Photo Friday: Moonrise over Lake Michigan

Echo reader Jodie Opie, a fan of the Photo Friday feature, answered our call for photo submissions. This photograph was taken on May 24 in Kenosha, Wis. and captured a full moon rising over a dusky Lake Michigan.

Energy debates play out on the Great Lakes nearshore

The Detroit to Cleveland corridor has one of the region’s most densely populated shorelines.

All those people and the area’s myriad of water, habitat, farm and beach issues make it home to some of the nation’s greatest energy debates.

Poll: Where are the best places to live on the Great Lakes?

Recently Great Lakes Echo reported that Outside Magazine snubbed the Great Lakes region when nominating the most livable, active cities in the U.S. for their “Best Towns 2013” feature. We asked you to nominate the best towns of the Great Lake region. Now you can vote on them, write-in another place or justify your choices below. online polls

Zombies promote Great Lakes nearshore environment

Birders, boaters, hikers, fishermen, beach lovers, and swimmers all have something in common: They draw attention to Great Lakes ecology through their activities at or near the shoreline. Now they have zombies helping them out. In what might be one of the wackiest and most unorthodox ways of getting people to reconnect with nature, early (cheaper) registration for an event billed as the Lake Eerie (not a typo, folks) Zombie Mud Run ends June 30. The race is Sept. 14 at East Sandusky Bay Erie Metropark in Sandusky, Ohio.

Building Great Lakes fisheries

Over the course of the year, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources will stock nearly 19 million fish, including native and non-native species.