Echo
Herring gull eggs help monitor Great Lakes ecosystems
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The second part of a 5-part series on trans-border U.S. and Canadian environmental research projects.
Echo
A look at binational scientific research on the Great Lakes
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The first part of a 5-part series on trans-border U.S. and Canadian environmental research projects.
Echo
Pennsylvania company slammed for illegal discharges
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A federal judge has slapped a Western Pennsylvania copper-processing company with a $550,000 fine for its years-long criminal violations of the Clean Water Act, including illegal discharging of oil into the Ohio River.
Echo
Great Lakes classrooms move outdoors during pandemic
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With the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders forcing people to be cooped up in their homes, schools such as the Detroit Waldorf School in Detroit and the Cambridge Farm and Forest School in Ontario are giving students new outdoor learning options.
gardening
The great escape of gardening
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Throughout human history, gardens have embodied a sense of near-mystical escapism. From enchanted hedgerows in the English countryside to tranquil Japanese gardens, the time-honored art of horticulture shows no signs of stopping.
foraging
Foraging for medicinal plants gains popularity
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Foraging for medicinal and indigenous foods is a prehistoric practice that not only has boosts immune systems, but has gained increased attention due to the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19
2020 Festival cancellations deal blow to local economies
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Many festivals in the Great Lakes region were cancelled due to the pandemic, though tourists still visited in droves.
Echo
Renaissances: Environment Creative Culture
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This Great Lakes Echo series, “Renaissances: Environment Creative Culture,” illustrates how some of us have adapted to societal changes unlike any that the modern world has experienced.
Echo
Winter brings the return of dogsledding
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Winter ushers in activities such as sledding, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, skiing—and dogsledding.
Agriculture
Midwestern farms suffocating Gulf of Mexico ecosystems
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Fertilizer runoff from seasonal heavy rainfall on Midwestern farms is traveling down the Mississippi River and creating a “hypoxic zone,” or low oxygen zone in the Gulf of Mexico, a recent study by Iowa State University scientists warns.