Keith Matheny
Environmental Reporter at Detroit Free Press
'Don't believe everything that you breathe.' - Beck. I'm the environmental reporter for the Detroit Free Press [email protected]
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1 week ago |
freep.com | Keith Matheny
A DNR drone video shows thousands of red pine trees with their branches and tops snapped off from the ice of the severe late March ice storms in northern Michigan. Most public outdoor facilities in the area are closed while DNR assesses damage and conducts cleanup at several state parks, campgrounds, boating access sites and state-managed trails.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Keith Matheny
The U.S. and Canada collectively spend tens of millions of dollars per year to fight invasive, sport fish-attacking sea lamprey in the Great Lakes, a control effort that's spanned generations. But does it work? The global COVID-19 pandemic, and cutbacks in sea lamprey control efforts during the crisis, gave researchers a unique chance to see.
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1 week ago |
freep.com | Keith Matheny
A new study shows that after sea lamprey control efforts were stopped or scaled back during the COVID-19 pandemic, the invasive species surged on the Great Lakes. Sea lampreys are a parasite, feeding by attaching to fish with their suction mouth, using their tongue to rasp a hole through the fish's skin, and consuming the blood and juices that flow out.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Keith Matheny
Is there a solution in sight for keeping invasive Asian carp away from the Great Lakes? President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, had discussed at length the need to ensure barriers are put in place to keep invasive Asian carp out of Lake Michigan. If allowed in Lake Michigan, Asian carp could do huge damage to the ecosystem, fishing and tourism.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Keith Matheny |Jim Martin |Jeanine Santucci
The recycled materials industry, a net exporter, is watching Trump's escalating tariff moves with concern. Keith Matheny Jim Martin Jeanine SantucciUSA TODAY NETWORKAn escalating global trade war sparked by President Donald Trump's impositions of tariffs has the recycled materials industry on edge. It's possible tariffs could increase demand for domestic recycled steel.
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Very old human remains found during an Army Corps of Engineers - Detroit District water pipe dig near Historic Fort Wayne. What happens now? @freep https://t.co/UT2aZ15uY0
Nuisance Canada geese will be killed, not moved, starting this year under new DNR guidelines. https://t.co/8Ss5yFJrG8 @freep
Bovine tuberculosis is a serious disease, capable of passing between wildlife, cattle and humans. Bovine TB is persisting in wild deer in northeast Lower Michigan - the only place that's occurring. Researchers are trying something new: deer vaccination. https://t.co/qP6ghOrOR5
