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Category: Invasive Species

Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Pennsylvania, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Harnessing Mussels to Filter Fresh Water

by Circle of Blue August 7, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Forests and Plants, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Invasive Species, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Latest News, News, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Finding creative new ways to manage invasive cattails

by Lily Stewart, Great Lakes Now April 19, 2024
Posted inAsian Carp, Featured, Illinois, Invasive Species, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Science, Technology, Research

Illinois and Army Corps at an impasse over building barrier to prevent invasive carp

by WBEZ March 25, 2024
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Algae Blooms, Authors, Invasive Species, James Proffitt, Lake Erie, Lake Erie-EPA, Latest News, News, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

From the Ice Age to Now: A Lake Erie timeline

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now March 22, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Connect, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Invasive Species, Live, News, Play, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology, Research, The Catch, Work

Is nuclear power clean energy?

by Great Lakes Now March 12, 2024
Posted inAgriculture, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Connect, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Invasive Species, Live, News, Play, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology, Research, The Catch, Work

Why Chicago will take decades to replace lead pipes

by Great Lakes Now February 15, 2024
Posted inAgriculture, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Connect, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Invasive Species, Live, News, Play, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology, Research, The Catch, Work

Ratepayers still paying for closing coal plants?

by Great Lakes Now February 13, 2024
Posted inAsian Carp, Featured, Illinois, Invasive Species, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Great Lakes policy advocate calls out Illinois for intransigence on invasive carp solution

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now January 16, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAP, Article, Asian Carp, Fish, Birds and Animals, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Science, Technology, Research

Do snitches net fishes? Scientists turn invasive carp into traitors to slow their Great Lakes push

by The Associated Press November 20, 2023
Posted inAgriculture, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Connect, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Invasive Species, Live, News, Play, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology, Research, The Catch, Work

Harmful algal blooms

by Great Lakes Now September 8, 2023

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    The state’s top transportation authority has been running afoul of Illinois’s wildlife regulators according to internal documents obtained by WBEZ and Grist.
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    The stretch of the popular southern Ontario beach used by the endangered bird is no longer provincially protected. Environmental groups are taking the federal government to court over delays in stepping in.
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