In this episode, Stuart and Natty talk with Dr. Sarah Balgooyen of PFAS@Mines at the Colorado School of Mines about her team's surprisingly good news: PFAS levels in Great Lakes fish have been declining since the mid-2000s. They get into how you actually find that out — freeze-drying and blending 50-year-old lake trout pulled out of an EPA freezer — and how Teflon went from a failed refrigerant experiment to a key material in the Manhattan Project. PLUS: a New Yorker cartoon pitch!

Warren Dunes State Park, Michigan

Bob's Atomic Burgers, Golden, CO

Sarah's paper — Journal of Great Lakes Research

PFAS@Mines research group

EPA Great Lakes Fish Monitoring and Surveillance Program

iiseagrant.org

🚨🚨Manel alert! Manel alert!🚨🚨 In this episode, Stuart speaks with Glenn Evans, professor of graphic design at St. Clair College, about The Great Lakes Avengers, which are apparently a thing?

Show links:

• Great Lakes Avengers
• Point Pelee National Park

In this episode, Stuart and Natty speak with Janice Gilbert of the Invasive Phragmites Control Centre about the ecological benefits of native aquatic plants, the persistent threat posed by invasive common reeds, and the ultimate glory of a fresh summer tomato sandwich.

• Illinois Indiana Sea Grant
• Invasive Phragmites Control Centre
• Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative
• Invasive Species Centre
• Nature Conservancy of Canada
• Ducks Unlimited Canada
• USGS Great Lakes Science Center
• Great Lakes Commission
• Long Point Region (UNESCO Biosphere Reserve)
• Coastal and Great Lakes Social Science Lab