Tag: lake
Police report: Thames River death not suspicious; man drowns in beach town
London police say a body was found in the Thames River late Saturday morning but the case isn’t considered suspicious. Emergency crews responded to the area of Adelaide Street North and Kipps Lane after police say they were contacted about a body in the river at about 10:40 a.m. Saturday. The death does not appear […]
Brews News: Spruce tips add fresh seasonal taste
From the forests to the fields, brewers are rolling out fresh seasonals with tastes far different from the yellow fizzy stuff.
Marquette State Fish Hatchery stocks lakes with almost 324K fish – Great Lakes Commission
The Marquette State Fish Hatchery has stocked 90 inland and Great Lakes sites with yearling lake trout, brook trout, and splake this year to keep fish populations sustainable for both […]
COMMENTARY: Will we have to pump the Great Lakes to California to feed the nation? – Great Lakes Commission
No one wants unsightly pipelines snaking across the country, draining Lake Michigan to feed the citrus groves of the Central Valley in California. But that future is drawing closer by […]
EPA offers tours of its largest lake research vessel in Detroit Thursday – Great Lakes Commission
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s largest research vessel, the 180-foot Lake Guardian, was docked at Hart Plaza in Detroit, Michigan, on Thursday for free public tours. The vessel was launched […]
Yuk. Muskegon Lake harmful algae bloom spills into Lake Michigan – Great Lakes Commission
Photographers have captured evidence of a persistent harmful algae bloom that’s plagued Muskegon Lake spilling into Lake Michigan. The bloom migration came two days after Muskegon County Health Department advised […]
Researchers develop ‘holy grail’ solution to fight invasive vampire species: ‘Something nobody has ever done before’ – Great Lakes Commission
Experts from Michigan State University are working on a groundbreaking way to deal with an invasive fish that is blighting Lake Michigan and connecting waterways: the FishPass. Read the full […]
Owen Sound salmon derby could see return of bigger fish
Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular co-chair Chris Geberdt has a good feeling that the derby could see a bigger fish this year than won the Chantry Chinook Salmon Derby which just ended. That’s because the nearly 26-pound salmon was caught in Georgian Bay waters off Lion’s Head, part of the Owen Sound-based derby’s waters too. The 25.62 […]
Cattle Production That Enhances Water and Environmental Quality | Great Lakes Now
By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue
LAKE CITY, MI – Two facts about Michigan agriculture are scarcely recognized outside the fences and beyond the drainage ditches of the state’s 45,000 farms. The first: farming is among the most technologically sophisticated industrial sectors in Michigan and every other state.
High water mark: London just recorded its rainiest July ever
Itâs official â Londonâs water-logged July was the rainiest on record.