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Watch out! Creepy kudzu coming?
-Kudzo is on the list of plants and animals that pose an immediate or potential threat to Michigan’s economy, environment or human health.
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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 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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Commercial FishingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchThe CatchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Whitefish recruitment
-Lake whitefish, a native species in the Great Lakes, is experiencing what is known in the world of fisheries biology as a “recruitment problem.”
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchModern sea lamprey control pits technology against the invaders
-A lamprey-specific pesticide is currently the main form of invasive lamprey control in the Great Lakes. The lampricide also hurts native lamprey and mud puppies, but are there other options?
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsInvasive SpeciesLake HuronLatest NewsMichiganNewsProtectRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchShipwrecksWater Quality and Restoration EffortsJEWEL OF THE GREAT LAKES: Group battles invasive species
-Aquatic invasive species continue to spread and threaten the ecosystem in the waterways near Alpena, local environmental professionals say.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsHabitat RestorationInvasive SpeciesLake MichiganMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWisconsinRising water makes Lake Michigan wetlands vulnerable to invaders
-A new study documents the first sighting of the invasive species, European frogbit, in Wisconsin and says that it could threaten native plants, fish and invertebrates.
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Brian OwensDrinking WaterFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsInfrastructureInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsOntarioProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsAI technology could be used to monitor invaders in the Great Lakes
-Having artificial intelligence track the spread of invasive species would be quicker and cheaper, but only once scientists can guarantee accuracy.
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Commercial FishingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchShipping and PortsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsYears of regulation may have reduced invasive species risks in the Great Lakes, study says
-Researchers have found that ballast water regulation has been key in the fight against invasive species.
