crater.jpg</image:loc><image:title>crater</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Steve Jurvetson</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-20T21:48:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/12/06/big-phragmites-lots-of-trees-and-great-lakes-gift-ideas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/phragmites-fire-collage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>phragmites-fire-collage</image:title><image:caption>Photos by S. Reynolds and M. Venn</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-06T18:33:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/11/29/native-plants-prison-drugs-drinking-water/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1-syringe-drugs-water1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-syringe-drugs-water</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1-syringe-drugs-water.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-syringe-drugs-water</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-11-30T15:21:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/11/15/creating-clouds-over-the-great-lakes-and-insulating-green-homes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1-modis-cloud-types-great-lakes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-modis-cloud-types-great-lakes</image:title><image:caption>via NASA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-11-16T13:04:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/11/08/wicked-problems-revealed-along-with-kirtlands-warbler-census/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1-aquaculture-example.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-aquaculture-example</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Burt Lum</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1-kirtlands-warbler-singing-michigan-census.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-kirtlands-warbler-singing-michigan-census</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-11-08T18:49:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/01/19/mystery-genes-in-great-lakes-beach-sand-fixing-fishing-guides/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/e-coli-bacteria-cmu-post.jpg</image:loc><image:title>e-coli-bacteria-cmu-post</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Anthony D'Onofrio</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-10-29T15:50:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/10/25/cleaning-rifle-asian-carp-salesmen-1-million-michigan-campers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/clean-rifle3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>clean-rifle</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Willie Lunchmeat (really)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/clean-rifle2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>clean-rifle</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/clean-rifle1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>clean-rifle</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/clean-rifle.jpg</image:loc><image:title>clean-rifle</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-10-27T13:53:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/10/18/great-lakes-futures-project-student-opportunities-and-bay-county-green-initiatives/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/green-dashboard-ex.jpg</image:loc><image:title>green-dashboard-ex</image:title><image:caption>Photo by M. Stjerna </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/swirling-water.jpg</image:loc><image:title>swirling-water</image:title><image:caption>Photo by virtually_supine</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-10-18T19:16:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/10/11/wicked-problems-deltas-green-award-and-michigan-energy-efficiency/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/wicked-problems-witch-socks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wicked-problems-witch-socks</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-10-11T15:57:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/10/04/cmu-invasives-project-saginaw-solar-energy-michigan-fall-color/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/michigan-fall-color-red-maple-leaves.jpg</image:loc><image:title>michigan-fall-color-red-maple-leaves</image:title><image:caption>Photo by ellenm1</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-10-11T12:35:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/10/09/from-gas-to-oil-michigan-governor-joins-protest-to-block-pipeline-switch-midwest-energy-news/</loc><lastmod>2012-10-09T17:48:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/09/28/monitoring-lakes-and-streams-dam-removal-and-flying-trees/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ausable-woody-debris-mdnr-slideshow.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ausable-woody-debris-mdnr-slideshow</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-27T15:27:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/09/21/great-lakes-education-tool-saginaw-bay-grants-and-meetings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/great-lakes-my-world-sunset.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great-lakes-my-world-sunset</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-20T16:11:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/09/13/saginaw-basin-field-guide-dow-chemical-consent-order-great-lakes-algae/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1-pressprich-sblc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-pressprich-sblc</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/climate-change-lake-erie-algae-blooms-green-scum.jpg</image:loc><image:title>climate-change-Lake-Erie-algae-blooms-green-scum</image:title><image:caption>Via U of M</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-13T18:18:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/08/30/michigan-voters-renewable-energy-cmu-lightens-footprint-disaster-areas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mtu-wind-solar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mtu-wind-solar</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-30T18:45:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/08/23/new-great-lakes-beach-monitoring-tool-and-compact-water-project/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/1-cool-blue-ruler-cc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-cool-blue-ruler-cc</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-24T00:17:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/08/16/michigan-top-20-wind-aging-sewers-beach-closings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/1-wind-tech-report-aug-2012-doe.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-wind-tech-report-aug-2012-doe</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-23T16:16:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/08/09/lake-huron-saginaw-bay-noaa-restoration-funding/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/1-lake-guardian-u-mich.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-lake-guardian-u-mich</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-09T18:31:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/07/30/great-lakes-in-sunglint/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/iss031-e-123071.