How scientists predict Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms months before they appear

How scientists predict Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms months before they appear
Great Lakes Echo
By Julia Roeder Scientists can begin predicting algal blooms weeks before they become visible in the spring.
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COMMENTARY: Invasive carp are closing in on the Great Lakes. Restart Brandon Road project construction.

COMMENTARY: Invasive carp are closing in on the Great Lakes. Restart Brandon Road project construction.
Great Lakes Commission
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ recent discovery of juvenile invasive carp closer than ever to the Great Lakes sent shockwaves through the region. With the threat to the region’s […]
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Michigan fisheries get one-time funding for whitefish restoration

Michigan fisheries get one-time funding for whitefish restoration
Great Lakes Echo
By Anna Barnes  Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division has received one-time funding of $350,000 for whitefish recovery.  The ailing species has undergone a rapid population decline in recent years, and for the first time, recovery efforts have landed a specific line in the state budget.  But officials said while the money will help rescue
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How Downriver Detroit’s working communities fought for their region’s environment

How Downriver Detroit’s working communities fought for their region’s environment
Great Lakes Echo
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva Downriver Detroit developed during the 20th century as an industrial region, but it was never just an industrial space. Alongside factories and working-class neighborhoods, there were wetlands, waterfront areas, nature preserves, farms and residential communities with different types of environments that shaped the region. This relationship lies at
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LETTER: Additional jails an ‘expensive Band-Aid solution’

LETTER: Additional jails an ‘expensive Band-Aid solution’
Kincardine News
Another week, another expensive full page ad bragging about the Ford government building more jails. This unpopular government (Ford has the lowest approval rating of all the Canadian premiers) sure knows how to spend taxpayer money, not just on a lot of self-promotional advertising, but on things we don’t need
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