Tag: fishing
A Good, Not Great Lake
Lake Champlain is more than 16 times smaller than Lake Ontario, the smallest Great Lake. But in 1998, Congress designated Lake Champlain as the sixth Great Lake, teeing off a historical and cultural fight over which lakes can really call themselves Great.
‘We can’t regulate ourselves’ out of whitefish crisis, experts say
By Emilio Perez Ibarguen, Bridge Michigan
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit PBS; 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.
Federal funding freeze threatens SEEDS after-school programs
The Traverse City nonprofit runs programs in schools that often don’t have other free summer or after-school options.
âWe canât regulate ourselvesâ out of whitefish crisis, experts say
Amid a population crash of Michiganâs staple lake whitefish, fisheries experts told regulators that more research needs to be done to discover how to stem the scourge of invasive mussels. Without that, they said, efforts to limit fishing are futile….
Fe, a record-setting Michigan loon, births ‘downy fluffballs’ No. 43 and 44
The common loon, Fe, has broken records again with the arrival of loon chicks 43 and 44. Fe is the “world’s most productive” loon known to exist.