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Editor’s note: Great Lakes SmackDown Terrestrial Terror is an ongoing Great Lakes Echo series. Brackets can be filled out until Friday, March 18. Find more information here. By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason
The heavyweights and wildcards take to the ring in the final land brawls of round one of the Great Lakes SmackDown Terrestrial Terror. FERAL SWINE vs.
Editor’s note: Great Lakes SmackDown Terrestrial Terror is an ongoing Great Lakes Echo series. Brackets can be filled out until Friday, March 18. Find more information here. By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason
It’s time for the plants and plant-killing exotics to take root in the SmackDown. PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE vs.
Steve Hamilton is a Michigan State University professor of zoology based at Kellogg Biological Station, and president of the Kalamazoo River Watershed Council.
He became deeply involved in cleaning up oil that spilled last July in wetlands near Marshall, MI, and he described the experience at a recent seminar.
Editor’s note: Great Lakes SmackDown Terrestrial Terror is an ongoing Great Lakes Echo series. Brackets can be filled out until Friday, March 18. Find more information here. By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason
They stink, they sting and bore holes — it’s time for the insects to fight the battle of the bug. EMERALD ASH BORER vs.
By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason
Welcome to the Great Lakes SmackDown! Terrestrial Terror
Which terrestrial invasive species is the most ecologically destructive to the Great Lakes region? We want you to tell us. We’ll follow the NCAA tournament and pit 16 of the most formidable terrestrial invasive species against each other in “land brawls.” We also threw in a few aquatic wildcard species. We’ll ask biologists, resource managers, invasive species experts and Echo readers to weigh in on each battle.
Editor’s note: Great Lakes SmackDown! Terrestrial Terror is an ongoing Great Lakes Echo series. Brackets can be filled out until Friday, March 18. Find more information here. By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason
Now, the avian competitors take to the ring to fight for the title of most destructive in the Great Lakes region!
The terrestrial invasives (and some aquatic wildcards) step up to the plate in the Great Lakes SmackDown! Terrestrial Terror. The bouts begin with a battle of the birds.
About 25 percent to 29 percent of adults in the Great Lakes region are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics. Playing with their potatoes might just be what the doctor ordered.
The Great Lakes SmackDown! is back with some mean, green, terrestrial fighting machines! The land brawls start March 14!
By Thea Hassan
Michigan residents renewing their car registration can now simply check “yes” for an annual unlimited pass for state parks and boat launches. Michigan is only the second state to develop this type of park payment plan. Montana is the other. Since the program began last October, almost 20 percent of renewing drivers chose to participate. The new program replaces the previous $24 annual passes sold at park offices.