A scientist may have found a native aquatic plant in Ohio that was once thought to be wiped out in the state. The watermilfoil species has not been seen in Ohio in at least 20 years.
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Mildmay student studying at McGill wins Clean Water award
A Mildmay student studying environmental biology at McGill University is this year’s recipient of the $1,500 Walkerton Clean Water Legacy Award. Viviane Weiland is a graduate of Walkerton District Community School. She received the award at the Walkerton Heritage Water Garden this past week. “This takes a load off my back, and allows me to […]
Invasive insect threatens carbon storage in Great Lakes forests
An invasive insect increasingly threatens one of the Great Lakes region’s most important trees for storing the carbon that causes global warming.
Researchers have found that eastern hemlock trees felled by the invasive woolly adelgid could emit 4.5 tons of carbon across almost two and a half football fields.
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First Great Lakes piping plover returns to Michigan, watch is in for Chicago
Wildlife officials are reporting that the season’s first Great Lakes piping plover, a federally endangered species, has returned to his breeding grounds at Sleeping Bear Dunes on the northeast shore of Lake Michigan. Read the full story at WTTW-TV – Chicago, Illinois. Read the full story
Record-setting attempt to paddleboard across all 5 Great Lakes continues this week
A Canadian man on a quest to raise awareness and money for mental health through crossing all five Great Lakes by paddleboard this summer, is ready for his next conquest. Mike Shoreman, who this summer has crossed Lake Erie, Lake Huron and Lake Superior by paddleboard, is planning on crossing Lake Michigan, starting on Tuesday…