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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Friday, June 24. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources "rebranded" the invasive Asian carp. Will it lead to more people eating the fish? Plus, a recovery project coordinator with Illinois Recovery Corps put out a survey of to gauge McLean County's interest in creating a recovery community center for those struggling with poor mental health and/or substance abuse.

Cruden ranks the Gulf oil spill as one of the most significant environmental disasters of our time. It "deserves ... all of our energy to make sure nothing like this ever happens again," he says.

New Justice Department Environment Chief Takes Helm Of Gulf Spill Case

John Cruden returns to the department as litigation over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill intensifies. He'll also defend Obama climate change rules and try to protect wildlife while in the post.

"Recycle art activist" Thomas Dambo makes gentle giants from scrap wood, old pallets, twigs and debris. Above, the troll Marit in<em> It Sounded Like a Mountain Fell</em> in Wulong, China.

Far From The Internet, These Big, Benevolent Trolls Lure Humans To Nature

"Recycle art activist" Thomas Dambo makes these gentle giants out of scrap wood, old pallets, twigs and debris. Dozens of them now preside over mountains, forests and parks around the world.

Datebook: Nature And Nurture Inform B-N Artist's Work

Artist Jessica Bingham embraces the ephemeral around us in her work, incorporating memories of childhood, flowers from summers past, and the ever-shifting…

Logger Greg Hemmerich and his crew feed low-value trees into a wood chipper, before bringing the chips to ReEnergy Holdings' biomass plant in Lyonsdale, N.Y.

Is Burning Trees Still Green? Some Experts Now Question Biomass

Biomass was rising a decade ago as a carbon-neutral energy. But the industry is sputtering as oil and natural gas booms, and some scientists are questioning if it's actually good for the environment.

The theories of what caused the Nord Stream leaks

It has become clear to European leaders that the leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines that run from Russia to Germany were an act of sabotage. Natural gas has been leaking into the Baltic Seas.

Lessons In Counterterrorism From The Octopus

Ecologist and "natural security expert" Rafe Sagarin thinks our systems for dealing with natural disasters and terrorist attacks need to be updated. The best place to turn for advice? Other organisms.

<strong>Portfolio Award Winner: </strong><em>The ancient mariner. </em>Pangatalan Island, Palawan, the Philippines. The tri-spine horseshoe crab has survived for more than 100 million years but now faces habitat destruction and overfishing for food and for its blood, used in the development of vaccines.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners show the beauty — and precarity — of nature

The winning photographs star different species from around the world, all highlighting the interplay between animals and humans. The two grand titles went to shots of a horseshoe crab and barn owls.

Remake Trend: Is Hollywood Losing The Plot?

Remake is a word with power in Hollywood. A glance at what’s playing at your local multiplex shows that everything old is new again as Hollywood’s close,…

Members of Wisconsin's Ho-Chunk Nation are training naturalists and nature lovers

Members of Wisconsin's Ho-Chunk Nation are training master naturalists, avid observers of the natural world who study plants and animals and pass along their knowledge.

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