Michigan planning to kill Canada geese this year Detroit Free Press (6/11) For the first time in about a decade, Michigan wildlife officials are planning to kill Canada geese because of run-ins with city and suburban residents.
Fishing for solutions in Lake Huron Detroit Free Press (6/11) The chinook salmon that once were the mainstay of Lake Huron's sport fishing largely are gone. Now the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources that manage the lake's fisheries must decide what will replace chinooks.
Eels edging toward extinction in Lake Ontario Newsday (6/6) The American eel has for millennia swam thousands of miles of ocean to reach Lake Ontario, where it matures and then swims back to its ocean birthplace to spawn and die. But after 125 million years, the eel is vanishing from the St. Lawrence River-Lake Ontario system.
Fighting Island: Lake sturgeon are spawning on constructed reef The News-Herald (6/6) Lake sturgeon have spawned four times on a reef constructed late last year at the head of Fighting Island in the Detroit River. The spawning of the lake sturgeon, a threatened species in Michigan and Ontario, is the first time in 30 years it was confirmed on the Canadian side of the Detroit River.
Eaglet placed with foster parents The News-Messenger (6/5) An eaglet that survived a 40-foot fall from its nest last month got a new home, foster parents and siblings Wednesday at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge.
Flora And Fauna Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Contains links to informational pages on the Flora and Fauna of Illinois.
Flora and Fauna of the Great Lakes Region University of Michigan This multimedia digital collection provides access to materials selected from Fish and Mammal Divisions of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology and the Fungus Collections of the University of Michigan Herbarium.
Wildlife Resources Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Resources and programs specific to the state of Michigan.
Databases Faunmap Illinois State Museum FAUNMAP is an electronic database documenting the late Quaternary distribution of mammal species in the United States. The primary purpose of this database is to investigate the evolution of mammalian communities.
Programs and Projects BirdCast A collaborative effort that enables anyone to track migrating birds as they move through the Mid-Atlantic region, complete with radar imagery, educational information, and the chance to record your own observations.
Native America A New York based organization dedicated to the reintroduction of native plants and animals species to their respective places through education, research and habitat restoration.
Watchable Wildlife Ohio Department of Natural Resources (DNR) A program designed to enhance wildlife viewing opportunities for the public across the state. The objectives are four-fold: wildlife-associated recreation, economic development, education, and conservation.
Wildlife Watcher's Report on Monitoring Environment Canada This document consists of brief reports outlining the history, goals, methodology, recent results and contacts for volunteer-based bird and amphibian monitoring projects in Ontario.
Michigan Wildlife Viewing Guide Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Features 121 of the best places in Michigan to view wildlife.
New York Wildlife Viewing Guide New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Includes 76 sites that are among the state's premier wildlife viewing areas open to the public year-round.
Surveys Benthic Biomonitoring U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) Results collected from 45 stations during summer 1997, focusing on both the nearshore and offshore communities. This benthic work is a new component to GLNPO's Great Lakes surveillance program, which has included sampling for plankton and nutrients since the early 1980s.
Population, Surveys and Research Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Surveys of black bears, bobcats, river otters and more.
Vertical Distribution of Zooplankton U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) Vertical migration by zooplankton is one of the earliest and most commonly observed behavioral phenomena in both marine and freshwaters.
Zooplankton 1998 Data U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) Zooplankton are tiny, free-living animals found in the open water of all water bodies, including the Great Lakes. Because of their importance in the ecology of aquatic systems, the U.S. EPA-Great Lakes National Program Office has been monitoring zooplankton populations in the Great Lakes since 1983.