Nearshore
From mapmakers to moles, North Shore traces a Superior coast legacy
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A decade of deep archival research and on-the-ground observation lends perspective to a new environmental history in this new book.
Echo
Researchers eye spread of invasive faucet snails
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The population of the invasive faucet snail is expanding in the Great Lakes.
Echo
Great Lakes Month in Review: Tar sands, Great Lakes Day, water retail
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At the end of each month Current State checks in with Great Lakes commentator and journalist Gary Wilson for updates on environmental stories from around the Basin.
Recreation
Exploring the magic of the Great Lakes through personal stories
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Most people who live in the mitten state have fond memories of time spent at one of the Great Lakes. Those memories are what fuel The Great Lakes Book Project.
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
Yellow jugs keep drugs from Great Lakes
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Reports continue to show increasing traces of pharmaceuticals in the Great Lakes. Until recently, it has been commonplace to simply throw away or flush unused and unwanted drugs. The Yellow Jugs Old Drugs program offers a solution to this issue.
Echo
Don’t let myth-making distort Great Lakes progress
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Gary Wilson takes a look at some of the common myths surrounding the Great Lakes and how they have come to be perceived as realities.
Echo
Only half the drugs in sewage are removed before entering Great Lakes
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The impact of most of these “chemicals of emerging concern” on the health of people and aquatic life remains unclear, according to the International Joint Commission.
Echo
Great Lakes Commission launches restoration database
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You can now track progress on restoring the Great Lakes at a new database provided by the Great Lakes Commission. It focuses on conservation plans implemented by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative over the past three years, and includes several projects in each of the eight Great Lakes states. The initiative, which is managed by the Environmental Protection Agency, has received more than $220 million since 2010 for wildlife restoration. It has led to hundreds of different environmental endeavors ranging from turtle protection research in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to a dam removal in eastern New York. The database contains fact sheets on all work from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Waste
Michigan lawmaker concerned about nuke waste near Lake Huron
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Ontario Power Generation plans to store radioactive waste in an underground cavern near Lake Huron.
The storage site’s proximity to the lake has raised concern across the Great Lakes basin.