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great lakes sunglint nasa</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-07-31T00:45:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/07/19/army-corps-federal-beach-grooming-permits-still-required/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/usace_logo.png</image:loc><image:title>usace_logo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-07-19T23:19:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/07/05/nexteer-goes-sunsteer-and-bill-to-block-asian-carp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/asian-carp-mouth-display.jpg</image:loc><image:title>asian-carp-mouth-display</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sunsteer-tracking-unit-nexteer-pic.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SunSteer-tracking-unit-nexteer-pic</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-07-05T17:26:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/06/28/an-ugly-great-lakes-beaches-nrdc-report-and-sblc-beautiful-nature-contest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/great-lakes-beach-report-illus1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great-lakes-beach-report-illus</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/great-lakes-beach-report-illus.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great-lakes-beach-report-illus</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-28T19:10:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/06/21/1260/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1-grey-water-example-purple.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-grey-water-example-purple</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/news-geobacter-msu-nuclear-waste.jpg</image:loc><image:title>news-geobacter-msu-nuclear-waste</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-21T23:18:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/06/14/adopt-a-beach-and-comment-on-a-warbler/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/big-mouth-public-comments-teeth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>big-mouth-public-comments-teeth</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-14T19:27:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/06/07/saginaw-bay-walleye-migrating-further-earlier-a-great-lakes-beach-app/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mybeachcast-logo-app.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mybeachcast-logo-app</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/acoustic-transmitter-saginaw-bay-walleye.jpg</image:loc><image:title>acoustic-transmitter-saginaw-bay-walleye</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/saginaw-bay-walleye-map-glatos.jpg</image:loc><image:title>saginaw-bay-walleye-map-glatos</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-07T16:49:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/05/31/the-cost-of-great-lakes-invasives-and-baysailing-events/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/quagga-mussels-shoe-cc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>quagga-mussels-shoe-cc</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-05-31T15:31:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/05/24/great-lakes-endangered-species-doing-well-including-a-record-breaking-snake/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/shiawassee-record-clutch-snake.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shiawassee-record-clutch-snake</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-05-24T15:50:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/05/17/michigan-sulfide-mining-contest-winer-air-monitoring-comments-due/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sulfide-mining-map-michigan-great-lakes-nwf-report2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sulfide-mining-map-michigan-great-lakes-nwf-report</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sulfide-mining-map-michigan-great-lakes-nwf-report1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sulfide-mining-map-michigan-great-lakes-nwf-report</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sulfide-mining-map-michigan-great-lakes-nwf-report.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sulfide-mining-map-michigan-great-lakes-nwf-report</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-05-18T20:02:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/05/10/crushed-up-mussels-great-lakes-cruises-a-clean-energy-march/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1-350-bay-city-mi-river1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1-350-bay-city-mi-river.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 350 bay city michigan</image:title><image:caption>Via SVSS</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-05-10T18:14:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/05/03/great-lakes-commercial-fishing-numbers-gypsy-moths-super-efficient-home/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1-catfish-whiskers-jk1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-catfish-whiskers-jk</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1-catfish-whiskers-jk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-catfish-whiskers-jk</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/glmris-great-lakes-study-area-map-snip.jpg</image:loc><image:title>glmris-great-lakes-study-area-map-snip</image:title><image:caption>From the GLMRIS assessment</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/gypsy_moth-balloon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gypsy_moth balloon</image:title><image:caption>Courtesy Bay County Gypsy Moth program</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-05-04T00:17:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/04/27/new-book-tells-story-of-average-joe-and-michigans-last-known-wild-wolverine-interview/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/the-lone-wolverine-is-published-by-university-of-michigan-press.jpg</image:loc><image:title>'The Lone Wolverine' is published by University of Michigan Press</image:title><image:caption>'The Lone Wolverine' is published by University of Michigan Press</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-04-26T18:14:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/04/20/researchers-breed-arctic-cod-for-the-first-time-vancouve/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/arctic-cod-vancouver-515.jpg</image:loc><image:title>arctic-cod-vancouver-515</image:title><image:caption>Photos and video courtesy Vancouver Aquarium.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/arctic-cod-vancouver-aquarium-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>arctic-cod-vancouver-aquarium-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/arctic-cod-vancouver-aquarium-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>arctic-cod-vancouver-aquarium-1</image:title><image:caption>Photos and video courtesy Vancouver Aquarium. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-04-21T16:30:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/01/04/2010-in-review/</loc><lastmod>2012-04-21T15:46:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/04/12/be-aware-of-michigan-fishing-proposals-and-a-poll-on-littering/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1-no-littering-sign-cigarettes-cc1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo no littering</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1-no-littering-sign-cigarettes-cc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-no-littering-sign-cigarettes-cc</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1-desktop113.