Local award-winning filmmakers will take viewers into one of the least accessible and visually striking areas of the Great Lakes on Earth Day. On April 22, Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick of Inspired Planet Productions will use a cutting-edge underwater robot to take viewers into the fish-filled waters surrounding the
There is growing fear that Lake Superior’s window of avoiding a full takeover by invasive mussels may be closing. Efforts are underway to remove mussels where possible, and better understand how vulnerable the […]
Michigan has a mussel expert who wants to save the native filter feeders from being smothered by invasive mussels now in the Great Lakes. The state scientist will discuss during […]
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva
In the late 1970s, when most wildlife conservation programs in the United States focused almost exclusively on game species, a quiet but historic shift began in Minnesota. It was here that one of the nation’s first state programs dedicated to protecting so-called nongame wildlife emerged from butterflies
By Ada Tussing
To combat the population loss of spectaclecase mussels, researchers with both the Minnesota and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released over 177 mussels into the Chippewa River in Northwest Wisconsin.
The post Endangered spectaclecase mussels reintroduced into the Chippewa River first appeared on Great Lakes Echo. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced the completion of an experimental aquatic habitat reclamation project on Brocton Shoal in Lake Erie. The project utilizes high-velocity jetting […]
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) has confirmed that quagga mussels have been found in the north end of Black Bay on Lake Superior, marking the latest […]
Two Michigan Congressional delegates have introduced bipartisan legislation that would devote $500 million over the next decade to battling invasive quagga and zebra mussels, which have destabilized the Great Lakes […]
Lake Superior is the lone holdout in a mussel invasion that has overtaken every other Great Lake, a salvation credited to low calcium levels, cold water, and relative isolation. But […]
Though substantially reduced over the last 30 years by the impacts of invasive quagga mussels, yellow perch in Lake Michigan are showing signs of successful annual reproduction. Read the full […]
A new documentary examines the impact of invasive mussels on the Great Lakes. The film is scheduled to be released in 2026 on PBS in the U.S. Read the full […]