Tag: lakes
Swimming across Whitefish Bay to remember the Edmund Fitzgerald
Traverse City’s Lisa Kohler participated in the open water swim aimed at symbolically finishing the journey of the freighter, which sank in 1975.
Cyanobacteria is making a home in the warming waters of Lake Superior’s watershed
Long a threat to southern Ontario lakes, climate change is allowing cyanobacteria -or blue-green algae- to thrive in even the coldest of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior.
Michigan regulators to hear arguments on restricting factory farm pollution
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy is holding a public hearing to discuss a contested permit that regulates manure runoff….
Bassmaster Elite arrives as Lake St. Clair’s smallmouth break records
As anglers compete in the 2025 Yokohama Tire Bassmaster Elite competition on Lake St. Clair from Aug. 7-10, they’ll likely bring some pretty prize catches to weigh-ins. That’s because the catch-and-release method has allowed smallmouth bass on Lake St. Clair to grow to much greater sizes, according to new research from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Stateside: Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Guest host Zoe Clark hears from one Michigan official who is calling for more action on Canadian wildfires. And, learn more about the inaugural Mini Black Zine Fair happening weekend.