Tag: lakes
Tribes and conservationists fight for the future spearfishing as climate change threatens lakes – Great Lakes Commission
Members of the Ojibwe and other Indigenous Nations in the northern Great Lakes region have spearfished walleye for centuries, but the threat of climate change to the habitat for this […]
Province invests $110k to protect Boulevard and Superior lakes from contaminants – Great Lakes Commission
A $110,700 investment from the province of Ontario will allow the Lakehead Region Conservation Authority and the City of Thunder Bay, Ontario, to team up to create a depression around […]
Great Lakes Learning: Bringing back buffalo reef | Great Lakes Now
This lesson will explore the phenomenon of stamp sand deposition in the Buffalo Reef near the Traverse Bay area of Lake Superior. Native fish species use this ecosystem to spawn in the Great Lakes, but the remnants of copper mine waste are threatening their populations—and the people who depend on fishing for their livelihood.
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe’s fish program releases 1M walleye into Michigan waterways – Great Lakes Commission
Since 1995, The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians’ fish-rearing program has introduced 20 million walleye into the ecosystem. This year, over one million walleye and 45,421 whitefish were […]
‘Rock Snot’ threatens Michigan’s aquatic ecosystems – Great Lakes Commission
Michigan rivers continue to face an ecological threat known as didymo (Didymosphenia geminata), commonly referred to as “rock snot”. By covering streambeds, didymo displaces crucial food sources for fish such […]