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Lake Erie along Pennsylvania’s shoreline on its way to becoming national marine sanctuary
-President Joe Biden’s administration took the first step Thursday toward designating the Pennsylvania-owned section of Lake Erie as the state’s first national marine sanctuary.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMore fallout from Midland dam failures: blood-sucking parasites in rivers
-The Edenville and Sanford dams once blocked invasive lampreys from entering upstream rivers. But the 2020 dam failures provided an opening, and lamprey now threaten native fish. Regulators say they have a plan.
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AuthorsEnergy News RoundupFeature HomepageIllinoisIndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganMinnesotaNewsOhioPolicyScience, Technology, ResearchWisconsinEnergy News Roundup: $400 Million hydrogen fuel plant coming to Michigan, U.N. panel recommends shutting down Line 5
-Catch the latest in Great Lakes energy news in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Climate ChangeCollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndigenous CommunitiesLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsRefreshAnishinaabe tribes work to save a fish significant to their culture and an important source of protein
-Native American tribes are working with researchers to determine why whitefish, an important source of protein, is declining.
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AuthorsCommercial FishingFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioRecreational Hunting and FishingLake Erie charter industry rebounding from slump
-As the Walleye population grows, Lake Erie is once again attracting fishers from all over the Midwest.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingI Speak for the Fish: What’s the most popular freshwater fish?
-Between catfish, lake sturgeon, muskellunge, logperch, round goby, rainbow trout, gizzard shad, northern madtom, sunfish and walleye, the readers’ favorite goes to…
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AuthorsFeature HomepageGary WilsonHistory and CultureLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsNew Great Lakes book challenges readers with mystery, facts and whimsy
-Veteran author Dave Dempsey’s The Great Lakes: Fact or Fake is designed to entertain and educate
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CollaborationGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsEPA wants Native American tribes to implement water quality standards equivalent to the Clean Water Act’s requirements
-The U.S. EPA proposes federal baseline water quality standards for lakes and streams on reservations.
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2 fishermen caught cheating at Ohio tournament sentenced to 10-day jail terms, forfeit of $100k boat
-According to search warrant affidavits, five walleye contained lead weights and fillets. Officers from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources confiscated the fish as evidence.
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CollaborationDetroitGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRefreshWater Quality and Restoration EffortsOnce beset by industrial pollution, Rouge River on a slow path to recovery
-Thanks to the Clean Water Act, the Rouge is no longer a dumping ground for waste. But its gains are incomplete, with contaminants still soiling the river bottom and the fish in its waters.
