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Great Lakes SmackDown!

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By Alice Rossignol and Rachael Gleason

Welcome to the Great Lakes SmackDown! Which invasive species is the most ecologically destructive to the Great Lakes? We pitted eight of the region’s most formidable aquatic invasive species against each other in “lake fights” in true March Madness form. We asked biologists, resource managers, invasive species experts and Echo readers to weigh in on each battle. Follow the links below to see how the contenders fared in three rounds of lake fights.

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What’s on your Great Lakes bucket list?

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“The glaciers made you, and now you’re mine” is a song lyric from a Canadian folk rock band called the Great Lakes Swimmers. The song – “Your Rocky Spine” – is a metaphoric love poem about the region. The words perfectly capture the affinity I now feel for Lake Michigan. A wilderness writing course brought me face to face with a Great Lake for the first time in my life last weekend. We camped at Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area in Manistee, Mich.

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Great Lakes SmackDown!

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Which invasive species is the most ecologically destructive to the Great Lakes? That’s what the “Great Lakes Smack Down!” will find out.

We chose eight of the Great Lakes’ most formidable invasive species and we’ll pit them against each other in “lake fights” over the next few weeks.

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Researchers use planes, lasers to survey Lake Superior

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Planes outfitted with lasers have been probing the depths of Lake Superior for the past two months. Their mission? Measure lake bottom elevations along the coast using a laser surveying technique called LIDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging. The process is similar to how bats and dolphins use sound waves to judge distances. The planes shoot lasers into the water and measure how long it takes for the pulses to hit lake bottom and return; time indicates water depth.

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MONDAY MASHUP: Water trails connect Great Lakes beaches

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If you unraveled the shoreline of the Great Lakes, it would just fall short of stretching half way around the Earth. The region has more than 10,000 miles of coast, and a good portion is open to the public for recreation.

Many states have interactive maps that display water trails – water routes for boaters and paddlers – and provide information about beach access and amenities.

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Carp bomb: Barrier break

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CHICAGO – A bighead Asian Carp was apprehended Wednesday after breaching a maximum security federal barrier, officials say. No one was harmed in the capture of the 20-pounder. Officials aren’t sure how the carp escaped, but they say he was just six miles from a clean getaway. Advocates of the watery prison say it keeps the public safe from the ferocious fish.  Opponents say the barrier isn’t a cure, but a band-aid over a larger ecological problem. Click here for more on how society is putting up with carp.

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Echo coal pollution report receives national recognition

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When Echo launched a little more than a year ago, our intent was to upend the Great Lakes basin with a journalism that looked at the environment in an innovative manner. At the same time we vowed to remain faithful to fundamental values of fairness, accuracy, credibility. So we’re happy to report that the Society of Professional Journalists has named an Echo report on water pollution from coal plants as a national finalist for an online in-depth journalism award. The four-day Cleaning Coal series by Sarah Coefield, Elisabeth Pernicone, Yang Zhang and Rachael Gleason examined how clean air has come at the cost of dirty water and why coal-fired power plant waste water is poorly regulated. It previously won an SPJ regional award.

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Professional group recognizes reporters at Knight Center for Environmental Journalism

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A couple weeks ago Echo marked its first anniversary. The evolution has been fast, the learning curve steep. It’s hard to find the time to stop and take stock of what’s been accomplished. But here’s a good excuse:

Environmental news stories written for Great Lakes Echo and other publications of Michigan State University’s Knight Center for Environmental Journalism are among those recently recognized at the 2009 Region 4 Mark of Excellence Society of Professional Journalists contest. Among the Echo winners:
Online In-Depth Reporting

First Place: Cleaning Coal – by Sarah Coefield, Elisabeth Pernicone, Yang Zhang and Rachael Gleason

Third Place: Public Pools, Public Health – by Haley Walker, Alice Rossignol and Emma Ogutu

Best Independent Online Student Publication

Second Place: Great Lakes Echo

Online Feature Reporting

Third Place: Lake Huron sinkholes – by Sarah Coefield

Recognition of the Knight Center’s print publication, EJ Magazine:

Non-Fiction Magazine Article

First Place: Food Not Waste: Three Decades at the Center of a Movement – by Haley Walker

Second Place: When Grass Isn’t Green: Marijuana farms on public lands aren’t kind to the environment – by Andrew Norman

Best Student Magazine

Second Place: EJ Magazine

Recognition of the Knight Center’s television production efforts:

Television In-Depth Reporting

First Place: The Night Shift – by Sarah Coefield, Mary Hansen, Marla Kalmbach, Lou D’Aria

Here at the Knight Center we’re proud not only of these quality reporting efforts, but of the diversity of media they represent.