Keep the Bigeyed Carp out of the Great Lakes

We don’t want them upstream. You had better clean them up downstream. Put them on the menu in New Orleans. They can make anything taste good down there. YJ " "Poison enough to stop Great Lakes invaders? ...

Invasive Asian Carp Flying into Great Lakes: Fish Invasion

The invasive Asian Carp species is worrying officials as it is currently flying and leaping its way up the Mississippi River towards the Great Lakes, specifically Lake Michigan. This fish invasion, if it occurs,...

Bad Harvest - the troubled Great Lakes fishery

As environmental advocates, we encourage people to get to know Lake Ontario. But some parts of the lake are so polluted that touching the water or eating the fish that lived there can be a health risk. We do not...

Dirty Little Secret (Aug. 4, 2009)

The sewage systems for communities on the Great Lakes are actually designed to dump 15 billion litres of sewage into local waterways every year. To get a better sense of what sewage pollution is being reported,...

Plan mapped out to sell water to U.S.

This could be good for both countries.  The US could get a dependable water supply and Canada could generate electricity and get money for the surplus money, " Quebec could raise as much as $9.5 billion a...

Kevin McMahon’s Waterlife

For every decision we make, we must consider the needs of others, and the needs of people seven generations into the future - “The Great Law” This Great Law is the message behind Gemini award-winning filmmaker...

Changes (April 8, 2009)

This week on Living at the Barricades we’ll hear from Pandora’s Locks author Jeff Alexander, St. Clair Channelkeeper Doug Martz, and Kevin McMahon, Director of the new...

50 years of the St. Lawrence Seaway

This summer, the St. Lawrence Seaway turns fifty.  Over the last half-century, the Seaway has shaped the Great Lakes and its communities in ways perhaps unexpected when it was first opened to international...

Supplement To The WEATHERAmerica Newsletter, January 28, 2009

Major Winter Storm, Intrusion Of Arctic Air, February 1 - 4Although some may be incredulous at the idea of another "big hitter" storm affecting the U.S., odds on such an event are increasing. The operational GFS...

WEATHERAmerica Newsletter, Saturday, January 10, 2009

WEATHER HAZARDS (During The Next 24 Hours)SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK(potential for tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail within the next 24 hours)STRONG WINDS(Orographically Derived)S WY....W CO....NW NM....N...

Winter weather across the US, closes schools and airports

As the harsh winter weather continues across the United States, snow, sleet and ice have forced the closures of hundreds of schools, roads and airports, stranding travelers and causing accidents. The National...

New water treatment for fish disease in Great Lakes

In recent years, a fish disease known as viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) has caused the extinction of many fish species in the Great Lakes. A professor at Michigan Technological University believes that he has...

White Hurricane of 1913 was Worst Great Lakes Disaster

The story of the worst storm in Great Lakes history and two ore boats that battled it:"31 cargo ships and barges stranded, twelve ships sunk with crew, 253 sailors drowned—that was the the toll of the most...

First Native American Roundtable Sept. 13: Respect for the Earth, Native Amer...

The new North American Theology: Pastors call for progressive change in environmental and cultural thinking or risk a decline in the health of societyTurtle Island Project: First Native American Roundtable and...

Green bloggers agree: environmental disaster looms large for Great Lakes

This frightening scenario could prove to be a much more realistic possibility than previously thought. The problems of global warming and pollution are being compounded by  a massive ecological upheaval due to an increase in invasive species sneaking into the Great Lakes...

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