Birds
Can cormorants help control Great Lakes invaders?
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A recent study finds that native cormorants don’t have near the impact anglers fear they do on popular Lake Michigan game fish. But they do have an appetite for invasive species.
Fish
The fate of a half-century sport fishing tradition
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Fifty years after the Great Lakes salmon introduction, dwindling populations reveal a cautionary lesson in single-species management.
Art
Below the surface: Great Lakes invaders
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A new book explores the uphill battle against the worst Great Lakes invaders and praises the people who research them.
Climate change
Climate change threatens rare Minnesota orchid
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A new climate model predicts future environmental pressures on a rare orchid called the small white lady’s slipper.
Fish
Increasing levels of flame retardants in smallmouth bass threaten Lake Erie fish consumers
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The invasion of round goby in Lake Erie has created a link in the food chain that allows hazardous flame retardants to bioaccumulate in smallmouth bass.
Wildlife
Ecological casualties: winners and losers in the war on carp
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If Asian carp cross the Mississippi River basin and establish themselves in Lake Erie, they could account for one-third of the lake’s entire fish weight.
Wildlife
A sound strategy: blasting carp from the Great Lakes
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Check out this sound file that researchers are testing to see if it will deter silver carp from the Great Lakes.
Land
Speed scouting for soybean aphids saves farmers time, money
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The new technique for spotting the invasive bugs could boost efficiency, but farmers haven’t been quick to adopt it.
Wildlife
Tradition, science join to combat emerald ash borer
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Native American basket weaving technique could help reduce the spread of the invasive insect.
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.