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Surveys from a series of Michigan Sea Grant workshops show growing Lake Huron fish populations and improving attitudes about the Great Lake’s fishery. Researchers gave presentations on invasive species research and management, and experienced anglers in Lake Huron communities attended.
Modules focus on topics such as sewage handling and petroleum control. Webinars are held every few months; past topics include boat-bottom washing, aquatic invasive species, storm water and grass runoff.
The Midland-based producer of the Climate Denial Crock of the Week is involved in examining the link between North American wildfires and Greenland’s increasing snow melt. It is among the first scientific research projects looking to crowdfunding.
By Daniel Badhwa
The city of Duluth, Minn. has launched a new program to restore and plant more trees in urban neighborhoods. Trees have disappeared from Duluth due to higher energy costs, pollution and unhealthy growing environments. The city of Duluth established the Re-Leaf program three years ago after setting aside a $5,000 annual budget to re-leaf the city. Urban trees provide shade for houses and businesses and soak up rainwater to lessen polluted runoff into lakes and streams. To many people though, urban trees simply provide a more pleasant living environment.
Many inland lakes are ringed with cement seawalls. But for wildlife looking for a place to live, a natural lakeshore is a better option. It also keeps waves from scouring the lake bottom.
This is the second of four Great Lakes Now broadcasts exploring the major environmental challenges facing the Great Lakes and produced by Detroit Public Television and The Nature Conservancy. It looks at the safety and health of the beaches, low lake levels and the threats of E. Coli, sewage and algae. The special features two panel discussions hosted by MiWeek‘s Christy McDonald. Panel 1: How Safe Are Our Beaches? Katherine Kahl, Ph.
Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM.
This week Kart discusses minor league baseball team the Great Lakes Loons, plans for state forest land and woody debris in the Pigeon River. Text at Mr Great Lakes
Sand traps were constructed worldwide to save fish from excessive sand in freshwater streams. But Michigan Department of Natural Resources reserchers doubt their benefit.
Some sand traps could even harm river ecosystems, experts say.
By Rosemary Bray
The impact of clothing pollution
The clothes you buy may have a negative impact on the environment, and local businesses in Duluth, Minn. are educating shoppers on clothing pollution. Clothing pollution is “the environmental cost of how we are consuming clothing,” according to Mindy Granley, sustainability coordinator at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Many people fail to consider the environmental cost that consumers are causing when they go shopping, said Mindy Granley,
“We should care about our environment,” she said. “Each choice we make has an impact beyond our wallet.”
Yet, the impact that shopping has on the environment can be relieved through clothing sustainability, Granley said.
This photo was taken from the International Space Station by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, commander of Expedition 35. He posted several photos on May 5 to his Twitter account showing how the springtime water flows in the Great Lakes. Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario are featured in the photo above.