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Great Lakes SmackDown! Round 1 results continue…
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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
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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.”
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Competitors flex mussels in first round of SmackDown!
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It’s time for the first two competitors in the Great Lakes SmackDown! to flex their mussels: The zebra mussel vs. the quagga mussel.
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Great Lakes SmackDown! reminder
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Don’t forget about Echo’s new series: Great Lakes SmackDown! We’ve chosen eight formidable invasive species to compete against each other over the next few weeks. And we want you to help us to decide which one is the ecologically most destructive to the lakes. We’re still accepting brackets until next Friday, Oct. 15th.
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Great Lakes SmackDown!
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By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason
Welcome to the Great Lakes SmackDown! Which invasive species is the most ecologically destructive to the Great Lakes? We pitted eight of the region’s most formidable aquatic invasive species against each other in “lake fights” in true March Madness form. We asked biologists, resource managers, invasive species experts and Echo readers to weigh in on each battle. Follow the links below to see how the contenders fared in three rounds of lake fights.
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Great Lakes SmackDown!
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Which invasive species is the most ecologically destructive to the Great Lakes? That’s what the “Great Lakes Smack Down!” will find out.
We chose eight of the Great Lakes’ most formidable invasive species and we’ll pit them against each other in “lake fights” over the next few weeks.
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Minnesota couple finishes 1,500 mile hike around Lake Superior
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Mike Link and Kate Crowley, a couple from Willow River, Minn., know the answer to a variation on an old joke: How do you walk around Lake Superior?
One step at a time.