Tag: fish
Stateside Podcast: Could whitefish disappear from Lake Michigan and Lake Huron?
Whitefish populations in the lower Great Lakes have been declining for decades. Bridge Michigan environment reporter Kelly House joined Stateside to discuss what’s threatening the iconic fish, and what could be done to save them.
What’s more Michigan than whitefish? Collapse erodes bit of state’s
Lake whitefish have survived and fed Michiganders for centuries, but celebrations of this culturally and economically important fish have taken a bittersweet tone as they near collapse. Read the full […]
What’s more Michigan than whitefish? Collapse erodes bit of state’s identity
Whitefish have survived and fed Michiganders for centuries. It’s synonymous with Great Lakes food and Great Lakes living. But things have taken a bittersweet tone as the whitefish near collapse.
Solar Projects That Make Us Smile
Floating by are tangled roots and water lilies. Undulating floodwaters reflect the sky. Treetops drop giant peapods into the water. A few thatched huts, without walls and on stilts, are set just above the muddy water’s edge. It is a day trip for twenty Indigenous people in a traditional river … [continued]
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Iconic whitefish on edge of collapse as Great Lakes biodiversity crisis deepens
A cultural icon for Native Americans and a popular fish across the Great Lakes region is becoming harder to find as its population declines due to invasive mussels, which filter out the bottom of the food web.