In this three-part video series, scientists at the Large Lakes Observatory in Duluth, Minn., explore the implications of climate change and other human activities for Lake Superior and the African great lakes.

In this three-part video series, scientists at the Large Lakes Observatory in Duluth, Minn., explore the implications of climate change and other human activities for Lake Superior and the African great lakes.

In this three-part video series, scientists at the Large Lakes Observatory in Duluth, Minn., explore the implications of climate change and other human activities for Lake Superior and the African great lakes.

For years there were sightings.
Then in 2008, came the tracks.
In 2009, came a photo.
Now, there’s a video – a cougar roaming Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

 (Video: Michigan Department of Natural Resources.  Owners of trail camera did not want to be identified)
A trail camera on private property in northwestern Upper Peninsula captured the cougar on Sept. 8.  The Michigan Department of Natural Resources visited the property in Ontonagon County earlier this week and verified the camera’s location.
The cougar had an ear tag and a radio collar.  Only western states tag and collar cougars …

Two urban entrepreneurs have found Flint’s farm potential.

They see a promising convergence of low-cost land and a need for fresh produce grown nearby.

With video

Brian Johns is a farmer and an educator at his own Happy Family Farm.

He teaches students to grow vegetables using traditional and cutting-edge technologies such as hydroponics and aquaponics.

They learn “seed to sale” – from growing to entrepreneurship. (Video)

A $3 million federal cut from sea lamprey control in 2012 could cause many of Michigan’s charter boat captains to go out of business.
With video of lamprey sterilization.

What started with 16 of the most ominous land-based (and some aquatic wildcard) invasive species has been whittled down to one champion:

The emerald ash borer, also known as, The Green Menace.

The invasive, tree-eating emerald ash borer is a costly addition to the Great Lakes region. See how state officials and homeowners are battling the destructive critter.

The Great Lakes system of locks and canals opened up the region to more than just economic opportunities; it also paved the way for hundreds of destructive invasive species.
Their untold negative impacts on the region’s ecology and economy have lead some to consider them “bad company.”
The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University examines the history of Great Lakes invasive species in its fourth documentary: “Bad Company.” Instructor Lou D’Aria and journalism student Matt Mikus co-produced the one-hour documentary with help from associate producer Rachael Gleason and a …