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Childhood obesity has tripled in the last decades, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Programs to curb childhood obesity would be more effective if they were gender-specific, researchers say.
Only one of the top 10 Canadian Adventures recently identified by Outside Magazine falls within the Great Lakes basin. It’s a cool adventure – mountain biking near Quebec. But I have to admit that what really appeals to me about this one is the description of enjoying a beer in view of the St. Lawrence River at a ride’s end. Ontario picked up another nomination with the paddling of the Missinaibi River.
Michigan lakefront property owners who want to weed their Great Lakes beaches with mechanical devices may soon have one less hurdle to jump.
Every time someone orders from the Great Lakes Pizza Collection at Buddy’s, the Detroit restaurant will donate a dollar to the Alliance for the Great Lakes, an environmental organization.
Creekwatch is a new iPhone app that allows citizens to become water monitoring scientists. Take a picture of a waterway and answer three quick questions; IBM records the information.
This week Echo reporters asked the public and an expert where their water comes from.
While resource managers and other conservationists worry about keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes, in Austin they’re giving them a real Texas welcome. In fact, just last week city officials dumped 3,000 of the fish into Lake Austin, according to the Austin-American Statesman. That’s on top of 10,000 they already put in the lake to control hydrilla, an aggressive plant that clogs the lake, fouls propellers and overtakes native plants. The grass carp is one of the species of Asian carp that wildlife experts fear could bypass an electric barrier at the Chicago River and eventually get into Lake Michigan. The concern is that the voracious eaters will thrive, disrupt the ecosystem and threaten the survival of native species.
Tour and ferry boat operators this summer must consider the average weight of each passenger is 25 pounds more than last year.
The new regulation costs them passengers on capacity trips or expensive boat modifications.
It’s a complex world. How best to explain it? That’s the challenge facing journalists — particularly those who cover the environment. Technology increases our communication tools. But can we also use less techy techniques?