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo queen snake western lesser siren michigan</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1-desktop112.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-Desktop11</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1-desktop111.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-Desktop11</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1-desktop11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo queen snake western lesser siren michigan</image:title><image:caption>A queen snake (large) and western lesser siren (inset). Via Michigan DNR/Jim Harding.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-04-12T17:11:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/04/05/adopt-a-beach-along-saginaw-bay-and-a-gust-of-great-lakes-offshore-wind-support/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/wind-power-michigan-map-saginaw-bay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wind-power-michigan-map-saginaw-bay</image:title><image:caption>Via windpoweringamerica.gov</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-04-05T16:20:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/03/29/mussel-management-science-trouble-in-the-great-lakes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/freshwater-mussels-buttons-great-lakes-nsf1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>freshwater-mussels-buttons-great-lakes-nsf</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/freshwater-mussels-buttons-great-lakes-nsf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>freshwater-mussels-buttons-great-lakes-nsf</image:title><image:caption>For decades, freshwater mussels were harvested and made into fancy buttons. Credit: Illinois State Museum</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-03-29T19:00:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/03/22/a-new-beach-events-an-earth-day-content-to-win/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/beach-sand-michigan-flickr-cc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>beach-sand-michigan-flickr-cc</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Eli Duke. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-03-23T11:43:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/03/01/beach-cleaning-river-restoring-asian-carp-stopping/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/three-boxes-stories-mgl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>three-boxes-stories-mgl</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-03-01T19:40:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/02/23/36-against-a-weak-ballast-water-permit-michigan-green-schools-landfills-filling-up/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/iwbo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>michigan landfill report 2011 imported trash</image:title><image:caption>Via Michigan landfill report, DEQ</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/michigan-green-schools-logo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>michigan-green-schools-logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/blasting-waves-flickr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blasting-waves-flickr</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Mrs. Logic</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-02-24T18:15:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/02/16/invasive-mussels-thrive-native-mussels-endangered-a-restoration-update/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/rayed-bean-endangered-freshwater-mussel-michigan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rayed-bean-endangered-freshwater-mussel-michigan</image:title><image:caption>Photo by USFWS</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-02-16T17:46:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/02/09/saginaw-bay-watershed-confab-bucks-for-dredging-flaming-fish/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fish-on-fire-pbdes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fish-on-fire-pbdes</image:title><image:caption>Photo by the great 8</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-02-09T17:21:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/02/02/the-greatest-of-the-great-lakes-vote-raising-renewable-standards/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/25-by-2025-flickr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>25-by-2025-flickr</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-02-02T16:43:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/01/31/asian-carp-plan-separate-the-great-lakes-mississippi-basins-for-4-billion-with-four-barriers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fish-in-bucket-green.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fish-in-bucket-green</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Paul Schultz</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-01-31T15:38:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/01/26/whats-in-your-water-how-wetlands-help-video/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/great-lakes-coastal-wetland-documentary-waterlogged-cap.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great-lakes-coastal-wetland-documentary-waterlogged-cap</image:title><image:caption>Screen capture</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-01-26T17:11:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/01/12/happy-fish-environmental-citizenship-the-michigan-envirothon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/happy-fish-blue-michigan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>happy-fish-blue-michigan</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Jon Evans</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-01-12T16:39:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2012/01/05/dow-corning-makes-solar-stick-beach-testing-saving-4-by-spending-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/phoenix-solar-example-dow-corning-post.jpg</image:loc><image:title>phoenix-solar-example-dow-corning-post</image:title><image:caption>Courtesy Phoenix Solar</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-01-05T16:59:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/12/29/pop-sci-michigan-forage-suma-epa-light-bulb-guide/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lighting-facts-consumers-union.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lighting-facts-consumers-union</image:title><image:caption>Courtesy Consumers Union</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-12-29T17:33:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/12/22/mich-enviro-report-great-lakes-restoration-asian-carp-control-comments/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas-berries-flickr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christmas-berries-flickr</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-12-22T17:17:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/12/08/mich-enviro-report-rifle-river-stats-net-metering-saginaw-bay-phosphorus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lake-michigan-ice-ltc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lake-michigan-ice-ltc</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-12-08T16:36:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/11/25/mich-enviro-report-sbci-meeting-state-parks-gold-medal-green-infrastructure/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cladophora-micro-edu.