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An Asian Carp was caught recently in a place where it shouldn’t be — beyond an electric barrier meant to keep the species out of Lake Michigan and the rest of the Great Lakes. Researchers at Southern Illinois University are trying to figure out just how it got there.
There’s more than just fish and sand in the Great Lakes. According to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Michigan, there are over 6,000 shipwrecks in the lakes — and an estimated 30,000 lives lost.
Plenty of people have heard about the plight of the honeybee, as colonies have been disappearing for more than a decade. Across the country, people are getting into recreational beekeeping to do something about it.
It’s easier to get to Sheila Consaul’s summer home by boat than by foot.
Despite a White House proposal to eliminate $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the House Appropriations Committee voted late Tuesday to fully fund the program through September 2018.
Today, environmental advocates will be watching closely as a Congressional spending committee considers a $300 million restoration program for the Great Lakes.
Great Lakes cities could benefit from domicology.
Local officials investigate city’s potential as the center of a deconstruction industry. It’s deep water port could play a role.
The average abandoned home in Michigan contains about enough lumber to fill two school buses.