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Birders flock to the Capitol to urge lawmakers to pass bills to improve the environment
-Audubon Great Lakes members held an advocacy day for the first time in Michigan. Wetlands topped the agenda, but was just one item in a list to improve the environment.
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Points North: To catch an arsonist
-It’s a dry spring – 1984 in Wisconsin – and all these suspicious fires are popping up. A conservation warden named Dave is pretty sure it’s arson, but he can’t catch a break. So, he and a pilot decide to get creative.
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A freighter ship in Lake Superior collided with something underwater, Coast Guards says
-The U.S. Coast Guard says a freighter in Lake Superior has hit something underwater and started taking on water.
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Energy News Roundup: Coal ash still a concern in Indiana Superfund town near Lake Michigan
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news.
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‘None of us saw this coming’: Michigan confronts bird flu in cows
-Michigan is requiring more biosecurity measures on farms because of an outbreak of bird flu in dairy herds.
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Drinking WaterFeature HomepageFlintLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan Bottlers Still Get Free Water, Despite Governor’s Tough Talk
-Tough talk followed a public outcry six years ago, but the push for policy reforms and monetary compensation has petered out.
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Indiana attorney general fights EPA rule that would reduce pollution on Indy’s west side
-The state denied, for now, an application to destroy wetlands.
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Drugs, microplastics and forever chemicals: New contaminants emerge in the Great Lakes
-Scientists studying unregulated “emerging contaminants” say Ontario and the federal government need a coordinated plan to protect our water and health
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Great Lakes Moment: Birds of a feather flock together
-American white pelicans were considered “a rare vagrant” to Lake Erie up until 2014. Then, sightings of these fascinating waterbirds became more common.
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AuthorsCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipGary WilsonGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsNewsWisconsin’s Jane Elder chronicles personal and professional Great Lake’s journey in new book
-Coming of age in the 1970s, Jane Elder “cared about the environment and wanted to be in that space.” Now, Elder is concerned with today’s lack of oversight on climate change in the Great Lakes region.
