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This broad category encompasses fish. It is further divided on the main menu with tags for mammals, insects, amphibians, birds, mussels, invaders and endangered wildlife.

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Bigheaded carp pose big threat, new model suggests

By Carin Tunney | June 5, 2020

Bigheaded carp are a big threat to yellow perch, according to a new model that forecasts what would happen over the next several decades if bighead and silver carp made it into Lake Huron’s Saginaw Bay. 

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Fixing the food web: Cisco reintroduction to the Great Lakes could have enormous ripple effect

By Lucas Day | May 27, 2020

Once as many as nine types of ciscoes roamed the Great Lakes, playing a key role in the food web.

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There’s a new kind of carp in the river and it’s huge

By Danielle James | May 1, 2020

The first invasive grass carp capable of reproducing in Michigan was caught this spring during an annual fish survey by the Department of Natural Resources.

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Rooting out wild pig’s impact in Michigan

By Kurt Williams | April 15, 2020

There’s new research showing that pigs in the north root up native plants and rob the soil of key nutrients plants need to flourish.

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Americans agree on animal protection; experts disagree on which ones need it

By Amelia Cole | April 13, 2020

In a time of extreme polarization, a recent study has found something the American public can agree on.

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Study finds health risk from Pine River fish

By Kyle Davidson | April 7, 2020

Anglers are at risk of contracting E. coli while fishing in the Pine River, according to a recent study.

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Count on for frogs, toads

By Maddy O'Callaghan | April 6, 2020

The Michigan DNR and Michigan Wildlife Council are counting the state’s frogs and toads because of concern over threats to their species. We hear from an MSU Museum herpetologist and a DNR wildlife biologist.

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Fish tale: Chances of Arctic grayling return to Michigan ‘Very good’

By Lucas Day | April 1, 2020

Arctic grayling, a fish known for its sail-like dorsal fin and that died out in Michigan in the 1930s, could be making a comeback in Michigan.

Birds

Federal plan might let states kill unwanted cormorants

By Katrianna Ray | March 20, 2020

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has logged more than 1,000 public comments on a proposed rule that would give state agencies more choices in controlling cormorants that some anglers complain eat too many fish in the Great Lakes and inland waters. New options
would include lethal means.

Wildlife

The mission to recover the rusty patched bumblebee

By Claire Moore | March 3, 2020

The bee’s population has mysteriously declined, falling by nearly 90 percent since the early 2000s. In 2017, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated it an endangered species.

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Environmental news of the Great Lakes region from the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University.

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