Fish
Researchers ask public for fish guts and the money to study them
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This citizen science project gives clues on how to better manage Great Lakes fish stocks.
Fish
Saginaw Bay perch populations up against the wall(eye)
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Walleye populations in Lake Huron and the Saginaw Bay have bounced back powerfully, just a few decades after they came close to disappearing. Some scientists worry that perch are paying the price.
Fish
Hurricane recordings point to possible future for Great Lakes monitoring
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Great Lakes researchers hope that year-long recording of underwater sounds near Puerto Rico could lead to similar recording of fish and other watery sounds here.
Forests
Pennsylvania’s forest primeval
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Scenes from Hearts Content in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny National Forest.
Art
Book gives voice to Driftless Area artists
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A recent book puts together writings and pictures from the Driftless Area, a unique Midwestern region.
Green Gavel
Duck! Duck! Busted!
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Three Wisconsin duck hunting guides let clients exceed their daily bag limit in the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.
Echo
Two new books praise Upper Peninsula identity, art
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Michigan’s northern half has received its fair share of snubs. Two authors are trying to change the conversation by highlighting the peninsula’s rich cultural and literary history.
Air
Bird backpacks bag bad air
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Air monitoring gulls find new contamination route that may also threaten the health of landfill workers.
Homepage Featured
Foreign wasp could be recruited for bug battle
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The solution to an invasive stink bug may be it’s predator from back home
Art
Poet explores environment through language of dementia
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Janet Kauffman explores her experiences in water conservation and with her father’s dementia in a recent poetry collection.