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Iconic whitefish on edge of collapse as Great Lakes biodiversity crisis deepens | Bridge Michigan Few fish are as synonymous with Michigan as whitefish. Pushed to the edge by invasive species, their struggle is the tip of a cataclysmic species collapse that could change our way of life.

"Like lobster to Maine and salmon to Alaska, whitefish is one of the signature animals in Michigan's history"

But after decades of slow decline, the fish are now on the brink of collapse in most of Lakes Michigan + Huron in part due to invasive mussels #GreatLakes www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...

Happy Summer Solstice! #floralfriday #pollinatorweek

Historic Law Protecting Beavers on Public Lands in Oregon Heads to Governor’s Desk for Signature - Western Watersheds Project For Immediate Release, June 17, 2025 Contact: Adam Bronstein, adam@westernwatersheds.org, (541) 595-8034   Historic Law Protecting Beavers on Public Lands in Oregon Heads to Governor’s Desk for Signat...

Some great news: Oregon just passed the first law in the nation to protect beavers on federal public lands in degraded watersheds. HB 3932 bans recreational and commercial beaver trapping where streams are classified as impaired under the Clean Water Act!

Statement on Federal Public Lands Transfer, Sale, and Exchange - American Fisheries Society American Fisheries Society ● American Fly Fishing Trade Association ● Angler Action Foundation ● Archery Trade Association ● Backcountry Hunters & Anglers

AFS joined other science, conservation, and outdoor organizations in a "Statement on Federal Public Lands Transfer, Sale, and Exchange." The current Senate budget reconciliation bill requires federal agencies to sell 2-3 million acres in 11 western states. Read more: fisheries.org/2025/06/stat...

The hidden horrors of AI…

The “beautiful” bill got uglier.

“On Tuesday, June 10, this plan was added to the draft legislation of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending megabill by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee in the U.S. Senate.”

Lightning strike leaves mark on Smith Tradition golf course at Treetops Resort GAYLORD, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - Treetops Resort in Gaylord was hit by lightning on the 11th fairway of the Smith Tradition during a lightning storm Tuesday.“Tur

Bad idea to be golfing when Mother Nature want to practice fractal art! Check out the lightning strike pattern that occurred yesterday in Gaylord, MI.

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Copenhagen is adapting to a warmer world with rain tunnels and 'sponge parks' Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan.

Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan. https://n.pr/4dYZOvs

Love the new signage but I’m missing the old demonstration garden. It was really coming into its own last year

Just in time for the summer crowds! Hopefully the new demonstration garden sways more lakefront homeowners to adopt natural shorelines

Groups want Michigan officials to deny a permit for a proposed tunnel for Enbridge Line 5 Environmental groups concerned about drilling a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac want Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, EGLE, to deny a Water Re...

“Nobody so far in this permitting process have looked at the actual environmental impacts of building a tunnel through the most sensitive part of the bottomlands of the Great Lakes." #ShutDownLine5 #NoLine5OilTunnel www.michiganpublic.org/environment-...

“Just five of the Senate committee's 23 members attended the hearing.”

Turns out the secret to getting people excited about aquatic conservation is to serve it with an IPA! 😉

That's why.

"we should colonize mars"

Really? Cause last I heard there isn't a single cool fish on that entire planet. Earth is fucking loaded with cool fish. We discover new ones all the time. Have you seen an Alligator Gar? Not if you're from Mars you haven't. Have fun on your sad fishless rock marsoids.

Enbridge is quite familiar with these tactics.

Including funding winter events that are becoming increasingly unlikely because of the climate crisis Enbridge is worsening.

Plant native: comparing biodiversity benefits, ecosystem services provisioning, and plant performance of native and non-native plants in urban horticulture - Urban Ecosystems Plant species used in urban horticulture are frequently non-native despite evidence that urban areas are regular points of introduction, often leading to invasions and negative impacts on biodiversity...

"Native plants provide multiple ecosystem functions in urban greenspaces, supporting urban biodiversity and provisioning ecosystem services than non-native plant species and should be prioritized in urban horticulture activities."

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These stunning photos show how nature came back after the world’s largest dam removal project Four dams and three large reservoirs were removed from the Klamath River in a project that finished last year. Acres of native wildflowers are now in bloom along the river’s edge.

“The hand-seeding exceeded my wildest expectations." - Yurok Fisheries Department Senior Riparian Ecologist Joshua Chenoweth @fastcompany.com
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