Nearshore
Old specimen provides new insight into invasive algae
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New study shows aggressive invader may have made its way into North America earlier than previously understood.
Birds
Black tern numbers plummet, invasives largely to blame
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The once-abundant black tern is far less abundant in Great Lakes wetlands.
Art
Woods, whiskey, women and widow-makers caught in lumberjack songs
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New edition of 1926 book throws light on lumberjack life, loves and losses collected by an English professor while mostly hiking from Charlevoix, Michigan, to North Dakota.
Green Gavel
Former New York paper mill official convicted of Clean Water Act violations
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Michael Ward failed to alert his supervisors at the APC Paper Group mill in Norfolk that the mill was exceeding the maximum daily level of discharges allowed under its state permit.
Birds
Kestrels thrive in cherry orchards–and return favor
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New homes may help save a declining bird species and, at the same time, protect economically vital cherry crops from orchard-damaging enemies.
Forests
Pennsylvania’s forest primeval
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Scenes from Hearts Content in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny National Forest.
Nearshore
COs encounter oddball situations in the field
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Fall tends to be a busy time of year for Michigan DNR conservation officers, who sometimes go home with stories.
Green Gavel
Minn. company, executives charged in PCB case
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Luminaire Environmental and Technologies, Inc. made “false representations to customers” and prospective customers that it would properly dispose of or incinerate the PCBs, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.
Capital News Service
Lynx could survive if returned to Isle Royale, study suggests
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The predator has not been on the island since the 1930s.
Homepage Featured
Photo Friday: Views of a glacier-shaped New York park
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Take a look at this park named for one of the United States’s most obscure presidents.