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Loose Limits on Ships Loose Invasive Species on Great Lakes

 |  Dec 14, 2011

On December 8th, the federal government unveiled its plan to protect the Great Lakes from the scourge of invasive species.  Unfortunately, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed limits on ships’ … Read more

Video — Great Lakes and Invasives and Oil, Oh My!

,  |  Jul 7, 2011

Two of the greatest threats to the greatest of lakes – invasive species and submerged oil pipelines – were the subject of a Detroit public television legal affairs program on … Read more

Success: EPA agrees to take invasive species seriously

 |  Mar 8, 2011

Today, NWF and other conservation groups placed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on a path that should finally protect native aquatic life from new invasive species.  Species like the zebra … Read more

Wisconsin Leaves its Waters Vulnerable to Invasive Species

 |  Feb 17, 2011

Everyone’s familiar with the old “I have good news, and I have bad news” gag.  Wisconsin’s approach to aquatic invasive species could provide fodder for that joke.  Unfortunately, it’s no laughing … Read more

Who owns Lake Erie?

 |  Feb 9, 2011

That is the question now being pondered by the Justices of the Ohio Supreme Court.  Last week, the court held a hearing in the case presenting the question: Merrill v. … Read more

Lake Erie off Sandusky, Ohio

Lake Wars: Dispatch from the Lake Erie Front

 |  Feb 7, 2011

Last October, I put the finishing touches on my last salvo ina 6-month legal battle to stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from dumping massive amounts of nutrient-laden sediment … Read more