President Joe Biden’s administration recently rejected pleas to strengthen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways, promising more study instead.
EPA rejects plea for tougher regs for big livestock farms; promises more studies Read More »
A federal judge on Aug. 24 approved an agreement between four Native American tribes and state and federal regulatory agencies to revise a fishing policy covering parts of three of the Great Lakes.
The deal extends for 24 years a system overseeing commercial and sport fishing in sections of lakes Michigan, Huron, and Superior covered by an 1836 treaty. Those areas are entirely within the U.S. and under Michigan’s jurisdiction.
Judge OKs updated Great Lakes tribal fishing pact with Michigan Read More »
The announcement came weeks after U.S. Congress members prodded Biden to seek more support for the lakes from Canada, which critics have accused of doing too little.
Canada pledges funding to improve water quality in the Great Lakes Read More »
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it was granting protection to longsolid and round hickorynut mussels, which have declined in many Eastern and Midwestern streams. Flourishing mussel populations signal healthy streams, but about two-thirds of the continent’s freshwater mussels are imperiled.
Federal protection granted for imperiled freshwater mussels Read More »
Livestock groups have said government regulation is strong enough and that voluntary measures such as planting off-season cover crops and buffer strips between croplands and waterways are the best way to curb runoff.
EPA: Study needed to close loophole on factory farms Read More »
The EPA has not revised its rules dealing with the nation’s largest animal operations – which hold thousands of hogs, chickens, and cattle – since 2008.
EPA considers tougher regulation of farm livestock pollution Read More »
The Great Lakes – and other big lakes around the world – might be getting more acidic, which could make them less hospitable for some fish and plants.
Scientists warn Great Lakes may become acidic Read More »
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