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PBS NewsHour Report: University of Illinois serves invasive Asian carp for dinner
-Students can also choose smoked Silverfin with green tea on rice or fried Silverfin topped with mixed greens. It turns out “Silverfin” is another name for Asian carp, an invasive species wreaking havoc in lakes and rivers across the Midwest. And this Silverfin smorgasbord is a part of Illinois’ novel efforts to battle back the fish, which are now within 50 miles from entering Lake Michigan.
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Keeping carp out of the Great Lakes: barge operators and conservationists differ
-“What will we do for future generations?” Business interests, conservation groups and government officials lined up in Chicago Monday to…
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It’s Jobs versus the Environment in Wisconsin. And Jobs won.
-Foxconn Technology, the Taiwan-based consumer electronics manufacturer has selected southeast Wisconsin as the site for a new plant that will employ up to 13,000 tech workers.
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Forget Washington, it’s time for a Great Lakes Now road trip!
-The first six months of 2017 produced Great Lakes news at a pace that exceeds anything I’ve seen since I…
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Can Asian carp be kept out of Lake Michigan?
-The plan has sparked concerns among environmentalists, because a lot of that money is being spent to protect the lakes from a voracious fish known as the Asian carp.
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Governors Greenlight Waukesha, Wisconsin for Lake Michigan water
-Original 2016 decision allowing city outside Great Lakes Basin to draw water reaffirmed Great Lakes governors on Thursday reaffirmed their…
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Get out and explore a Great Lakes National Park this week
-It’s National Parks Week, and it starts this weekend with free Admission at all National Parks across the U.S. starting…
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Researchers ponder whether low ice coverage is the Great Lakes’ new normal?
-“Two years ago, after the polar vortex put the Upper Midwest into a deep freeze for a second straight winter,…
