From: Clickondetroit.com Twenty-three projects in Michigan will share $3.6 million to help combat invasive species. The Michigan departments of Environmental Quality, Natural Resources, and Agriculture and Rural Development today announced that the projects will receive …
From: BBC.com Huge quantities of nitrate chemicals from farm fertilisers are polluting the rocks beneath our feet, a study says. Researchers at the British Geological Survey say it could have severe global-scale consequences for rivers, …
From: Michiganradio.org More than 185 species of foreign fish, algae, plants, insects, and viruses have been brought into the Great Lakes. Many of them are invasive species that are damaging the lakes, such as zebra …
From: Michigan State University Extension Michigan State University Extension and Michigan Sea Grant are pleased to announce a new partnership with NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) and Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research …
From: Michigan State University Extension What is European frog-bit and how did it get to Michigan? European frog-bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) is a free-floating aquatic plant with multiple miniature lily pad shaped leaves. This prolific invasive …
From Mlive.com Another exotic zooplankton species has entered the Great Lakes. On Monday, Aug. 14, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency confirmed that one specimen of Brachionus leydigii, a non-native invertebrate rotifer common in Europe, Asia and …
From- duluthnewstribune.com An invasive silver carp found 9 miles from Lake Michigan in June somehow made it past three electric barriers designed to prevent the fish from spreading into the Great Lakes, officials announced Friday. …
From- MPRNews.org For the first time in Minnesota, boats would be required to undergo checks for aquatic invasive species at a regional checkpoint before entering four Wright County lakes under a proposal that’s the subject …
From Freep.com Some unwanted aquatic visitors are bringing a little Cajun flavor to lakes and ponds around Michigan this summer. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources confirmed the presence of the invasive red swamp crayfish, …
From record-eagle.com- LANSING — Invasive species in the Great Lakes are ganging up against native species. A new study looking into invasive zebra and quagga mussels’ relationship with invasive rusty crayfish illustrates how the harm …