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Walleye Numbers are Down in Lake Erie

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Walleye Numbers are Down in Lake Erie

Ohio Division of Wildlife (ODW) officials have released their 2024 trawl survey indexes for Lake Erie’s two most-sought sportfish: yellow perch and walleye. This year’s results bring an end to a streak of wildly successful hatches for walleye. For yellow perch two of Ohio’s three management zones were above average, with the third zone down by 70% over last year.  

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Owen Sound Sun Times

Bruce County continues work on new official plan

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Bruce County continues to work through its official plan after receiving feedback from residents and stakeholders, and continuing engagment with provincial ministries, local municipalities and First Nations communities.  Land-Use Planning Manager Monica Morrison provided an update to Bruce County council on the plan on Thursday (Dec. 19) as staff continues to refine the plan. The new […]

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Operational & Technical Solutions Can Promote Maritime Decarbonization

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Once upon a time, the maritime industry thought that, in order to shrink environmental degradation, reducing air pollutants like sulfur oxides was quite satisfactory. A lot has changed with maritime decarbonization since then. Today the industry focuses on adopting comprehensive strategies for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Digital ship technologies … [continued]

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Owen Sound Sun Times

Owen Sound mayor highlights 2024 accomplishments

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Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy says the city has made some huge decisions in 2024, including important deals with its neighbouring municipalities, new services for its own ratepayers and renewed agreements with its community partners.  Boddy gave his year-end update during the city’s last regular council meeting on Monday (Dec. 16), where he outlined dozens […]

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How Has One US State Cut Food Waste When Others Continue To Struggle?

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Two years ago, Massachusetts banned businesses that generate more than 1,000 pounds of food waste a week from tossing those scraps in the garbage. Restaurants, grocery stores, schools, and hotels all had to reconsider what it meant to dispose of scraps left over from food preparation and diners’ plates. And … [continued]

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