Archive for July 2009
Editors note: Congress is considering a $475 million appropriation for Great Lakes cleanup. This story is part of an occasional look at proposals for spending it. Weigh in on this and other ideas on Echo’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative forum. Other stories.
By Andrew McGlashen
amcglashen@gmail.com
Great Lakes Echo
July 31, 2009
A plan to spend $147 million to restore Great Lakes toxic hotspots is inspiring cautious optimism among those involved in a long and often frustrating cleanup process.
Nearly a third of the $475 million for a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in President Barack Obama’s …
Editors note: Congress is considering a $475 million appropriation for Great Lakes cleanup. This story is part of an occasional look at proposals for spending it. Is this appropriate? Weigh in on this and other ideas on Echo’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative forum. Other stories.
By Allison Bush, bushalli@msu.edu
Great Lakes Echo
July 30, 2009
Ugly, huge and primitive — many people wouldn’t think twice about the dwindling numbers of lake sturgeon in the Great Lakes.
But by dumping boulders in Minnesota’s St. Louis River in August, fisheries experts hope to encourage them …
Editors note: Congress is considering a $475 million appropriation for Great Lakes cleanup. This story is part of an occasional look at proposals for spending it. Is this appropriate? Weigh in on this and other ideas on Echo’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative forum. Other stories.
By Sarah Coefield
coefield@msu.edu
Great Lakes Echo
July 29, 2009
The birds living on Great Lakes islands may be cut off from the mainland, but they are surrounded by its threats. Invasive species, contaminants and encroaching housing and business development spell trouble for the millions relying on islands …
By Jeff Gillies
jeffgillies@gmail.com
Great Lakes Echo
July 28, 2009
The Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will update officials and residents next week on its efforts to pull 70 barrels of military waste out of Lake Superior next summer, the Duluth News Tribune reports.
The U.S. Army dumped as many as 1400 barrels between 1959 and 1962 to keep bomb designs out of Soviet hands. A contractor hired by the Red Cliff Band this past fall found 591 barrels using sonar and submarines.
A 2008 report from the Minnesota Department of Health found …
By Mary Hansen
mehansen4@gmail.com
Great Lakes Echo
July 27, 2009
Michigan ranks among the most resource-rich states, yet comes in 47th in per capita conservation spending and dead last in the conservation spending gap, according to a March 2008 report by Michigan State University’s Land Policy Institute.
Grosse Ile Township just south of Detroit, the largest island on the Detroit River, is a bright spot contrary to that trend.
It takes a unique approach to conservation of natural spaces with a township Open Spaces Committee and millage and the private non-profit …
Editors note: Congress may invest $475 million this year in Great Lakes cleanup. This story is part of an occasional look at proposals for spending it. Weigh in on this and other ideas or suggest your own on Echo’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative forum. Other stories.
By Allison Bush, bushalli@msu.edu
Great Lakes Echo
July 24, 2009
Old hydropower dams and roadways that cross streams can keep Great Lakes fish from traveling upstream to spawn.
But some also keep invasive species, such as the sea lamprey, from doing the same thing, said Marc Gaden, communications director …
Editors note: Congress may invest $475 million this year in Great Lakes cleanup. This story is part of an occasional look at proposals for spending it. Weigh in on this and other ideas on Echo’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative forum. Other stories.
By Jeff Gillies
jeffgillies@gmail.com
Great Lakes Echo
July 23, 2009
A federal agency better known for dredging harbors than building wetlands could soon have a bigger stake in restoring Great Lakes habitats.
For anyone who finds that troubling, Milan Kruszynski has a beach crawling with baby box turtles and 9-inch bull frogs he’d …
