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CollaborationGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyInside the Michigan lab where scientists raise killer bugs to save trees
-The emerald ash borer, an invasive beetle that feeds on ash wood, has killed hundreds of millions of ash trees across North America. The key to saving what’s left may be growing behind paned glass in a quiet Brighton business park.
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Asian CarpAuthorsChicagoFeature HomepageGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRefreshIllinois, feds grapple with agreement that would advance billion dollar plan to stop invasive carp
-Illinois objects to terms of “complex” partnership agreement required by the Army Corps of Engineers, while Michigan policy expert questions the need.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeBill aims to allow backyard wildlife feeding, but critics fear deer disease
-State Rep. Ken Borton wants to allow recreational wildlife and bird feeding to be protected. He said the intent is to allow feeding of squirrels and other small animals. But state wildlife officials say that would encourage deer and elk to congregate, spreading disease.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsNewsScience Says WhatScience, Technology, ResearchSharon OosthoekScience Says What? Looking for love as northern forests heat up
-Today, southern flying squirrels are routinely found in Ontario’s Algonquin Park, roughly 62 miles (100 km) from their historic northern limit and solidly in the territory of a separate species of squirrel – northern flying squirrels.
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CollaborationGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsMichiganMilwaukeeMinnesotaNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyThe StatesWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinFRESH: New Wisconsin Law Aims to Protect Watersheds From Farm Runoff
-Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMore fallout from Midland dam failures: blood-sucking parasites in rivers
-The Edenville and Sanford dams once blocked invasive lampreys from entering upstream rivers. But the 2020 dam failures provided an opening, and lamprey now threaten native fish. Regulators say they have a plan.
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AuthorsEnergy News RoundupFeature HomepageIllinoisIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioPolicyScience, Technology, ResearchWisconsinEnergy News Roundup: $400 Million hydrogen fuel plant coming to Michigan, U.N. panel recommends shutting down Line 5
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Climate ChangeCollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndigenous CommunitiesLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsRefreshAnishinaabe tribes work to save a fish significant to their culture and an important source of protein
-Native American tribes are working with researchers to determine why whitefish, an important source of protein, is declining.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingI Speak for the Fish: What’s the most popular freshwater fish?
-Between catfish, lake sturgeon, muskellunge, logperch, round goby, rainbow trout, gizzard shad, northern madtom, sunfish and walleye, the readers’ favorite goes to…
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2 fishermen caught cheating at Ohio tournament sentenced to 10-day jail terms, forfeit of $100k boat
-According to search warrant affidavits, five walleye contained lead weights and fillets. Officers from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources confiscated the fish as evidence.
