Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ, Author at Detroit Metro Times

Trump administration wants to cut Illinois out of Great Lakes carp plan

by Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ April 13, 2026April 13, 2026

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The Trump administration announced plans to put Michigan officials in charge of a $1.15 billion Chicago-area river barrier designed to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes. In a statement posted Thursday on X, Assistant Secretary of […]

The US and Canada have long managed the Great Lakes together. That era could be ending.

by Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ and Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio April 3, 2025May 18, 2025

U.S. Forest Service firings decimate already understaffed agency: ‘It’s catastrophic’

by Katie Myers, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ and Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio February 27, 2025May 26, 2025

Will JD Vance save the Great Lakes from Trump?

by Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio and Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ February 14, 2025April 25, 2025

Lake Michigan temps are breaking records

by Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ September 27, 2024April 27, 2025

Illinois and Army Corps at an impasse over building barrier to prevent invasive carp

by Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ March 21, 2024May 10, 2024

Army Corps plans $1 billion barricade to deter invasive carp at Illinois and Des Plaines Rivers

by Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ January 24, 2024May 9, 2025