Author: Owen Sound Sun Times
Oh buoy! Runaway research buoy gets data on Great Lakes winter waves
Last winter, a small buoy off Muskegon, Michigan, broke free from its mooring. Tracking temperature and wave height, it collected data scientists have chased for years: real-time measurements of what […]
Lake sturgeon released in Cuyahoga River as Ohio expands recovery effort
Ohio state wildlife officials say thousands of juvenile lake sturgeon were released in four Ohio rivers this year, including the Cuyahoga, as part of an effort to rebuild the endangered […]
New lamprey control tactics to expand across Great Lakes tributaries
Great Lakes fishery managers are moving a suite of new sea lamprey control tools into broader use after early tests sharply reduced reproduction of the invasive predator in several rivers. […]
‘Bigger than Belize’: Conservation authorities push back against provincial boundary changes
Ontario conservation authorities are pushing back on the provincial plan that would merge thirty-six conservation authorities to seven. Read the full story by CTV News.
Great Lakes groups get $315K to fight invasive weed phragmites
Nearly $315,000 in federal funding is headed to local groups across the Great Lakes region to step up control of invasive phragmites, an aggressive reed that overwhelms shorelines and wetlands. […]