Great Lakes Updates

Once the DNR’s egg take needs are met, the agency sells surplus salmon to the public.

The 26 land conservancies spread out in every region of the state protect natural land from development and give residents an escape into nature.

Plastic straws pose problems to waterways and the animals that inhabit them.

Supporters call the National Park Service's plan to restock wolves on Isle Royale a “genetic rescue,” but skeptics say nature should be allowed to take its course. Authors Mark Neuzil and Eric Freedman think this is unlikely to happen because wolves have friends in high places in the scientific establishment and the federal government.

A new study reports that aesthetics are the main reason anglers avoid harmful algal blooms.

Islands of greenery, called refugia, survive even the worst fires, sheltering species and renewing charred landscapes.

Nootka lupine, introduced in the 1970s to control soil erosion, has spread wildly, threatening native species. But many adore its purplish blue flowers.

From the flower arrangement to the plate, this is the era of the formerly unwanted plant.

A reader offers advice for keeping companion animals safe.

“What we’re doing is nothing unnatural,” said the author of a study to produce quolls that don’t like the taste of deadly toads. “It’s just matchmaking.”