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Researchers are increasingly recruiting different wasp warriors in the battle against the emerald ash borer, a destructive, tree-eating beetle that has infiltrated the entire Great Lakes region.
Costly insecticides, tree-removal strategies and bans on moving firewood have provided some defense against the critter.
But a bug-on-bug battle strategy appears to hold promise.
Biologists discovered the disease in New York in 2006, and it has since spread into Pennsylvania, Ontario and 14 other states and provinces.
Watch the latest installment of the Greening of Flint documentary, in which Master Jacky and Dora King send a message that sustainable farming is one way to revitalize the community.
Fishermen have pulled a live, 20-pound bighead carp from Lake Calumet, the first live Asian carp found past the fish-shocking barrier and only six unimpeded miles away from Lake Michigan.
This begs the question: Can we panic now?
A Great Lakes biologist, sport fisherman and activist suggest not.
Watch the latest installment of the Greening of Flint documentary under production and offer your ideas for shaping it.
This week: Flint Mayor Dayne Waillng says the city needs to change to move forward.
Video: A look at the walkability of a shopping center in the heart of Michigan’s capital region.
Even where sidewalks exist, they are sometimes not yet compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Sprawling parking lots in the Great Lakes region contribute to polluted runoff, one of the biggest threats to water quality.
On Wednesdays through July, Great Lakes Echo will run a video segment expected to become a building block of a finished documentary on the greening of Flint, Mich. This week, Mama E is in a dilemma: Should she stay in Flint or leave?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has chosen 270 projects from 136 groups as finalists for $161 million in grants. Nearly $60 million of that would go to only 10 groups.
On Wednesdays through July, Great Lakes Echo will run a video segment expected to become a building block of a finished documentary on the greening of Flint, Mich.
You can help by suggesting interviews, questions and angles to pursue.
This week: The city mows down a resident’s gardens.