Author: Goderich Signal Star
Why smallmouth bass are getting bigger in Michigan waterways
This article was republished here with permission from Great Lakes Echo.
By Victoria Witke, Great Lakes Echo
Every spring for the last 15 years, Gene Gilliland and some friends have gone smallmouth bass fishing in Lake St. Clair in Southeast Michigan for a week.
One man’s quest to bring more of North America’s largest native fruit, the pawpaw, to Wisconsin
By Jeff Robbins, Wisconsin Public Radio
This article was republished here with permission from Wisconsin Public Radio.
If you’ve never tasted the fruit from a pawpaw tree, you’re not alone. Due to its extremely short shelf life that renders the fruit edible for only days after being picked, pawpaw is an all-too-rare treat.
Wildfires are getting worse. Can an old technique help control them?
Although wildfires are commonly associated with the West, the Great Lakes region has seen its share of destructive blazes. Lee Frelich, director of the University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology, warns that we will likely see more wildfires due to heat waves and droughts caused by climate change.
Vern Northrup is a former fireman and is a member of the Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe.
After six years, Ohio moves to end coal bailouts that have been in place since bribery scandal
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Just shy of six years since the passage of Ohio’s infamous House Bill 6, a more than $1 billion coal and nuclear bailout at the center of the largest bribery and money laundering scandal in state history, state lawmakers approved a bill that would repeal the coal subsidy House Bill 6 established.
Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
By Anna Clark, ProPublica
This story was originally published by ProPublica.
Just one year ago, JD Vance was a leading advocate of the Great Lakes and the efforts to restore the largest system of freshwater on the face of the planet.
As a U.S.