Tag: field
Position Available: Program Specialist – Great Lakes Commission
The Great Lakes Commission has an immediate opening for a program specialist to assist with implementation of aquatic invasive species projects and provide support to regional collaboratives. Apply by September 8, 2024.
From pet to ‘monster.’ The battle to rid Michigan’s Glen Lake of giant koi | Great Lakes Now
By Gabrielle Nelson, Bridge Michigan
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.
Researchers use drones to find elusive Michigan rattlesnake | Great Lakes Echo
By Ruth Thorton Standing together at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute near Hastings, Michigan, two students stared intently at the screen, looking for the subtle signs of the small rattlesnake they were trying to find. The eastern massasauga, Michigan’s only rattlesnake, typically hides in dense vegetation in wetlands, and conservation biologists are concerned about trampling their […]
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Solar storm may serve up another view of northern lights
If you missed seeing the aurora borealis back in May, Mother Nature may give you a second chance at enjoying the northern lights this week, if the weather co-operates, that is. London, with all of Ontario, is under the aurora borealis view line, meaning the northern lights could be visible for two or three nights […]
‘Containment breached’: How an oil spill in northwest Toronto made its way to Lake Ontario | Great Lakes Now
By Emma McIntosh, The Narwhal
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; and The Narwhal who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.
Sunflower maze a way to give back to community
Well-known for their bird seed mixes, the Braggs not only grow Black Oil Sunflower seeds but also buy from others in order to meet market demand
Lifelike field surgery gets double takes at re-enactment
Crysler’s Farm is re-enacted in full period dress, with weapons and artillery of the day, and encampments of both soldiers and civilians
New book series shows girls hockey is a game for everyone, everywhere
When Jenna McCoubrey Prestidge was a little girl there were two things she loved most in the world: being a farm kid and playing hockey.
Making up for lost trees | Great Lakes Now
The rain started more than an hour before we arrived at an acre of marginal farmland that’s wedged between a house on a nearby hill and Sharon Creek. A tributary of the Thames River, Sharon Creek is a waterway that wends 170 miles through southwestern Ontario before emptying into Lake.
LHSC adds new MRI machine to help reduce patient wait times
London’s largest hospital has added a new imaging machine for less urgent cases that it says will help to reduce patient wait times for medical scans.