Enjoying a Lake Michigan beach this summer? Thanks may be in order to an unlikely helper – invasive quagga mussels. New research out of Michigan State University shows Lake Michigan … Click to Continue »
Read More »Lake Michigan has become much clearer in 20 years, but at great cost
Decades ago, Lake Michigan teemed with nutrients and green algae, casting a brownish-green hue that resembled the mouth of an inland river rather than a vast, open-water lake. Back then, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Congress: Michigan, Great Lakes wolves could lose federal protection
Legislation under committee consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday moves to strip great wolves in the western Great Lakes states of protections they enjoy under the Endangered … Click to Continue »
Read More »Asian carp caught near Lake Michigan must be a ‘wake-up call,’ lawmakers say
A live Asian carp was caught beyond electronic barriers meant to keep the invasive species out of the Great Lakes, just nine miles from Lake Michigan, state and federal government … Click to Continue »
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