Tag: invasive
In home state of water skiing, wake boats stirring up controversy
The thawing of Wisconsin’s lakes means it’s boating season again, and a popular activity on the water is wake boating. Some advocate for rules to reel in the adverse effects […]
The U.S. and Canada have long managed the Great Lakes together. That era could be ending.
Some policy experts worry political tensions are threatening the future of the largest freshwater ecosystem on Earth.
Trump reverses cuts to Great Lakes lamprey program, but uncertainty remains
The Trump administration has reversed a purge of federal workers tasked with combatting one of the Great Lakesâ most damaging invasive species. But a month-plus delay in starting treatments may have consequences….
Azhigwa Zhiiwaagamiziganike or She Makes Maple Sugar Right Now
“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.