Congress must act in face of $200 million losses to Great Lakes region by invasive species

Time is running out on a solution to the Great Lakes invasive species problem, and the cost to the region has swelled to at least $200 million a year and is growing, according to a team of scientists and economists.

Federal ballast legislation passes House of Representatives

In a landslide vote, the U.S. House of Representatives made a huge step in protecting the Great Lakes, passing legislation to stop invasive species discharged from ocean-going vessels.

Failing grade for Canadian government

After ten years watching the progress of the Canadian federal government, the Office of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, a part of the Auditor General’s Office, issued a report reviewing key problems and recommendations made over the past decade.

Local members of Congress lead charge on ballast legislation

The Great Lakes environmental community has been calling for a solution to the ballast problem, and federal decision-makers in the region were pivotal pushing it forward in the House of Representatives.

The zebra mussel: Twenty years later

It was an invasion predicted 95 years before it arrived. Research reports, dating back to 1893 and including a 1981 report to Environment Canada, warned of the risk the zebra mussel posed to the Great Lakes. Despite the warnings, Canada and the United States failed to act. And today, twenty years after the mussel’s discovery, both countries still lack the regulations that would have stopped it in the first place.

An important step against ocean-vessel hitchhikers

The National Wildlife Federation recently released a parody of a horror movie poster to raise awareness of the need to improve and pass the Coast Guard Reauthorization Bill in the House, and Ballast Water Management Act in the Senate.

The National Wildlife Federation recently released a parody of a horror movie poster to raise awareness of [...]