Tag: fishing
Incoming Chippewas of Nawash chief a retired legal scholar
Darlene Johnston said First Nations have a right to free, prior, and informed consent regarding projects that may affect their lands, territories, and resources.
As inflation strains Michigan parks, DNR budgets, lawmakers weigh fee hikes
A package of Senate bills would require every registered vehicle owner to buy a parks pass when renewing their plates, while raising fees for hunting and fishing licenses for the first time in 11 years….
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.
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.
Waves of Change: Meet Ojibwe leader, activist and water walker Sharon Day
Waves of Change is an online interview series highlighting the diverse faces and perspectives shaping the environmental justice movement throughout the Great Lakes region.
Sharon Day is enrolled in the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe and makes her home in Minnesota, where she is a founder and the executive director of the Indigenous Peoples Task Force, a vital provider of culturally appropriate health services, programs and housing.