All the salt used to treat pavement during the winter ends up in our local waterways: streams, rivers, lakes, Lake…
The Week Ahead: Lots and lots of fish, music and films
Every Monday on Morning Edition, an IPR journalist brings you up to speed on what’s going on, from stories made…
“A crisis”: Lake whitefish survey paints an even more dire picture
One scientist thinks lake whitefish could disappear from certain parts of the Great Lakes within the next five years.
Report: Great Lakes recreational fishing worth billions to economy, but not as much as often cited
It's "common knowledge" that Great Lakes recreational fishing is a $7 billion industry. But that comes from a report released…
Fertilizer from sewage, a utility money maker, faces uncertain future
Mounting concern about chemical contaminants in sewage sludge used as fertilizer could be a costly liability to utilities.