Sep 27
Landscaping with native plants is a win for birds and water quality alike. Listen up, peeps: Think yardwork is for the birds? You could be right—depending on what’s growing. Plants have evolved over time to thrive in their native region. The temperature, rainfall, even nutrients in the soil are exactly what they need. Indian grass, …
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Aug 16
Millions of volunteers have been cleaning up American rivers for the last quarter of a century—listen up: Rivers and streams provide drinking water and wildlife habitat, yet millions of tons of trash end up in our waterways each year. So, in the early ’90s, the American Rivers launched a National River Cleanup Week in order …
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Aug 15
Love seafood and conservation? Sustainable seafood is the catch of the day—listen up: When it comes to seafood, choosing sustainably sourced fish is “essentially the only conservation you can do with your fork,” comments Aislinn Gauchay of the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. She says overfishing has long been a concern in the Great …
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Aug 15
—Brooke Kansier, Great Lakes Echo* It might not be as addictive as Candy Crush, but a new EPA app could have big implications for water management and the people who drink, swim or fish within the Great Lakes. The yet-unnamed app will detect blooms of cyanobacteria—a photosynthetic microbe often mistaken for algae and responsible for …
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Jul 25
From your spray bottle to our shared waters, common cleaning toxins can dirty up waterways big time—listen up: Household hazards, oh my! It all comes out in the wash with common household cleaners, according to Aislinn Gauchay, assistant director of the Shedd Aquarium’s sustainability program. The fact is, harsh cleaning chemicals as well as pesticides …
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