Author: Toledo Blade Environment
COMMENTARY: Let’s both celebrate – and worry about – our Great Lakes on World Lake Day
The United Nations has recently designated August 27 as World Lake Day. The day should be used to acknowledge the benefits derived from the Great Lakes and take action to […]
Forestry company cancels plans to spray herbicides over Crown land along Lake Huron’s north shore
Following a protest by First Nations and environmentalists of the planned use of herbicides along Lake Huron’s shoreline, a forestry company has cancelled plans to spray herbicides that contain the […]
Scientists wonder if Lake Superior can continue to avoid an invasion of mussels
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 […]
Prairie above, forest below: Tawas Lake is home to Michigan’s largest wild rice bed
Tawas Lake, a 1,600-acre inland lake not far from Lake Huron, is home to Michigan’s largest bed of native wild rice, called manoomin in the Native Anishinaabemowin language. A new […]
Opponents and supporters working to influence EGLE permits decisions on Enbridge Line 5 tunnel proposal
Those for and those against constructing a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac are making their cases. A comment period for the necessary permits from the Michigan Department of Environment, […]