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Waste

Asbestos probe leads to jail term in Ohio

By Eric Freedman | July 30, 2015

Company president gets 30 days in jail, 240 days community service and must pay restitution.

Air

Judge fines Indiana company for Clean Air Act crimes

By Eric Freedman | July 8, 2015

Prosecutors say company filed false reports after monitoring gauge broke.

Wildlife

The small environmental stories provide the big environmental picture

By Eric Freedman | June 30, 2015

It is the seemingly small environmental events and stories that help us see how they connect to form the mega-picture of natural and human activities.

Wildlife

Minnesota contractor fined for disturbing protected plants in wildlife refuge

By Eric Freedman | June 29, 2015

The company had released an estimated 24,000 gallons of heated water at two construction sites because of a problem with installation of sewer pipes, according to court documents said. The penalty will support refuge programs.

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Wildlife

PCBs still of concern for Toronto waterfront fish

By Eric Freedman | June 26, 2015

But mercury levels are down in some sport fish. Monitoring to continue.

Land

Wisconsin farmer accused of cheating federal crop insurance program

By Eric Freedman | June 15, 2015

Indictment alleges that documents were falsified including those indicating inability to plant crops that were planted.

Waste

Prison, fine loom in New York hazardous waste case

By Eric Freedman | June 9, 2015

Government agencies say company owner removed arsenic, chromium, lead, selenium and other hazardous chemicals from a bankrupt facility in Keene, New Hampshire, without a permit and took the materials to his facility in Owego.

Land

Bankruptcy judge: Michigan farmland sale doesn’t violate conservation easement

By Eric Freedman | May 27, 2015

Local conservancy argues that sale violates prohibition on dividing land, makes it less viable for agriculture and harder to manage the easement.

Air

New York company pleads guilty to asbestos violation

By Eric Freedman | May 20, 2015

The prosecution said the company failed to inspect asbestos debris and pools of water, comply with pretesting waiting periods, properly calibrate pumps and perform air sampling and decontamination of equipment.

Wildlife

Fake reefs are good for fishing – how about for the fish?

By Eric Freedman | May 14, 2015

While they attract fish to eat and spawn, artificial reefs in the Great Lakes need to be monitored longer to evaluate their success, according to a new study.

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Environmental news of the Great Lakes region from the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University.

  • How seeds from the past are saving a unique flower of the Great Lakes

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted just 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle in the sandy dunes of the Great Lakes. At the time, no one knew if the new populations would survive. Today, three decades later, the restored populations are thriving and spreading.

  • Henderson holding a swan
    From otters to butterflies: How Minnesota became a pioneer in nongame wildlife conservation

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva In the late 1970s, when most wildlife conservation programs in the United States focused almost exclusively on game species, a quiet but historic shift began in Minnesota. It was here that one of the nation’s first state programs dedicated to protecting so-called nongame wildlife emerged from butterflies and bats to bald eagles and river otters. That story is now told in detail by Carrol Henderson in his new book, “A National Legacy: Fifty Years of Nongame Wildlife Conservation in Minnesota."

  • Michigan’s water infrastructure sees improvements, work still needs to be done

    By Clara Lincolnhol The U.S. would need to invest nearly $3.4 trillion over the next 20 years to fix and update drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, says researchers from The Value of Water Campaign. Much of that infrastructure was built 40 to 50 years ago and shows its age. Michigan’s is no exception. The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state a D+ for its drinking water infrastructure, a D in storm water management and a C for its wastewater infrastructure. Funding is a major problem. Proposed data centers would put more stress on the infrastructure.

  • Mussels in a green net.
    Endangered spectaclecase mussels reintroduced into the Chippewa River

    By Ada Tussing To combat the population loss of spectaclecase mussels, researchers with both the Minnesota and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released over 177 mussels into the Chippewa River in Northwest Wisconsin.

  • Michigan allocates $77 million to clean thousands of contaminated sites

    By Clara Lincolnhol Michigan is pouring $77 million into clean-up of contaminated abandoned real estate such as former factories. The director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy says the goal is to make the cleaned-up sites safe for housing, commercial developments and other uses.

  • Winter makes curved roads dangerous; researchers seek solutions

    By Eric Freedman Flashing light on warning signs near curves can slow drivers and reduce the odds of a crash during winter weather conditions, says a new study by Michigan State University engineers.

  • The cover of “Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project." The cover is moose antlers on the ground.
    Great Lakes books for your holiday gift list 

    By Eric Freedman   Looking for a holiday gift for a reader who loves the Great Lakes? Here are five prospects to consider – and what our reporters learned from interviewing their authors this year.

  • A side-by-side of the historic Portage Canal and modern Portage Canal from an aerial view.
    Restoration of historical site improves quality of life for Portage, Wisconsin residents

    By Joshua Kim Following the completion of segments 1 and 2 of the Portage Canal, local residents and visitors can use the historic site and its amenities following years of disrepair.

  • What herring gulls tell us about plastic pollution

    By Victoria Witke Christina Petalas, a doctoral student McGill University, studies herring gulls to learn about plastic pollution near the St. Lawrence River. Across two studies, she found plastic additives in every bird sampled, which could have human health consequences.

  • Scientists update geological map of northern Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva The U.S. Geological Survey has began large-scale low-level airplane flights over Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin to obtain high-resolution data on subsurface mineral structures and bedrock composition. The data will be used to create two- and three-dimensional maps to better understand the geological structure at depths of about 10,000 feet.

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