Invasive Species

As Fourth of July crowds head to Michigan lakes, state officials are urging boaters to "Clean, Drain, Dry" to prevent the spread of invasive aquatic species.

Bay County is injecting its ash trees with an incestide to fend off the invasive insects, which experts say have killed 80% of the state's ash trees.

The invasive species has been confirmed in several counties in southeast Michigan this year. State officials are asking residents to help slow the spread.

By using a "dash" boat, divers hired by the Higgins Lake Foundation are seeing fewer Eurasian Watermilfoil plants in the water.

Balsam woolly adelgid are known to drain trees of their nutrients leaving them top rot and potentially die. State officials are working to contain the spread.

When Caroline Miller walks into the woods, students follow, some carrying tools and many carrying a curiosity for nature that they didn’t have before they met her. She leads volunteer efforts to rid the MSU campus of invasive plants and said she wants to teach plant ecology and work against “plant blindness,” the tendency of people to overlook nature in their environments.

Michigan's Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) just released their annual State of the Great Lakes Report. The publication underscores the progress and challenges of managing the world's largest freshwater system.

The beetle was discovered inside a medicinal bark from the Ivory Coast during a routine customs check.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the amount of sea lamprey in the Great Lakes surged because treatments were limited.

Scientists studying the body size and growth patterns of non-native earthworms in the UP’s Huron Mountains say they are disrupting forest ecosystems. Contrary to popular belief, most North American earthworms are invaders unintentionally introduced during European colonization.