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cladophora-micro-edu</image:title><image:caption>Cladophora algae. Via wisc.edu</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-11-25T15:23:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/10/20/mich-enviro-report-dow-making-solar-shingles-epa-targeting-saginaw-bay/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dow-solar-shingles-saginaw-future-cc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dow-solar-shingles-saginaw-future-cc</image:title><image:caption>Photo via Dow Chemical/Saginaw Future </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-11-23T16:14:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/11/10/mich-enviro-report-reptiles-and-amphibians-along-saginaw-bay-state-park-passports/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/blandings-turtle-michigan-species.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blandings-turtle-michigan-species</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-11-10T18:10:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/11/03/mich-enviro-report-gypsy-moth-eggs-water-power-student-scientists/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/gypsy-moth-egg-sacs-masses-nj.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gypsy-moth-egg-sacs-masses-nj</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-11-03T15:16:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/10/28/mich-enviro-report-ban-on-hunting-and-snowmobiling-in-huron-manistee-avian-botulism/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/photo-snowmobiling-ban-huron-manistee.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-snowmobiling-ban-huron-manistee</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-10-28T12:46:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/10/06/mich-enviro-report-green-river-testing-steudle-in-charge-offshore-wind/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/great-lakes-waves-breakers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great-lakes-waves-breakers</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-10-24T22:49:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/09/30/mich-enviro-report-phragmites-purple-loosestrife-teaching-in-bay-city/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/purple-loosestrife-invasive-black.jpg</image:loc><image:title>purple-loosestrife-invasive-black</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-10-06T17:59:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/09/15/great-lakes-news-bullets-bangor-energy-expo-dow-corning-solar-decathlon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/solar-decathlon-us-doe.jpg</image:loc><image:title>solar-decathlon-us-doe</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-09-15T15:04:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/09/08/mich-enviro-report-bay-county-wind-turbine-glri-money-a-hall-of-fame/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/age-wind-turbine-ex-michigan-essexville.jpg</image:loc><image:title>age-wind-turbine-ex-michigan-essexville</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-09-08T15:12:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/09/01/mich-enviro-report-design-to-zero-dte-wind-farms-dog-poop-science/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dog-taking-poop-cc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dog-taking-poop-cc</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-09-01T16:13:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/08/25/mich-enviro-report-great-lakes-cleanup-to-help-unemployed-saginaw-bay-meeting-coming-up/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/unemployed-michigan-great-lakes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unemployed-michigan-great-lakes</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-25T15:13:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/08/18/mich-enviro-report-saginaw-bay-muck-a-spray-park-supplied-with-treated-water/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/day-3-saginaw-bay-modis-algae-green.jpg</image:loc><image:title>day-3-saginaw-bay-modis-algae-green</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-18T14:54:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/07/21/mich-enviro-report-coal-in-your-life-heat-wave-tips-lake-management-plans/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/coal-plant-emissions-smokestack.jpg</image:loc><image:title>coal-plant-emissions-smokestack</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-07-21T15:28:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/07/14/mich-enviro-report-first-time-campers-program-fish-advisory-beetles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/flying-fish-leland-mich.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flying-fish-leland-mich</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-07-14T15:43:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/07/07/mich-enviro-report-pinconning-park-a-camping-app-39-others-like-asian-carp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/mel-torme-great-lakes-mister.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mel-torme-great-lakes-mister</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-06T22:20:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/06/30/670/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-30T17:17:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/06/23/mich-enviro-report-rifle-river-update-new-science-summer-camp-at-svsu/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rifle-river-watershed-huron-pines.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rifle-river-watershed-huron-pines</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-23T18:22:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/06/17/mich-enviro-report-hazardous-materials-the-backyard-campout/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/great-american-backyard-campout-nwf.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great-american-backyard-campout-nwf</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-17T14:12:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/06/09/mich-enviro-report-smog-free-trees-and-wild-hogs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/vehicle-exhaust-pic1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vehicle-exhaust-pic</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/vehicle-exhaust-pic.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vehicle-exhaust-pic</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-09T17:35:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/05/26/mich-enviro-report-the-first-loan-fund-to-fix-faulty-septic-systems-schools-prozac/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/septic-system-blue.