Echo
Asian carp on our plates—not in our water
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Chef Soohwa Yu has been serving Asian carp at the University of Illinois since 2017. According to Yu, four out of six dining halls at the university serve the invasive fish.
Agriculture
Cherry growers want to get in on the snacking trend
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Struggling Michigan cherry farmers hope to cash in on a growing consumer trend during the pandemic: We’re eating more snacks.
Water
Study shows aquatic landscape changes, human impact on Chicago-area plants, animal life
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Over the decades, wetlands and other water bodies in Cook County, Illinois, have decreased by a third, while swamps and marshes have been drained or converted into lakes and ponds, causing havoc for wildlife, according to a recent study by a group of graduate students and their professor at the University of Illinois Chicago.
Wildlife
Black squirrels in Michigan and elsewhere could be evolution in action
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A look at a recent study in the journal Ecology and Evolution.
Art
Ann Arbor author explores Great Lakes as the ‘inner coast’
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Donovan Hohn’s a new book of essays, “The Inner Coast” is available from W.W. Norton.
Echo
Lockdown clears Michigan air
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Along with inhibiting the spread of COVID-19, stay at home orders had the secondary effect of improving air quality in the Great Lakes region, experts say.
Land
Wildfires threaten Great Lakes region too
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California has been in the news this wildfire season with millions of acres burned and orange skies that look like scenes from an apocalypse film. President Donald Trump says every year he gets a call that the Golden State is on fire. But wildfires are not just a problem in the West.
COVID-19
Project begins testing sewage for COVID-19 across Michigan
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Michigan is searching the state’s sewers for the virus that causes COVID-19.
Echo
As temperatures rise, Great Lakes region faces spike in Lyme disease
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As if we all need another health concern, Lyme disease is creeping up in the ranks of worries for Great Lakes area residents.
Echo
Green group endorsements fail to push non-incumbents into Congress in the Great Lakes
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Only a minority of Great Lakes region congressional candidates endorsed by national environmental advocacy groups were victorious on Election Day.