Feb 10
Politics, schmolotics: Canadian and U.S. mayors work across the aisle for clean water—listen up: Cities vote yes to teaming up for the Great Lakes The art of compromise is alive and well, at least for the mayors who have come together as part of the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Cities Initiative. CurrentCast caught up …
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Feb 02
The Steel City gets a green (and pink and purple) makeover: Steel City waterways are getting cleaner and more scenic thanks to new trees… more than 25,000 have been planted in the city since 2008. Called ‘Treevitalize Pittsburgh,’ the initiative provides shade and helps protect water by reducing polluted runoff. According to Jeffrey Bergman of …
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Jan 31
We’re getting a bit salty in this episode… listen up! Salt helps keep winter roads safe. But when snow melts, the salt runs off pavement and can end up in waterways. John Jackson is with the Stroud Water Research Center in Pennsylvania. In the lab, he’s studied the toxicity of salt on mayflies – a …
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Dec 26
Not all ditches are created equal! Ditches with two tiers can help prevent erosion and flooding, which is awesome. Listen up: Most farms need ditches to keep soil drained and crops thriving—but conventional tactics can lead to erosion, pollution, and flooding downstream. Enter two-stage ditches. These ditches include a deep trench flanked by flat, vegetated …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.currentcast.org/stormwater-management/ditch-switch-when-two-really-is-better-than-one/
Dec 20
Elevators and water slides for fish may sound straight out of Dr. Seuss—but they actually exist in Michigan. Listen up: Sturgeon go back to their home river to spawn. And for half the sturgeon in Lake Michigan, that means the Menominee River. But hydroelectric dams block the river, forcing the fish to lay their eggs …
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