Tag: Great Lakes
Great Lakes Commission applauds progress to protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp – Great Lakes Commission
Ann Arbor, Mich. – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) today applauded the states of Illinois and Michigan and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for signing a
Up-north facility fosters endangered Great Lakes piping plovers – Great Lakes Commission
Newly hatched Great Lakes piping plovers are all feet and fluff. A captive rearing program in northern Michigan is working to help their population increase. Read the full story by […]
Pennsylvania Sea Grant announces new interactive training app to help identify aquatic invasive species – Great Lakes Commission
Pennsylvania Sea Grant announced a new online platform to help citizens learn more about commonly found aquatic invasive species (AIS) in waters near them and offers tools to help accurately […]
Beach cleanup to protect Lake Michigan – Great Lakes Commission
The plastic pollution problem is widespread in the Great Lakes region. At a beach cleanup at Chicago’s North Avenue beach in May of 2024 participants picked up litter including lots […]
Keeping invaders at bay: Battle to protect Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes from invasive species paying off – Great Lakes Commission
Since 2006, the number of new invasive species entering the Great Lakes has declined by 85%, but with climate change warming the lakes, the number of freshwater species that can […]