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Posted inInvasive Species, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Science, Technology, Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

Sea lamprey control program receives OK to rehire federal workers, after initial scare

by Interlochen Public Radio March 27, 2025

Last month’s federal staffing cuts and hiring freezes threatened the sea lamprey control program. Now, it has permission to rehire the staff it originally planned to.

Posted inForests and Plants, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology, Research, Tourism

Trump firings hit Great Lakes sea lamprey program, Michigan forestry workers

by Bridge Michigan February 20, 2025
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Invasive Species, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

More fallout from Midland dam failures: blood-sucking parasites in rivers

by Bridge Michigan May 18, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research

Modern sea lamprey control pits technology against the invaders

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now July 7, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, I Speak for the Fish, Lake Ontario, Latest News, Michigan, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology, Research

I Speak for the Fish: Not all lampreys are killers, but all are paying the price for their reputation

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now June 20, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Guest Article, Invasive Species, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ontario, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

The pandemic that closed the U.S./Canadian border to people may have opened it to the invasive sea lamprey

by Great Lakes Echo March 30, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Fish, Birds and Animals, Invasive Species, Latest News, Natasha Blakely, News, Quiz, Science, Technology, Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Quiz: What Great Lakes invasive species are you?

by Natasha Blakely November 18, 2020
Posted inInvasive Species, Latest News, News, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research

Genetic Engineering: Researchers take first steps toward controlling sea lamprey

by Andrew Blok October 20, 2020
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Invasive Species, Latest News, News, Science, Technology, Research

Complete Eradication: Researchers look at removing sea lamprey from the Great Lakes

by Andrew Blok September 15, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inArticle, News

Sea Lamprey Biopesticide

by Lea Vigi January 13, 2016November 10, 2025

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