Fish
New method shows some Great Lakes fish consumption advisories may not protect health
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Most fish advisories are based on a single contaminant and don’t include the added health risk of multiple contaminants being present at once.
Areas of Concern
St. Lawrence River targeted for mussel rescue, garbage cleanup, habitat restoration
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The river that drains the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean is designated an Area of Concern by the U.S. and Canadian governments.
Land
Clearing the path for new forests
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The Great Lakes region is involved in a national effort to clear trees to allow for new growth. The reforesting effort is key to maintaining wildlife and healthy forests.
Earthworms
Sea lamprey, Asian carp, zebra mussels and earthworms?
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These invaders have the power to alter entire ecosystems. The good news? They may not threaten the climate as some studies previously indicated.
Green Gavel
Minnesota court rules police needed search warrant to track poaching suspect
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Conservation officers had seized deer and elk antlers from the suspects home.
Human health
Wildlife getting sicker; people the culprit
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Many rising wildlife diseases are traced to human activities. That has implications for both wildlife and people.
Land
Remote sensing technology improves small scale archaeology
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Archaeologists in Michigan unlock new finds and expand search capabilities with remote sensing technology.
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Michigan lawmakers consider license plate to support Sleeping Bear Dunes
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National lakeshore the latest target in attempts to increase the fundraising license plates.
Air
Erie Coke Corp. faces $500,000 fine for benzene violations
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Earlier enforcement action was taken in a 2010 consent decree that included a $6 million penalty.
Climate change
Michigan man on decades-long quest to photograph native orchids
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Nature photographer Mark S. Carlson has spent decades finding and photographing the rarest and most beautiful orchids in Michigan, a state with some of the most species of the flowers.