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Michigan moose

Michigan lawmakers mull tougher poaching penalties

By Brooke Kansier | September 30, 2015

The bills would increase poaching penalties with a steep hike in restitution prices.

double-crested cormorants and seagulls
Wildlife

Old bird waste yields new insight on today’s environment

By Kayla Smith | September 23, 2015

Canadian researchers are picking through bird poo on islands in eastern Lake Ontario to uncover the environmental impact of double-crested cormorants.

Black bear
Wildlife

Great Lakes region a hotspot for black bear poaching

By Courtney Bourgoin | September 22, 2015

The Michigan House of Representatives is expected to consider increasing bear-poaching fines today after four people were arrested for illegally trafficking in bear parts.

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Mr. Great Lakes, Jeff Kart

Mr. Great Lakes on monarch butterfly count and beach cleanup

By Jeff Kart | August 28, 2015

Mr. Great Lakes talks monarch declines and grants for community-based marine cleanup.

Lake trout
Wildlife

Gene discovery may help restore Great Lakes lake trout

By Kevin Duffy | August 27, 2015

Researchers link alewife gene with vitamin B1 deficiency and the decline of lake trout.

Wildlife

Michigan forests pestered by return of spruce budworm

By WKAR Current State | August 25, 2015

It’s been about 30 years since Michigan saw an outbreak of spruce budworm, but the little insects are now back in a big way. Current State talks with Bob Heyd, forest health specialist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources about what that means for the state’s trees.

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Mr. Great Lakes, Jeff Kart

Mr. Great Lakes on top water trails, Midwest Birding Symposium

By Jeff Kart | August 18, 2015

Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM. This week, Jeff Kart discusses the top 11 water paddling trails in Michigan and the upcoming Midwest Birding Symposium in Bay City, Michigan. Text available at Mr. Great Lakes.

Sea lamprey
Wildlife

Sex and violence may control sea lamprey

By Kevin Duffy | August 10, 2015

Cryptic chemicals associated with life and death can push and pull this parasitic invader.

Wildlife

Great whites in the Great Lakes? Bull shark!

By Brooke Kansier | July 23, 2015

It likely would be a bull shark if any shark ever cruised the sweetwater seas.

Wildlife

Come tour the bug house

By Greg Monahan | July 20, 2015

More than 3,000 people a year learn about native Michigan insects and exotic bugs from around the world at Michigan State University’s Bug House.

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

  • Michigan’s water infrastructure sees improvements, work still needs to be done

    By Clara Lincolnhol The U.S. would need to invest nearly $3.4 trillion over the next 20 years to fix and update drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, says researchers from The Value of Water Campaign. Much of that infrastructure was built 40 to 50 years ago and shows its age. Michigan’s is no exception. The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state a D+ for its drinking water infrastructure, a D in storm water management and a C for its wastewater infrastructure. Funding is a major problem. Proposed data centers would put more stress on the infrastructure.

  • Mussels in a green net.
    Endangered spectaclecase mussels reintroduced into the Chippewa River

    By Ada Tussing To combat the population loss of spectaclecase mussels, researchers with both the Minnesota and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released over 177 mussels into the Chippewa River in Northwest Wisconsin.

  • Michigan allocates $77 million to clean thousands of contaminated sites

    By Clara Lincolnhol Michigan is pouring $77 million into clean-up of contaminated abandoned real estate such as former factories. The director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy says the goal is to make the cleaned-up sites safe for housing, commercial developments and other uses.

  • Winter makes curved roads dangerous; researchers seek solutions

    By Eric Freedman Flashing light on warning signs near curves can slow drivers and reduce the odds of a crash during winter weather conditions, says a new study by Michigan State University engineers.

  • The cover of “Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project." The cover is moose antlers on the ground.
    Great Lakes books for your holiday gift list 

    By Eric Freedman   Looking for a holiday gift for a reader who loves the Great Lakes? Here are five prospects to consider – and what our reporters learned from interviewing their authors this year.

  • A side-by-side of the historic Portage Canal and modern Portage Canal from an aerial view.
    Restoration of historical site improves quality of life for Portage, Wisconsin residents

    By Joshua Kim Following the completion of segments 1 and 2 of the Portage Canal, local residents and visitors can use the historic site and its amenities following years of disrepair.

  • What herring gulls tell us about plastic pollution

    By Victoria Witke Christina Petalas, a doctoral student McGill University, studies herring gulls to learn about plastic pollution near the St. Lawrence River. Across two studies, she found plastic additives in every bird sampled, which could have human health consequences.

  • Scientists update geological map of northern Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 

    By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva The U.S. Geological Survey has began large-scale low-level airplane flights over Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin to obtain high-resolution data on subsurface mineral structures and bedrock composition. The data will be used to create two- and three-dimensional maps to better understand the geological structure at depths of about 10,000 feet.

  • ‘Refusal is insisting on your own terms’: Indigenous activism in the Midwest

    By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira “Indigenous Activism in the Midwest: Refusal, Resurgence and Resisting Settler Colonialism” explores how Dakota and Anishinaabe communities in Minnesota continue their relationships to the land and challenge dominant settler narratives about ownership, belonging and identity.

  • Cannabis workers are developing job-related asthma and some have died, study says

    By Clara Lincolnhol New research says workers picking, grinding and packaging cannabis are developing workplace-related asthma, and two deaths have occurred so far.

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