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Steven Maier

Environment

Volunteer water monitoring program could be on last leg

By Steven Maier | April 25, 2018

Unless the Michigan legislature passes the governor’s proposed landfill fee bump, a program that’s recruited volunteers to test streams and lakes for 40 years will be terminated in 2019.

Environment

People can once again kill cormorants

By Steven Maier | April 10, 2018

The controversial waterfowl can destroy habitats and property, but researchers say cormorant culls can hurt the other bird species they’re meant to protect.

Environment

Mercury’s match: sex hormones?

By Steven Maier | March 26, 2018

Male sex hormones like testosterone help battle mercury contamination in Great Lakes fish, researchers say.

Environment

Federal budget proposal dredges up fight for Sea Grant

By Steven Maier | March 5, 2018

A coastal protection program that generated an estimated $86.9 million in economic impact across six Great Lakes offices in 2016 has again been zeroed out in the federal budget proposal after strong lawmaker support successfully restored funding to the…

Environment

Piping plovers return to Lake Erie

By Steven Maier | February 19, 2018

A single pair of the shorebirds nested along the lake last summer for the first time in 60 years. They’re an encouragement to the wildlife managers who are reclaiming the plover’s old habitat.

Environment

Fishery managers excited by lake trout’s not-so-picky palate

By Steven Maier | February 8, 2018

Researchers say lake trout have flexible diets–calming fears that the resurgent species is competing with salmon for the dwindling supply of alewife in the Great Lakes.

Environment

Video: slow-motion sturgeon feeding

By Steven Maier | January 20, 2018

Sturgeons project their jawbones from their skulls, creating the suction they need to vacuum food from lake beds.

Environment

Local agencies want federal tools with teeth to tackle Lake Erie pollution

By Steven Maier | January 15, 2018

Toledo and Lucas County officials are leading the fight to curb Ohio’s algae-feeding pollutants. It’s a role they say should be played by the U.S. EPA.

Environment

Saginaw Bay perch populations up against the wall(eye)

By Steven Maier | December 1, 2017

Walleye populations in Lake Huron and the Saginaw Bay have bounced back powerfully, just a few decades after they came close to disappearing. Some scientists worry that perch are paying the price.

Environment

Hurricane recordings point to possible future for Great Lakes monitoring

By Steven Maier | November 28, 2017

Great Lakes researchers hope that year-long recording of underwater sounds near Puerto Rico could lead to similar recording of fish and other watery sounds here.

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A supporter of President Donald Trump argues with a Black Lives Matter protestor wearing a face mask at the state Capitol on Nov. 14.
Accused of spreading falsehoods, Trump activists say they’re not being accurately portrayed

Supporters of President Donald Trump, who have held rallies to protest the outcome of the November election, say there are false impressions of their motives. Elections officials and critics of their efforts, however, say they're spreading false information.

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