A shortage of trained fire officers in Michigan is reducing the capacity to fight and prevent forest fires on state land, according to a state official.

Although lead is a known health hazard for wildlife, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently rejected a petition asking for a ban on lead fishing tackle and ammunition.

Alternatives are expensive; most efforts at controlling such exposures are limited to education and outreach.

New York is the only Great Lakes state to take regulatory action, banning the sale of some lead sinkers.

The make up of urban landscapes may throw a curve ball at female northern cardinals looking for a mate with more than just a great personality.

New research from the Department of Agriculture (MDA) and Michigan State University suggests there’s a growing viral threat to blueberry plants in the state: blueberry shock and scorch.

Three of the top 100 people in bioenergy, listed by Biofuels Digest earlier this month, are university professors from the Great Lakes region.

Michigan’s got a big pig problem, and nobody wants to take the blame.

The presence of feral pigs has been widely reported in the media.

To kick off Native American Heritage Month the North American Indigenous Student Organization of Central Michigan University hosted an environmental awareness day.

Chalk it up to Robert Redford, cancer clusters, love of writing, questioning authority.

And then there is an eclectic fascination with environmental crimes, Richard Nixon, great beauty, a living laboratory and resiliency.

And of course there are the passionate crusaders.

And heaven’s baseball team.

The fight against climate change, invasive species and contaminated water in the Great Lakes has come to Wisconsin’s Lake Superior shoreline in Wisconsin. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has designated 17,000 acres there for research, education, outreach and stewardship.

It’s been a long road, but it’s time to reveal the Great Lakes SmackDown! champion.

Did the Eurasian Invasion take the gold? Or was it the Quagmeister? Click here to find out.