The next five weeks could be among the most important in Great Lakes history. The Corps of Engineers is holding a series of public hearings around the region to gather … Read more
Conservation
A Non-Hotspot Approach to Choosing Where to Help Wildlife
Maybe looking to your constituents on what resources they value most, rather than identifying biodiversity hotspots, is the way to choose conservation priorities. Read more
Breaking: New Tar Balls Reported Ashore in Louisiana
This just in from WDSU in Louisiana: Oil is beginning to wash ashore at Grand Isle. The mayor’s office said tar balls are coming ashore on Elmer’s Island and sand … Read more
Gulf Oil Disaster “Might Well Recur” Absent Reform, Says Commission
Someone’s leaked a chapter of the final report of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill & Offshore Drilling. This morning, media coverage is focused mostly on … Read more
Journal article validates science that shows Asian carp on the verge of invading the Great Lakes
The cynical debate over whether Asian carp have breached an electric barrier designed to keep the menacing fish from invading Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes can now be … Read more
Gulf Coast Birds–And Ours–Doing Alright (for now)
On a recent chilly morning in southwestern Louisiana’s White Lake Wetland Conservation Area, Kim Trahan, a rice farmer who leases land in the state-owned area, surveyed the scene around him … Read more
