Category: Great Lakes
Where’s the best place to ice fish? Saginaw Bay ranks near the top
Saginaw Bay was ranked as the fourth-best ice fishing spot in the U.S. by FishBooker, which looked at criteria like location, fish species you can reel in, and whether you’ll […]
Canada’s Enbridge argues there is ‘no room’ for Michigan’s regulations as Line 5 hearings resume
The Michigan state attorney general continues to challenge Enbridge’s permit to operate the Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac. An Enbridge attorney argued federal regulators exercise sole authority […]
Great Lakes ice formations can be beautiful, but deadly. Why officials say stay off
When ice piles up along Great Lakes shorelines, it can create spectacular blue ice, craggy piles and “volcanoes” that spray water high into the air, but officials say people should […]
Fish-eating shoreline birds harmed by polluted Michigan waters, yearslong study finds
A new decades-long study found that fish-eating gulls and terns nesting on Michigan shoreline areas known to have long-standing industrial contamination reproduce less, have fewer chicks that survive, and develop […]
Michigan’s tribal experts want to save wild rice. Here’s how they’ll do it
There’s a new plan to help restore and protect Michigan’s remaining native wild rice beds. The stewardship plan comes one year after wild rice, or Manoomin, was officially made Michigan’s […]
From cleanup to science to research, federal funding freeze raises Great Lakes concerns
The health of the Great Lakes, a vital resource and historical treasure for millions, faces an uncertain future as President Donald Trump’s temporary freeze on grants and loans takes effect. […]
Dog can detect environmental hazard trapped in Great Lakes region ice, scientists find
Scientists in northwest Ontario say they made a breakthrough in the search for a tool to identify the boundaries of environmental spills below ice: a U.S. dog trained to detect […]
How Ducks Unlimited Became Heroes of the Conservation Movement
In the Great Lakes region alone, Ducks Unlimited (DU) has been involved in hundreds of projects in the past decade that involve either the conservation of wetlands through acquisition, or the restoration and management of wetlands. These projects — always in concert with public and private partners, universities and other organizations — seek to establish or conserve the maximum amount of acreage possible with available funds.
Why Indy won’t have curbside recycling until at least 2028
By Peter Blanchard and Jenna Watson, Mirror Indy
Mirror Indy is a part of Free Press Indiana, a nonprofit news organization dedicated to ensuring all Hoosiers have access to the news and information they need.
Every week for the past 10 years, Aaron Thomas has brought his recycling to the city’s dropoff location in Garfield Park.
Joe Biden was America’s first climate president. Did it matter?
By Jake Bittle and Zoya Teirstein
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.
When Joe Biden first became president, some found it hard to believe that he cared very much about climate change.
With a global pandemic raging, the former vice president and longtime senator pitched his 2020 campaign as a return to normalcy and a referendum on the erratic leadership of Donald Trump.