To enter a submission to Great Lakes Echo Photo Friday, send your photo, a caption and your name to greatlakesecho@gmail.com.

By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason
Editor’s note: Great Lakes SmackDown! Terrestrial Terror is an ongoing Great Lakes Echo series.
On the other side of the bracket and competing for a shot at the championship are the European starling and the beech scale.
The starling has proven its prowess with skills like spreading fecal matter, posing as an air safety threat and competing with other cavity-nesting birds. But can it compete with the beech scale whose side-sick fungal friend helps it kill beech trees?
The competition is steep and the time is now. Help us …

By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason
Editor’s note: Great Lakes SmackDown! Terrestrial Terror is an ongoing Great Lakes Echo series.
The competition has dwindled to the Great Lakes SmackDown! Terrestrial Terror Final Four.
On one side of the bracket, two formidable exotics face off: The emerald ash borer and the feral swine. They’ve both proven to be tough contenders, but which one will invade the finals?
Their fighting skills make it too close to call, so help the Echo judges out. Submit your comments and vote below.
Fighter Profiles:

Alias: Green Menace
Legal name: Agrilus planipennis …

Who will lead in protecting the Great Lakes environment?

Apparently not the governors.

Maybe the “rust belt” tag is still deserved.