Wildlife
Beware the new invaders — New Zealand mud snails
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They reproduce fast, allowing them to densely carpet the bottom of a river and displace ecologically important native snails.
Wildlife
Radio-collared feral hogs turn traitor
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Feral hogs tagged with location trackers have led researchers to where they hide out with others, earning them the name “Judas hogs.”
Water
Tracking status of Great Lakes sea lamprey with new app
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Track the dramatic drop in invasive sea lamprey numbers in the Great Lakes with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission’s new app.
Water
Chicago conferences focus on Asian carp, toxic algae, oil pipelines
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Great Lakes Week brought government officials and environmentalists together to talk about the region’s most pressing environmental issues.
Water
Mr. Great Lakes on two new invasives, conservation and environmental permits
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Jeff Kart talks new aquatic invaders in Michigan, a Fall Conservation Summit and a new process to obtain environmental permits.
Wildlife
Gene discovery may help restore Great Lakes lake trout
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Researchers link alewife gene with vitamin B1 deficiency and the decline of lake trout.
Recreation
Free boat wash targets Michigan invaders
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Michigan State University is fighting the state’s worst aquatic invaders with mobile lakeside education and free boat washes.
Wildlife
Great whites in the Great Lakes? Bull shark!
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It likely would be a bull shark if any shark ever cruised the sweetwater seas.
Land
American elm reintroduction to restore polluted streams
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U.S. Forest Service researchers are calling on the once-abundant American elm to improve soil and water quality along New York’s Finger Lakes streams.
Wildlife
“Pigs is pets” but boars are banned
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A 1905 story on the price of shipping guinea pigs found currency in a present-day Michigan Court of Appeals decision on Wednesday that the state’s Russian boar ban is constitutional.