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VIDEO: Knight Center for Environmental Journalism presents ‘Bad Company’

By admin | February 22, 2011

The Great Lakes system of locks and canals opened up the region to more than just economic opportunities; it also paved the way for hundreds of destructive invasive species. Their untold negative impacts on the region’s ecology and economy have lead some to consider them “bad company.”

The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University examines the history of Great Lakes invasive species in its fourth documentary: “Bad Company.” Instructor Lou D’Aria and journalism student Matt Mikus co-produced the one-hour documentary with help from associate producer Rachael Gleason and a handful of additional Michigan State  students. A screening of the documentary will take place Monday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. at Michigan State University in the Snyder Hall Residential College of Arts and Humanities theater. Here’s a taste of the one-hour documentary:

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VIDEO: Smart policy can mitigate Great Lakes farm pollution

By Great Lakes Echo | February 18, 2011

In the last segment of a three-part video series on Great Lakes dead zones, Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute director Don Scavia discusses federal policy and economic constraints to addressing agricultural contamination in the Great Lakes. Scavia and Pete Richards, senior research scientist at Heidelberg University in Ohio, recently hosted a workshop on clues about why the rates of agricultural nutrients are on the rise in the Great Lakes watershed. Part I is here. Part II is here. This workshop was part of the Agricultural Conference on the Environment held at The Lansing Center on Jan.

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VIDEO: Research sheds light on Lake Erie water quality

By Great Lakes Echo | February 14, 2011

In the second segment of a three-part video series on Great Lakes dead zones, Heidelberg University senior research scientist Pete Richards discusses recent research on the role of dissolved phosphorous and why it may be causing new problems. Richards focuses on Lake Erie, which has a long history of high algal growth and low oxygen.

Part I of the series is here. Part III is here. Richards and Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute director Don Scavia recently hosted a workshop on new clues about why the rates of agricultural nutrients are on the rise in the Great Lakes watershed. This workshop was part of the Agricultural Conference on the Environment held at The Lansing Center on Jan. 27.