Tag: Lake Erie
Cross cracks down on sewage dumping in Lake Erie
Ohio State Representative Jon Cross proposed legislation to ban cities from dumping sewage into Lake Erie and impose stiff fines for violations. The move follows revelations that the City of […]
‘No ice is safe ice’: Medina County first responders train for ice rescues as more take place
The U.S. Coast Guard has conducted 16 ice rescues on all of Lake Erie so far this year. Officials in Medina County, Ohio, have been training for ice rescues and […]
Lake Erie boat captains hope new documentary about them pulls back curtain on fishing for a living
Photographer and one-man-documentary-crew, Daryl Granger, started telling the story of Port Dover, Ontario’s commercial fishery. After months of work, he released the award-winning two-hour documentary, Netting the Waters, which “sets […]
Former police officer acquitted on 11 of 12 charges, but back in custody
Even though he’d dodged convictions on 11 of 12 charges, former London police officer Will Stephens appeared miserable from his vantage point in the courtroom. That may be because the 47-year-old former cop, who changed his name from Stephen Williams, was in the prisoner’s box during Ontario Court Justice George Orsini’s decision, after he was […]
How Ducks Unlimited Became Heroes of the Conservation Movement
In the Great Lakes region alone, Ducks Unlimited (DU) has been involved in hundreds of projects in the past decade that involve either the conservation of wetlands through acquisition, or the restoration and management of wetlands. These projects — always in concert with public and private partners, universities and other organizations — seek to establish or conserve the maximum amount of acreage possible with available funds.