Dan Egan
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Milwaukee, WI, United States
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Conservation groups rip Great Lakes shipping bill, worried invasive species will be dumped
The Senate is set to vote as early as Wednesday to pull Clean Water Act protections from U.S. waters when it comes to regulation of the “biological pollution” contained in the ballast water discharges of ships from overseas. → Read More
U.S. Senate voting this week on looser rules for Great Lakes ships dumping ballast water
The U.S. Senate is set to vote on a measure this week that conservation groups say could have devastating consequences for the Great Lakes. → Read More
Wisconsin leaders quietly make it easier to condemn private property for potential pipeline expansion
As environmental concerns halted pipelines elsewhere, Wisconsin government leaders quietly made it easier to condemn private property for a potential Canadian oil line expansion → Read More
Toxic algae that shut down Toledo's water system found in Milwaukee park lagoon
Three years after a toxic algae bloom knocked out the drinking water supply for Toledo, a similar scourge has hit Milwaukee’s Juneau Park Lagoon at a most unfortunate time. → Read More
Hunt turns up no new Asian carp in Chicago canal system
A two-week intensive hunt on the Chicago canal system has yielded no additional Asian carp beyond an electric barrier system designed to keep the jumbo fish from swimming up the canal network and into Lake Michigan. → Read More
Asian carp found in Chicago canal, just 9 miles from Lake Michigan shores
Asian carp are on the move toward Lake Michigan. → Read More
How Asian carp could soon take over the Great Lakes — and how they could be stopped
Reprinted from The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan. → Read More
Oil pressure builds in Great Lakes region as new pipelines stall out West
This is the story of what could be called the Great Lakes XXL — a swelling, invisible river of oil flowing through the world’s largest freshwater system at a time when other regions on the continent are rejecting the risk of new pipelines. → Read More
Alewife crash on Lake Michigan raises concerns for salmon fishing
The federal government’s annual trawling survey of Lake Michigan revealed a shockingly low number of alewives, an Atlantic Ocean native that invaded the Great Lakes in the middle of last century. → Read More
A Great Lake revival: Natives battle back
What happened in the decade since the disappearance of Lake Huron’s two dominant species — invasive Atlantic alewives and the salmon planted to gobble them up — is a remarkable story of nature’s resilience. → Read More
Salmon crowned king, but its reign is wobbly
Turning the Great Lakes into a haven for chinook created a multibillion-dollar recreational fishery. But the experiment has shown signs of going bust — leading to a boom in native species. → Read More
The man with the salmon plan
For a few decades, biologists had turned Lake Huron into a man-made Pacific chinook factory, but the salmon and their preferred prey — invasive alewives — ultimately succumbed to wave after wave of new invasions. The Great Lakes were a mess, but perhaps no single person has had a bigger impact on the lakes as we know them than Howard Tanner. → Read More
Dead zones haunt Green Bay as manure fuels algae blooms
More phosphorus is making its way to Green Bay, supercharging nuisance algae blooms, which burn up oxygen to create dead zones for fish. → Read More
Toxic algae cocktail brews in Lake Erie
The scientists closest to the problem today have known for the past several years how bad things have gotten in Lake Erie. But state and federal regulators have yet to take the first step toward controlling the problem. → Read More
Leaping out of the lakes: Invasive mussels spread across America
How quagga mussels put a serious bite on a Wisconsin man moving a boat across the West. → Read More
Park chief put foot down on invasive species. Can others follow suit?
A national park superintendent issued a tough edict to the park’s Lake Superior ferry captain: Shape up the ship, or don’t sail. Can the government do the same? → Read More
Formidable invasive species won’t be easy to keep out of Great Lakes
How do you protect the Great Lakes from being invaded by exotic organisms hitchhiking in the bowels of overseas freighters? With great difficulty. → Read More
How invasive species changed the Great Lakes forever
June 1, 1988, is the day everything changed for the Great Lakes — the day it began to dawn on researchers that the lakes were in for a massive invasion. → Read More
Federal lawmakers call for action against Asian carp
Great Lakes senators want more than the $25 million battle plan from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop the advance of Asian carp. → Read More
With lakes low, money OK’d to address ‘hole in the dike’
The Army Corps is dusting off a plan to install water-slowing structures on the St. Clair River, the primary outflow for Lakes Michigan and Huron. → Read More