Tag: Western
Ohio DNR ‘still in the fight’ to use wetlands as a way of combating algal blooms
DEFIANCE — Despite a 55 percent cut to its portion of H2Ohio funding, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources is “still in the fight” to build, expand, or enhance wetlands as a means of controlling western Lake Erie algal blooms.
Western and Indigenous knowledge will help lake sturgeon, study shows
A recent collaborative study conducted by nine Indigenous entities and academic researchers was conducted to understand how climate change threatens the lake sturgeon and to develop adaptation strategies rooted in […]
No more algal bloom updates via email until shutdown is over, NOAA says
Bulletins emailed to dozens of scientists, public officials, water-treatment plant operators, journalists, and concerned citizens about the ongoing status of western Lake Erie’s 2025 algal bloom are being suspended until the government shutdown ends.
Peace: The hidden Indigenous history of Western University’s founding
In February 1877 a group of Huron College alumni gathered with the goal of turning their college into a university.
Boom or burden? Climate migration’s impact on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
The ready access to nature and winter sports is what prompted Elizabeth Scott and her family to up sticks from Portland, Oregon, to Houghton on Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula in summer 2021.
With 29% of Michigan’s territory and only 3% of its population, to many, the Upper Peninsula (U.P.) might appear a dream place to start over.