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Environment

Collaboration helps Michigan, Wisconsin celebrate elk management milestones

By Carin Tunney | June 11, 2018

Elk in the Great Lakes region reached restoration milestones in 2018.

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

Catch and release kills many fish

By Jack Nissen | December 21, 2017

A new study shows the conservation technique is fatal for some fish.

Environment

Scientists track prehistoric fish with 21st century satellites

By Carin Tunney | December 19, 2017

Science using high-tech methods is revealing secrets about a prehistoric fish.

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

Video: Great Lakes sturgeon repopulation efforts underway in Wisconsin

By Steven Maier | November 22, 2017

Scientists in Wisconsin are raising the next generation of this endangered fish. Some of these sturgeon could someday grow to lengths of up to eight feet and weigh 800 pounds.

Environment

Foreign wasp could be recruited for bug battle

By Jack Nissen | November 1, 2017

The solution to an invasive stink bug may be it’s predator from back home

Environment

Foreign wasp could be recruited for bug battle

By Jack Nissen | November 1, 2017

The solution to an invasive stink bug may be it’s predator from back home

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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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