While we have been investigating some of the most well-known or prolific invasive species in Ohio, we’ve noticed a pattern. There’s great information out there about invasives, but barely anywhere where that information is conglomerated in a helpful manner. For example, say you live in Ohio’s Portage County. You want to know some of the [...]
If you’ve been following the updates and blog posts corresponding to our story on sea lampreys and Asian carp, you may have noticed that some of our story elements were updated last week. We were able to include some new (fabulous) photos courtesy of McKenna Corson. We updated some of the custom graphics from Addie [...]
Now that we’re past the first round of our group projects, we’re looking into how we can best assist WKSU, Kent State’s NPR station, with creating multi-layered and engaging content based off of our reporting. The best way to do so? With data, of course! Data collection can help reporters in lots of ways-- and [...]
So, say you’re fishing in one of the waterways of Ohio. Perhaps you’re angling in Lake Erie itself! You feel a tug on your line, and reel it in. But… what’s this? On the side of the otherwise large and pristine-looking fish is a large, long eel-like thing. It’s just hanging there, attached by what [...]
If you've ever seen images of a fish with a scary, tooth-filled sucker mouth, you've seen pictures of a sea lamprey. These long fish are an invasive species in all of the five Great Lakes, including Lake Erie. Sucking onto the side of fish in the lake, the lamprey destroys as it feeds. There is [...]
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