Tag: lakes
Group underscores need for managing groundwater better in Great Lakes region
Data centers, critical mineral mining, and agricultural irrigation threaten to deplete the water-rich Great Lakes region of groundwater, a new report issued Wednesday by a major environmental group asserts.
Ann Arbor’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab faces potential shutdown
The Trump administration’s budget proposal calls for a $1.7 billion reduction in NOAA’s budget and directs the complete elimination of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. This jeopardizes the existence […]
Fire was part of the history of our land. Then we took it away. Can it begin again?
Researchers used tree ring data and Indigenous oral histories to reconstruct the fire history of the Great Lakes region. Reintroducing controlled burns, often following Indigenous practices, is suggested as a […]
Lake Superior tops list as America’s cleanest lake
Lake Superior has been named the cleanest lake in the United States in a new 2025 report which analyzed chemical data from the nation’s largest lakes and determined that Superior’s […]
Michigan DNR proposes new season to catch Great Lakes region’s largest fish, lake sturgeon
Michigan wildlife managers are proposing a new lake sturgeon catch and release season in one portion of the state and a shortened harvest season in another. These decisions are informed […]