Fish
The fate of a half-century sport fishing tradition
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Fifty years after the Great Lakes salmon introduction, dwindling populations reveal a cautionary lesson in single-species management.
Water
Great Lakes cities swallow streams
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Study shows Great Lakes are home to the largest collection of riverless urban areas.
ice
Storm cuts power but creates powerful images
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A heavy snow and ice storm slows the start of spring but offers a rare photo op.
Art
Below the surface: Great Lakes invaders
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A new book explores the uphill battle against the worst Great Lakes invaders and praises the people who research them.
Climate change
Climate change threatens rare Minnesota orchid
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A new climate model predicts future environmental pressures on a rare orchid called the small white lady’s slipper.
Air
Minnesota conservation groups attack EPA-approved pollution control plan
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The EPA sets a new standard for haze plans after six conservation groups failed to petition for the review of a Minnesota plan affecting visibility in national parks and wildernesses.
Recreation
North Trail hikers set 100-mile centennial goal
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Hikers plan to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.
Wildlife
Ecological casualties: winners and losers in the war on carp
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If Asian carp cross the Mississippi River basin and establish themselves in Lake Erie, they could account for one-third of the lake’s entire fish weight.
Recreation
Alpena film festival filled with Great Lakes and ocean flicks
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The fourth-annual Thunder Bay International Film Festival dives into Great Lakes shipwrecks, conservation and transport.
Echo
Looking back: Top stories of 2015
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A rundown of the most clicked on stories produced by Echo in 2015.