Tag: Great Lakes Commission
Unwelcome ‘first’ among Wisconsin inland lakes: Invasive quagga mussels found in Geneva Lake – Great Lakes Commission
Last week, a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources team began investigating the quagga mussel’s prevalence and its long-term impact in Geneva Lake. Read the full story by WUWM – Milwaukee, WI.
‘8,000 wrecks missing in the Great Lakes’: Non-profit science agency aims to map the entire Great Lakes by 2030 – Great Lakes Commission
The Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) aims to map the Great Lakes by 2030 through its project called Lakebed 2030. A bill to fund this effort— the Great Lakes Mapping Act […]
Annual ‘Salmon Run’ taking place in Buchanan – Great Lakes Commission
The annual “Salmon Run” in Buchanan, Michigan, is happening now. Every year, these fish travel from big bodies of water, in this case Lake Michigan, and return to their birthplace […]
‘Citizen scientists’ asked to snap photos to help monitor Lake Erie beach erosion – Great Lakes Commission
Visitors at the Holiday Beach Conservation Area in Ontario can become “citizen scientists” to help keep an eye on erosion of its Lake Erie shoreline. Two stands allow those strolling […]
Sturgeon Bay shipwreck that sank in Egg Harbor tornado is named a national historic place – Great Lakes Commission
The Wisconsin Historical Society announced this past week that the wreck of the Pride, which sank in a tornado off of Egg Harbor 126 years ago, is now listed on […]