The EPA released a report last week stating that the Great Lakes Basin needs $80 billion dollars in wastewater infrastructure fixes over the next 20 years, in order to prevent […]
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FLINT IS NOT ALONE: Infrastructure Concerns
The Flint water story has raised awareness across the country about aging infrastructure needs. It’s clear that Flint isn’t the only city with high levels of lead in their drinking […]
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A Tree “Library” in Downriver Detroit
Naturalists working in the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge have found a number of species of trees and plants that they believe were native to the region before the arrival […]
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Sea Lamprey Biopesticide
The Environmental Protection Agency has registered a pheromone that draws sea lamprey together for mating as their first vertebrate biopesticide for the Great Lakes. The odor, known by the […]
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Secret Lives of Fish
The Great Lakes Fisheries Commission has been using telemetry to spy on such native Great Lakes fish as trout, sturgeon, and walleye, and they’re discovering things they didn’t know about […]
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Impact of Asian Carp in Lake Erie
Researchers at the University of Michigan and the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor have released the first in a series of papers describing what would happen if […]
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Regional Maritime Strategy
The Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers has released draft Maritime Transportation System Strategy, and is accepting public comment on the draft through February 3rd. The […]
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Ships Wintering in Duluth
With the arrival of ice on the Great Lakes, the Soo Locks are scheduled to close to shipping at midnight this Friday. The Port of Duluth-Superior is expecting seven lakers […]
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Science in Action – Restoring Fish Habitat in Urban Rivers
Next spring, native fish, such as lake sturgeon, will have more places to spawn and safely incubate their eggs in the Detroit River. To compensate for historic habitat losses, Water […]
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Wolf Scientists Support Delisting Wolves in Great Lakes
Wolf populations in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan have successfully recovered and should be taken off the Endangered Species list, according to a letter sent today to U.S. Secretary of the […]
