As floods increase, cities like Detroit are looking to green stormwater infrastructure

Urban sprawl meant paving over grasslands and wetlands, making it so water is unable to soak into the ground. Today, that impervious development, coupled with the more intense storms brought […]

Endangered piping plovers face trouble from surging Great Lakes levels

Record or near-record water levels predicted for the Great Lakes this summer mean less shoreline than usual. And that’s bad news for an endangered species reliant upon that shoreline: piping […]

Reducing harmful Lake Erie algal blooms: What will it take?

With the waters of Lake Erie starting to warm, concerns are rising about the possibility of toxic algal blooms over the summer months. There are evidence-based agricultural practices that can […]

Pesticides are all over the St. Lawrence River – many at levels that hurt fish and invertebrates

Harmful pesticides were found in nearly all samples of water from the St. Lawrence River and its tributaries, with many samples containing levels higher than the guideline to protect aquatic […]