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ArticleAuthorsEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentPublicSourceSingle-use plastic and air pollution: Two leading experts share their knowledge about climate change
-PublicSource spoke to two Pennsylvania-based experts, air quality researcher Albert Presto and environmental advocate Larry Schweiger about climate change.
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BudgetFish, Birds and AnimalsFoodHabitat RestorationIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRecreational Hunting and FishingThe StatesTribal Governments and First NationsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEPA gives $3.7M to protect endangered Lake Superior’s Buffalo Reef
-The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative has awarded $3.7 million to efforts to restore the Buffalo Reef in Lake Superior. The money is going toward a dredging operation.
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Michigan wolf captured, flown to Isle Royale
-The second year of the National Park Service’s wolf relocation project has kicked off with the transfer of a wolf from Michigan’s mainland to Isle Royale.
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AdvocacyAsian CarpBudgetFish, Birds and AnimalsIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLake MichiganMichiganNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRegionU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsVideoStudy: Asian carp could find plenty of food in Lake Michigan
-Asian carp are likely to find enough food to spread farther if they establish breeding populations in Lake Michigan, scientists said in a paper released Monday.
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AdvocacyBudgetFish, Birds and AnimalsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResourceScience, Technology, ResearchSturgeonThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWaterfront DevelopmentSturgeon, America’s forgotten dinosaurs, slowly coming back to the Great Lakes
-Sturgeon were America’s vanishing dinosaurs, armor-plated beasts that crowded the nation’s rivers until mankind’s craving for caviar pushed them to the edge of extinction.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingBooks, Authors, Art and MusicDetroitFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsRecreation and Tourism“The Heart of the Great Lakes”: New book looks at the Detroit River’s history and its environmental recovery
-Great Lakes Now interviewed Dave Dempsey about his latest book, which examines the Detroit River’s recovery and the benefit to the region.
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AuthorsFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsRecreation and TourismTourismBig Week for Small Birds: The Biggest Week in American Birding started on Friday
-The Biggest Week in American Birding, which started on May 3 this year, regularly draws thousands of visitors to Ohio’s coastline.
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AuthorsFish, Birds and AnimalsFoodJames ProffittNewsPlayRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingTourismVideoTwo Lake Erie tributaries draw tens of thousands for springtime fishing
-Dates come and go, and so do groundhogs and weather reports. However, the true indicator of spring is when thousands of men, women and children suddenly appear, waist-deep in the chilly, often muddy waters of the Sandusky and Maumee rivers.
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AdvocacyAuthorsFish, Birds and AnimalsJohn HartigNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchGreat Lakes Moment: The Osprey Lady of Michigan
-The osprey team is part of an effort to monitor, track and protect this massive bird of prey. The woman in the middle of the circle holding onto the osprey for dear life was Barb Jensen – the “Osprey Lady of Michigan.”
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Asian CarpFish, Birds and AnimalsIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLake MichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectPBS NewsHour Report: Midwest battles to keep invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes
-Asian carp are invasive fish that grow fast, jump high and have taken over large swaths of the Mississippi watershed. And now, state and federal governments are worried the Great Lakes are next. On everything from electric fences to contracted fishing programs, NewsHour Weekend’s Megan Thompson reports on efforts to keep them out.
