Current Environmental News

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Get involved, adopt a beach, help the environment

Thursday, April 11, 2019 (8 reads)

The Alliance for the Great Lakes’ Adopt-a-Beach program kicks off this Saturday, allowing thousands of volunteers to clean up their local beaches. Cleanup events will be happening on all five Great Lakes.

Red swamp crayfish could be next Great Lakes invasive

Friday, March 29, 2019 (37 reads)

Scientists are concerned about the impacts of the red swamp crayfish on Great Lakes ecosystems and are mapping out possible areas at risk of species invasion in order to focus efforts on reducing species introductions.

Lake Michigan and Lake Huron to gain nearly a foot of water, 8 trillion gallons by summer

Friday, March 29, 2019 (29 reads)

Current forecasts predict above average water levels for all the Great Lakes this summer, with Lake Michigan and Lake Huron potentially reaching record levels.

Michigan extends PFAS chemical warnings for Huron River

Thursday, March 28, 2019 (29 reads)

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is extending a warning first issued last August regarding unsafe PFAS levels in the Huron River.

Former Michigan DNR chief tells story of how salmon got to Great Lakes

Thursday, March 21, 2019 (46 reads)

Close to 10 million Chinook and coho salmon swim in Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Lake Superior. There were none when Howard Tanner started as the chief of the Michigan Department of Conservation’s Fish Division in 1964.