Tag: fish
Points North: Frankenfish | Great Lakes Now
By Patrick Shea, Dan Wanschura and Morgan Springer
Points North is a biweekly podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.
This episode was shared here with permission from Interlochen Public Radio.
Lake trout are on life support in Lake Michigan.
Great Lakes Beach Closings Are No Protection From Harmful Pollutants | Great Lakes Now
By Amalia Medina, Circle of Blue
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.
Great Lakes beach closings are no protection from harmful pollutants | Great Lakes Echo
By Amalia Medina A green flag flying on a Great Lakes beach does not necessarily mean it’s safe to swim. Checking beach monitoring websites like BeachGuard is not a surefire solution either. These two findings are central to a public health research project, the Great Lakes Microbial Water Quality Assessment, that set out to measure […]
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Great Lakes Tinned Fish revolutionizing fish in Michigan – Great Lakes Commission
A new company, the Great Lakes Tinned Fish Company is the first in the Midwest to source exclusively from the Great Lakes region and they plan to debut their product […]
A New Paradigm: How climate change is shaping mental landscapes in the Great Lakes | Great Lakes Now
In a weekly Good Grief Network session held on July 25, time and space were created for participants to reflect on their feelings of uncertainty in an unstable environment over Zoom. Trained facilitators kept time for each participant to speak while the other participants bore witness as listeners. The overarching rule was no cross-talk, which means not directly responding or referring to what a person shared.
I Speak for the Fish: Hand-feeding a rainbow trout is fun, but is it ethical? | Great Lakes Now
I Speak for the Fish is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor Kathy Johnson, coming out the third Monday of each month. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit Public Television.
Harnessing mussels to filter fresh water: A biological cure for contaminants is being studied | Great Lakes Echo
By Amalia Medina Water tanks line a room in Philadelphia’s Water Works on the bank of the Schuylkill River. Inside are small fish that are hosts to tiny organisms that researchers say can help solve polluted waterways. Tucked under the fish gills are microscopic mussels that will mature and become capable of filtering 10 to […]
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EPA studies mining waste barrel cleanup in Upper Peninsula lake – Great Lakes Commission
In September, federal contractors will begin a pilot cleanup project in Torch Lake near Houghton, Michigan, where 400 deteriorating metal drums of mining waste have littered the Upper Peninsula lakebed […]
Commentary: Michigan joins federal program that collects native flora and champions restoration | Great Lakes Echo
By Elinor Epperson Of all the things I could step in while wandering the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge in Northeast Michigan, vulture vomit was not on my list. My hosts, a team of scientists looking for native plant seeds, warned me to avoid it. Elizabeth Haber is a lead botanist with Seeds of Success, a […]
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Several hundred sheepshead die along shores of Lake Erie. Here’s why – Great Lakes Commission
A sizable fish kill of freshwater drum, also known as sheepshead, has happened on portions of Lake Erie near Erie, Pennsylvania. It appeared that some of the distressed fish were […]