Revealing the relationship between the natural world and the everyday lives of people
A recent discovery has put the brakes on a plan to market Great Lakes sea lamprey to Europeans as a gourmet food. Scientists have found high levels of mercury in the lamprey, making it unfit to eat. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Mike Simonson has the story:
Efforts to find new technology to stop the spread of exotic speciesentering the Great Lakes continue, even as some worry that a virus-basedthreat could make its way here. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s MikeSimonson has more:
There’s a new weapon in the fight to reduce the sea lamprey population in the Great Lakes. It’s effective, inexpensive, and relatively easy to put in place. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s David Hammond has more: