Tag: Lake Erie
Major cuts feared for a Great Lakes lab leading the fight against algal blooms
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D, Mich.) is one of several members of the Great Lakes congressional delegation who are sounding an alarm about how more cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget could reverse progress being made toward protecting North America’s largest collection of fresh surface water, especially western Lake Erie.
Points North: A Good, Not Great Lake
By Ruth Abramovitz, Interlochen Public Radio
Points North is a biweekly podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.
This episode was shared here with permission from Interlochen Public Radio.
In February 1998, Congress passed what should have been an uncontroversial bill.
The golden oyster mushroom craze unleashed an invasive species – and a worrying new study shows it’s harming native fungi
By Aishwarya Veerabahu, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Golden oyster mushrooms, with their sunny yellow caps and nutty flavor, have become wildly popular for being healthy, delicious and easy to grow at home from mushroom kits.
Free science days teach about Lake Erie ecosystem
PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio — A drive and a ferry ride will get the science curious to free seminars on the fish, wildlife, and other creatures that call Lake Erie home.
Afternoon trip on Lake Erie offered by environmental group on Aug. 6
Lake Erie Waterkeeper is hosting an Aug. 6 boat ride aboard the Glass City Pearl for residents to see for themselves how much of an algal bloom exists in western Lake Erie by then.