A new study details the groups of Michigan drivers more likely to engage in the risky behavior.
Echo
Ohio slaughterhouse operator sent to prison for environmental, money laundering crimes
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A federal judge in Ohio has sentenced an illegal slaughterhouse operator to 33 months behind bars for dumping animal blood and other “bodily fluids” into a waterway that empties into Beaver Creek and Lake Erie in violation of the Clean Water Act.
Art
Artists, activists shift environmental art exhibit online during pandemic
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An art exhibition and panel discussions hosted by the Detroit Center for Design + Technology that addresses climate change is available to explore online through August 15.
Art
New cookbook highlights food of Great Lakes Indigenous peoples
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A new cookbook serves up the culture along with the food of the Indigenous people of the Great Lakes region.
Echo
Podcast: The Future of Forest Threats
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Great Lakes Echo and the Northern Research Station of the USDA Forest Service are collaborating to share the first season of their podcast, Forestcast.
aquaculture
Fish farmers find new applications for old dairy farming equipment
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As smaller dairy farms are sold to larger operations, fish farmers are finding use for their old manure lagoons.
Catch of the Day
Podcast: The Hornless Asian Longhorned Beetle
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Great Lakes Echo and the Northern Research Station of the USDA Forest Service are collaborating to share the first season of their podcast, Forestcast.
butterflies
Monarch butterfly conservationists concerned by long-term population decrease
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Insect populations fluctuate from year to year, depending on factors like weather and breeding, but the long-term downward trend in the monarch butterfly population is concerning conservationists.
Echo
Mighty mites might manage mosquitoes
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By Weiting Du
Summer is here and so are the annoying mosquitoes. But so, too, are creatures that limit their number. Water mites are close relatives to spiders and live in freshwater. Some of them can parasitize or prey on mosquitoes, according to a recent review study published in the Diversity journal. Understanding these water mites could be important for developing new ways to control them, the study said.
Echo
Podcast: When A Single Clone Caused An Invasion
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Great Lakes Echo and the Northern Research Station of the USDA Forest Service are collaborating to share the first season of their podcast, Forestcast.
Art
Mobsters in the vacationlands
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From crime boss and occasional visitor “Scarface” Al Capone to the Upper Peninsula’s own Public Enemy #1, John “Red” Hamilton, Up North has historic ties to organized crime and the baddies who used the area as a playground.