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The sea lamprey moves on to the Great Lakes SmackDown! finals

By Great Lakes Echo | October 26, 2010

By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason

The sea lamprey and the alewife both fought successful battles and made it to the Great Lakes SmackDown! semi-finals last week. And it’s time to reveal whether the eel-like fish, which sucks the life out of its victims, or the alewife, a 6-inch silver fish that eats things like young fish, will prevail. And the winner is…

THE GREEN LAMP-REY! Thirty-five percent of those who filled out brackets guessed that the lamprey would dominate in Round 2.

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Great Lakes tributary dredged; Climate change to spur more?

By Great Lakes Echo | October 25, 2010

Quebec took the drastic measure to deal with the lowest water ever recorded in a river that supplies 440,000 Montreal suburbanites. The low flows strain sewage treatment. How will other Great Lakes communities react to projected low water?

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Chicago artists imagine Great Lakes without the water

By Great Lakes Echo | October 22, 2010

Imagine if the Great Lakes claimed negligence and abuse and left the region.
That’s what a group of Chicago artists did after attending a workshop on environmental issues.

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The Green Lamp-rey, Impale-wife face off in Round 2 of the SmackDown!

By Great Lakes Echo | October 22, 2010

The second round of invaders now duel in the SmackDown! semi-finals:

The Alewife, “Vlad the Impale-wife,” out-ate the White “The Incredible, Edible, Egg-eater” Perch in a gluttonous match. And the Sea “The Green Lamp-rey” sucked the win from the Round “Roundy Goboa” Goby, asserting its dominance as a more well-known and established invasive species.

Now the alewife and the sea lamprey face off!

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The Quagmeister, Eurasian Invasion face off in Round 2 of the SmackDown!

By Great Lakes Echo | October 21, 2010

See how the Great Lakes SmackDown! Round 1 champions fair in the next stage of the game. Will the water-clogging Eurasian watermilfoil outmatch the filter-feeding quagga mussel?

Click here for Round 2, Bracket 1:

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Great Lakes SmackDown! Round 1 results continue…

By Great Lakes Echo | October 20, 2010

Yesterday, we announced the winners of the first two Great Lakes SmackDown! lake fights. Today, we reveal the results of the next two matches.

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Great Lakes SmackDown! first and second bracket winners clog waterways

By Great Lakes Echo | October 19, 2010

We asked you to tell us which aquatic invasive species are the most ecologically destructive to the Great Lakes.

And Round 1 results are in.

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Get ready for a fishy fight as two species bait each other!

By Great Lakes Echo | October 15, 2010

Something smells a little fishy in this match. Well, actually, a lot fishy, because there’s a whole lot of both the alewife and the white perch in the Great Lakes.

Tell us which one you think is the most destructive to the Great Lakes.

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A benthic invader and vampire fish face off!

By Great Lakes Echo | October 14, 2010

It’s time for two of the Great Lakes’ most aggressive invaders to lake fight!

In corner number one we have the Sea Lamprey and in corner number two, the Round Goby!

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The plant contenders take to the lake in the SmackDown!

By Great Lakes Echo | October 13, 2010

Now the aquatic plant nuisances face off.

In corner number one, the Eurasian Watermilfoil – AKA “The Eurasian Invasion.” And in the other corner, we have a veteran from the Eastern world, the Curly-Leaf Pondweed, “The Leaf-O-Nater.”