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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFish, Birds and AnimalsForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASRecreational Hunting and FishingResearch, Data and TechnologyPFAS is in fish and wildlife. Researchers prowl Michigan for clues.
-Years into Michigan’s PFAS contamination crisis, little is known about how the chemicals affect the fish and wildlife that live in tainted environments. Michigan has become a laboratory for answers.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationLatest NewsNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchU.S., Canadian researchers conduct binational birds conservation research
-A lot of marsh birds are experiencing steep declines in their populations, especially with water levels rising and affecting their habitats, coastal wetlands.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchHerring gull eggs help monitor Great Lakes ecosystems
-For about 50 years, herring gulls have been used to get a better idea of how the Great Lakes are changing through time.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeDrinking WaterFish, Birds and AnimalsFreightersLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreational Hunting and FishingScience, Technology, ResearchMichigan is on thin ice. Get used to it, climate experts say.
-Great Lakes ice cover is near record lows and expected to remain low through winter, threatening key ecosystems and the state’s $2.3 billion recreational fishing industry.
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DetroitDetroit RiverFeature DetroitFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsGreat Lakes Moment: Beavers come knocking at the Detroit River’s former Black Lagoon
-Few people thought that the return of beavers to Ellias Cove would ever be possible.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeDrinking WaterFish, Birds and AnimalsLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsGreat Lakes seeing low ice cover compared to this time last year
-Currently, around 2.4% of the Great Lakes are covered by ice, concentrated in the Green Bay region off Lake Michigan and Saginaw Bay in Lake Huron.
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Wisconsin DNR board refuses to set early wolf hunt
-Wisconsin DNR officials pushed back against Republican legislators seeking to implement a wolf season immediately, saying a hunt is already scheduled for November.
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Drinking WaterDuluthFish, Birds and AnimalsFoodForever Chemicals FeaturedLake SuperiorLatest NewsMinnesotaNatasha BlakelyNewsOhioPFASPFAS News RoundupPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: PFAS in Lake Superior smelt, McDonalds drops PFAS packaging, White House weakened EPA guidelines
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Pandemic interrupts longtime Isle Royale wolf, moose study
-Since 1959, a research team has spent most of the winter observing the interplay between wolves and moose at Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior. But this year’s mission has been scrapped.
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Events and Special BroadcastsFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesInvasive SpeciesNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWatch Party: Invaders on the Menu
-In this “watch party,” originally broadcast on Facebook on Jan. 8, 2021, Belle Isle Aquarium Aquarist Amanda Murray chats with…
