Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
In Wisconsin, a one-of-a-kind aquaculture operation shines a light on a new, sustainable industry push that could help with declining yellow perch populations, but it’s not without its own challenges.
Thousands travel to the Au Sable River in Michigan every summer to watch the AuSable River Canoe Marathon, one of three major canoe races, with the other two in New York and Quebec.
Hoping to seize upon the Biden administration’s pro-public lands agenda, a coalition of Michigan environmental groups is mounting a push to shield tens of thousands of acres in the western Upper Peninsula from future logging and other development.
A new study predicts the incidence of gastrointestinal illness in private drinking wells, identifying manure as the main cause of contamination.
In this month’s column, John Hartig explores the history of Sugar Island and what’s coming next for it, which involves a massive habitat restoration project.
Natural populations of oil-degrading bacteria could help to clean up freshwater rivers and lakes after spills from pipelines and trains, researchers have found after experiments.
Check out Great Lakes Now’s guide to getting on the water without burning a hole in your wallet.
Under a new federal permit program, Michigan officials can kill up to 9,650 adult cormorants and destroy up to 1,400 nests in hopes of keeping fish out of the birds’ bellies and on Michigan anglers’ fishing hooks.
There is evidence that suggests harmful toxins and algae itself are found in the air. But scientists are unsure how much toxin is in the air, how weather or water quality affect it, or what human health effects it could cause.
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