Imagine if the Great Lakes claimed negligence and abuse and left the region.
That’s what a group of Chicago artists did after attending a workshop on environmental issues.

The second round of invaders now duel in the SmackDown! semi-finals:

The Alewife, “Vlad the Impale-wife,” out-ate the White “The Incredible, Edible, Egg-eater” Perch in a gluttonous match. And the Sea “The Green Lamp-rey” sucked the win from the Round “Roundy Goboa” Goby, asserting its dominance as a more well-known and established invasive species.

Now the alewife and the sea lamprey face off!

“This is our city. It is our town, and this is how we are going to turn it around. Plant the seeds and watch them grow, for our community and economy, our destiny and family.”

See how the Great Lakes SmackDown! Round 1 champions fair in the next stage of the game. Will the water-clogging Eurasian watermilfoil outmatch the filter-feeding quagga mussel?

Click here for Round 2, Bracket 1:

Yesterday, we announced the winners of the first two Great Lakes SmackDown! lake fights. Today, we reveal the results of the next two matches.

We asked you to tell us which aquatic invasive species are the most ecologically destructive to the Great Lakes.

And Round 1 results are in.

Many states encourage the recycling of thermometers, fluorescent light bulbs and batteries, which contain the liquid metal mercury.

Something smells a little fishy in this match. Well, actually, a lot fishy, because there’s a whole lot of both the alewife and the white perch in the Great Lakes.

Tell us which one you think is the most destructive to the Great Lakes.

It’s time for two of the Great Lakes’ most aggressive invaders to lake fight!

In corner number one we have the Sea Lamprey and in corner number two, the Round Goby!

Now the aquatic plant nuisances face off.

In corner number one, the Eurasian Watermilfoil – AKA “The Eurasian Invasion.” And in the other corner, we have a veteran from the Eastern world, the Curly-Leaf Pondweed, “The Leaf-O-Nater.”