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Four electric buses will hit University of Michigan’s campus next summer

On: February 22, 2023

In: podcast, podcasts, solutions, transportation

By Elaine Mallon This is the second story in a 3-part Great Lakes Echo series on sustainable transport in the region With plans for an all-electric bus fleet by 2035, the University of Michigan will introduce its first four electric buses come next June. The $3.64 million purchase of the four electric buses falls […]

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Northern Ontario art form pays homage to Native roots

On: January 10, 2023

In: Art, Echo, podcasts

Heavily symbolic, Woodland art uses the vibrancy of primary colors to convey the ideology behind Ojibwe culture in the forms of animals, plants, people and even the land.

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‘Adopt-a-Forest’ program encourages citizens to clean up public land

On: August 16, 2021

In: community, forest, Land, podcasts

The Adopt-a-Forest program is volunteer-driven and helps people engage with the outdoors and encourages them to keep public lands clean, the state Department of Natural Resources says.

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Researchers find relationship between invasive zebra mussels, toxic algae

On: July 8, 2021

In: Echo, podcasts

Scientists from the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station first noticed an invasive population of zebra mussels in Gull Lake in the mid-1990s.

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Podcast: Climate change and winter sports

On: December 29, 2020

In: Climate, podcasts

Great Lakes Echo reporter Claire Moore chats with University of Waterloo, Ontario, professor Daniel Scott about how climate change may affect skiing and other winter sports in eastern North America in the coming decades.

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Hear crickets chirping in the evening? Use them to tell the temperature

On: August 24, 2020

In: Echo, Insects, podcasts

The steady sound of crickets chirping in the evening is a staple of a midwest summer. And with some simple math that chirping can be utilized to tell the temperature.

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Too many dams, too little money

On: June 17, 2020

In: Echo, podcasts

Tittabawassee River on May 20, 2020 (right), compared to June 3, 2019 (left). Images: NASA Earth Observatory. By Cassidy Hough Listen to this story: A combination of heavy rain and aging infrastructure led to the collapse of the Edenville and Sanford dams along the Tittabawassee River in Midland County on May 19. Close to […]

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The future of Michigan’s environmental risk

On: June 15, 2020

In: Echo, podcasts

This is the final part of a four-part series on Environmental Risk in Michigan: Past, Present and Future.

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Education builds lasting connections to Michigan’s environment

On: June 8, 2020

In: Echo, podcasts

This is the third part of a four-part series on Environmental Risk in Michigan: Past, Present and Future.

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Risks in Michigan’s urban environment

On: June 1, 2020

In: infrastructure, podcasts, water

This is the second part of a four-part series on Environmental Risk in Michigan: Past, Present and Future.

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Looking back at Michigan’s environmental risk

On: May 26, 2020

In: Echo, podcasts

This is the first part of a four-part series on Environmental Risk in Michigan: Past, Present and Future.

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Introducing “Introduced,” Sea Grant’s newest podcast

On: May 20, 2020

In: AIS, aquatic invasive species, Bonnie Willison, podcasts, Sydney Widell

Once niche, podcasts have gone mainstream. According to figures cited in Forbes, 62 million Americans now listen to podcasts each week.

Sea Grant’s Yael Gen designed the cover art for the new podcast.

While Wisconsin Sea Grant and the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute have been involved in podcasting for years—from the current series Wisconsin Water News to older programs like Earthwatch Radio—there’s a new kid on the block: a podcast called “Introduced” that will be devoted to aquatic invasive species (AIS). Its tagline is “aquatic invaders and stories from our changing waters.”

“Introduced” is the brainchild of Sea Grant Video Producer Bonnie Willison and student employee Sydney Widell, a UW-Madison geography and geosciences major from Shorewood, Wis.

The series will span seven episodes, with one per week released beginning May 27. Listeners can find it on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify and on Sea Grant’s website.

While the simple name for the series conveys a bit of mystery, it also makes perfect sense. Said Willison, “As Sydney and I started learning more about invasive species, we noticed that there is a tendency for people to villainize these species. But we also noticed that humans are the ones introducing all these species to new environments. The title for our series puts the agency on people, which is something that we focus on in the podcast.”

Sydney Widell, one of the creators of the new podcast, on a visit to an electric fish barrier in Illinois in February. The barrier helps keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. (Photo: Bonnie Willison)

Guests interviewed in the series include representatives from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Geological Survey, UW-Madison, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and a rescue organization focusing on exotic animals. Several Sea Grant staff also make appearances.

Topics are wide-ranging, from Asian carp to the trade in invasive species on the Internet. Because the AIS field is so rich, Willison anticipates doing a second season of the “Introduced” podcast. Stay tuned!