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‘Prehistoric’ fish may curb spread of Asian carp
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In parts of the Mississippi valley, scientists are working to reintroduce a fish they say could prevent the spread of Asian carp. We learn about the role of the fearsome looking alligator gar.
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Lake Guardian survey, Phragmites treatment, electric vehicles
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The latest from Mr. Great Lakes.
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Why the Clean Water Act is a hard act to follow
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America’s waters haven’t always been so pristine, but the Clean Water Act is cleaning them up nicely.
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“Flint Fresh” to bring better nutrition to neighborhoods
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The food truck phenomenon in America is often seen as a novelty, literally a vehicle to offer specialty cuisine or as a mobile culinary classroom, but a new truck getting ready to roll in Flint is at the heart of a much more basic mission.
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Lansing exhibit chronicles Michigan man who “invented the outdoors”
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The knife, the ax, the compass and the matchbox. Yooper Webster Marble said that’s all you need to go deep into the woods. A new Lansing exhibit “Inventing the Outdoors” takes us on a classic Michigan experience.
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Mudpuppy love
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CurrentCast investigates a unique organism that lives on the bottom of lakes and rivers–a salamander that barks like a dog.
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Michigan’s ‘firebird’ continues its ascent from near extinction
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The Kirtland’s Warbler is an icon of northern Michigan. With a brilliant yellow breast and distinctive song, the bird makes its home in young jack pine trees. Once on the verge of extinction, a long-running conservation program is helping to restore the Kirtland’s Warbler population.
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Rare butterfly rests its wings in unique SE Michigan ecosystem
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A rare butterfly that once thrived on the Great Plains is fighting for its survival in Michigan. Current State’s Kevin Lavery braves the backcountry in search of the Poweshiek Skipperling.
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Fish slides, anyone?
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Elevators and water slides for fish may sound straight out of Dr. Seuss–but they actually exist in Michigan.