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Anna Barnes

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Sep 15, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · By Anna Barnes and Great Lakes Echo | 9 hours ago

    Invasive carp get closer to Lake Michigan as project to halt their spread is ordered to stop (opens the original)

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    Silver carp in the Illinois River jump in reaction to electrofishing. Credit: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has detected invasive carp in the Illinois River only 80 miles from Lake Michigan. That’s the closest the fish are known to have gotten to the Great Lakes, and hundreds were detected. Officials from the department also suspect there could be spawning grounds closer to the Great Lake and are monitoring the area further. They say floods and water t

  2. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · By Anna Barnes and Great Lakes Echo | 9 hours ago

    Researchers working to increase algae growth for use in products (opens the original)

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    Algal cultures with different cell density, varying from light green to dark green and black. Credit: Yijie Cheng Algae can be used for sustainable products, but you need enough of it — enough biomass — to do so. Researchers at Michigan State University say they’ve developed a way to more evenly distribute sunlight in algae cultivation systems, which leads to more algae growth. Xinyue Liu is a co-author of a paper on the topic and an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering

  3. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · By Anna Barnes and Great Lakes Echo | 2 hours ago

    Warning: Leave threatened venomous snake alone (opens the original)

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    An eastern massasauga rattlesnake. Credit: Michigan Department of Natural Resources The eastern massasauga rattlesnake is the only native venomous snake in Michigan — but the state Department of Natural Resources says it has not killed anybody here in over a century. One did, however, bite a man trying to take its photo last month in Oakland County, which resulted in a hospital stay for him — and an uptick of residents searching for the snakes. Now, the DNR is asking the public to stop harassing

  4. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · By ANNA BARNES

    Fisheries get one-time funding for whitefish restoration (opens the original)

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    MARQUETTE -- The Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division has received one-time funding of $350,000 for whitefish recovery. The ailing species has undergone a rapid population decline in recent years and for the first time, recovery efforts have landed a specific line in the state budget. But officials said while the money will help rescue some of the most vulnerable lake whitefish populations, it's not enough to address the systemic ecosystem issues causing the decline. Randy Claramun

  5. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · By Anna Barnes and Great Lakes Echo | September 1, 2026

    Michigan AG challenges the US Department of Energy again over coal plant’s forced operation (opens the original)

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    J. H. Campbell power plant. Credit: Consumers Energy Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel plans to file another request for rehearing with the U.S. Department of Energy over a coal-fired power plant near Lake Michigan operated by Consumers Energy. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel plans to file another request for rehearing with the U.S. Department of Energy over a coal-fired power plant near Lake Michigan operated by Consumers Energy. “After six so-called emergency orders, it is clear that

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