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Thirty-eight cities in the Great Lakes region and 104 nationwide knocked out serious long-standing heat records this year.
Three Great Lakes states are among the nation’s four fastest warming states over the past 43 years.
Last week we asked you to nominate the ugliest fish living in the Great Lakes region. Now vote. Check the images below the poll for help. Which of these fish has a face only a mother could love?
Holland’s Tulip Time Festival celebrated stems instead of blossoms and the star of Wisconsin’s Morel Mushroom Festival peaked before the crowds arrived.
Upcoming fruit festivals are scrounging for their namesakes.
The Chicago River waterway gets much of the attention as the route Asian carp could use to enter the Great Lakes by way of Lake Michigan. But Canadian authorities say Lake Ontario is also a vulnerable entry point. The Northumberland News recently reported that Canadian border officials have stopped six truckloads of the voracious eaters in the past two years. The average truckload contained about 6,000 pounds of the fish which many fear could disrupt the Great Lakes ecosystem. Two of the six cases have been prosecuted, the Ontario publication reported.
Documents from the federal investigation into the largest spill of diluted bitumen in U.S. history point to the need for a more accurate accounting.
Sheesh, and you thought Asian carp are threatening invaders. WKAR public radio in East Lansing, Mich., has a great interview with a botanist taking on a giant hogweed given to a Michigan resident. The Asian invasive can grow up to 14 feet tall and sports flowers that are two-feet across. So what’s the big deal? Well, as botanist Peter Carrington explains, chemicals on the outside of the plant can cause huge fluid-filled blisters to erupt on your skin.
This week Echo reporters asked the public and an expert to explain hydrofracking.
EPA is creating an advisory committee for Great Lakes restoration.
If this is indeed an attempt to “simplify governance around the Great Lakes,” here’s my advice for creating this board.
A binational commission is planning more natural fluctuations of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.
Supporters say it benefits wetlands. Others worry it will cause flooding and erosion.
