Nearshore
Restoring Lake Erie’s largest wetland
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The Nature Conservancy has a five-year restoration of Erie Marsh now underway.
Water
Rivers in wintry cities remain salty year-round
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New research indicates that road salt applied on icy roads and that runs into rivers remains toxic not just in winter, but throughout two-thirds of the year.
Recreation
Women fastest growing outdoor recreation group
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Women are storming into the great outdoors faster than ever, making up over a quarter of anglers…and boosting local economies.
The continued success of the international Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program may have a lot to do with the changing face of the outdoors.
Water
Great Lakes year in review: Tar sands, governors’ summit, budget battles and Waukesha
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Great Lakes Echo commentator Gary Wilson looks back at some of the biggest Great Lakes stories of 2013.
Echo
The most commented Echo stories of 2013
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Surprise! The top five most commented Echo stories of 2013 involve wolves… and lots of carp.
Echo
Our favorite Echo headlines of 2013
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Every now and then, our headlines can get a little kooky — sometimes intentionally and sometimes it’s unavoidable.
Here are our favorites around the Echo newsroom.
Water
Marketing water: Spin, platitudes and tired phrases
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How do we talk about water?
Great Lakes water isn’t a Big Mac. Or a Budweiser. Or bottled water.
We need talking points that inspire.
Echo
The most viewed Echo stories of 2013
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It was a busy year for Echo; after all, it was the year of Michigan’s wolf hunt and the year of the Great Lakes Storm’s centennial anniversary. We look back at the year’s stories that got the most views.
Nearshore
Feds could revoke Michigan’s wetland authority
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Michigan is one of only two states that have the authority to regulate wetlands.
Recently the Environmental Protection Agency held a hearing to determine if Michigan’s environmental standards for wetland management meet federal benchmarks.
Nearshore
Recent gain in Great Lakes coastal wetlands shadows impending losses, experts warn
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The Great Lakes region gained 13,000 acres of coastal wetlands from 2004-09, due to low lake levels – and experts warn that this gain may obscure much larger, longer-term losses that are likely to continue.