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo septic system blue </image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-26T18:15:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/05/25/preserving-great-lakes-beach-sand/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/more-beach-top.jpg</image:loc><image:title>more-beach-top</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/beach-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>beach-4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/beach-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>beach-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/beach-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>beach-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/beach-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>beach-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-25T13:29:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/05/19/mich-enviro-report-saginaw-kids-hunt-for-shipwreck-two-on-lake-michigan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/thunder-bay-noaa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thunder-bay-noaa</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-19T17:16:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/05/12/mich-enviro-report-dirty-school-air-dirty-sewer-systems-consumers-energy-efficiency/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/airmap_sm1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>airmap_sm</image:title><image:caption>Air pollution concentrations from industrial sources, with school locations.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/airmap_sm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>airmap_sm</image:title><image:caption>Air pollution concentrations from industrial sources, with school locations. Courtesy U of M.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sewer-discharge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sewer outlet</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-12T16:20:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/05/05/mich-enviro-report-riverview-natural-area-dte-efficiency-au-sable-makes-the-list/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/riverview-water-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>riverview-water-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/riverview-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>riverview-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-05T16:28:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/04/28/mich-enviro-report-birds-earthworms-rain-the-rifle-river/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/bird-worms.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bird-worms</image:title><image:caption>Photo Credit: John Benson</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-04-28T15:18:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/04/21/mich-enviro-report-earth-day-beach-cleanups-a-festival-thumb-wind-farms/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/junk-beach-cleanup-alliance.jpg</image:loc><image:title>junk-beach-cleanup-alliance</image:title><image:caption>Junk from a Grand Haven beach cleanup in 2010. Via the Alliance for the Great Lakes</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-04-21T15:42:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/04/07/mich-enviro-report-great-lakes-grant-levin-back-on-task-dont-flush-your-drugs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/great-lakes-money-cash-dollar-bill.jpg</image:loc><image:title>melting money and ice</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Minimalist Photography /  Steve Johnson</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-04-07T15:28:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/03/24/mich-enviro-report-saginaw-bay-beach-closures-sbci-solar-farms/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/saginaw-bay-muck-yuck-beach-bay-county.jpg</image:loc><image:title>saginaw-bay-muck-yuck-beach-bay-county</image:title><image:caption>Saginaw Bay muck yuck. Via www.baycounty-mi.gov.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-03-24T15:43:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/03/17/mich-enviro-report-baysail-scholarships-used-car-mileage-great-lakes-benefits/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/the-appledores.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the-appledores</image:title><image:caption>The Appledore schooners. Via BaySailBayCity.org</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-03-17T15:50:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/03/11/mich-enviro-report-epa-regs-native-plants-a-ballast-water-deal/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/photo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo mab award</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-03-29T11:51:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/03/03/mich-enviro-report-lake-huron-research-pluginmichigan-beach-meetings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/alewife-glnpo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alewife-glnpo</image:title><image:caption>An alewife. Credit: Alewife, Unknown location Center for Great Lakes and Aquatic Sciences, David Jude</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-03-04T13:06:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/02/18/mich-enviro-report-great-lakes-restoration-wireless-parks-a-tidy-lighthouse/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tawas-pt-lighthouse-kart.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tawas-pt-lighthouse-kart</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-02-18T03:01:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/02/10/mich-enviro-report-collapsing-roofs-recyclemania-post-coal-jobs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/roof-collapse-2009-cc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>roof-collapse-2009-cc</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-02-16T17:52:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/02/02/remember-michigans-great-blizzard-of-1978/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/snow-storm-feb-2011-nasa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snow-storm-feb-2011-nasa</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-07T13:54:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/01/27/michigan-enviro-report-birds-in-shiawassee-rapanos-land-saving-tobico-towers/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-27T21:07:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/01/20/michigan-environment-report-batteries-mercury-saginaw-river-shipping/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/battery-recycling-michigan-photo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>battery-recycling-michigan-photo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-01-20T20:35:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/01/13/mich-enviro-report-regional-strategy-saginaw-bay-muck-midland-conservation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/bay-saginaw-midland-enviro-strategy-2011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bay-saginaw-midland-enviro-strategy-2011</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-01-14T01:47:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/01/06/green-energy-saginaw-wind-turbines-phasing-out-light-bulbs/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-13T13:12:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/2011/01/04/thoughts-on-disney-green/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/epcot-crop-disney-apricot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>epcot-crop-disney-apricot</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mrgreatlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/youngest-water-epcot-spaceship-earth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>youngest-water-epcot-spaceship-earth</image:title><image:caption>My youngest in her future home. 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