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Posted inDetroit, Featured, Latest News, Michigan, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Michigan’s Magnet Man attracts river trash

by Great Lakes Echo April 11, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Algae Blooms, Authors, Climate Change, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Habitat Restoration, John Hartig, Latest News, News, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes Moment: Decreasing Great Lakes ice cover has consequences

by John Hartig, Great Lakes Now April 3, 2023
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Guest Article, Habitat Restoration, History and Culture, Lake Huron, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Shipwrecks, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Artificial reefs bring wild lake trout to Lake Huron

by Great Lakes Echo March 29, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Alex Hill, Authors, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Featured, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Mapping the Great Lakes: Mental health and ‘blue spaces’

by Alex Hill March 27, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, I Speak for the Fish, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research, St. Clair River, Who We Are and What We Do

I Speak for the Fish: Playing follow-the-leader with diving ducks

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now March 20, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Guest Article, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Science, Technology, Research

Few good options for shrinking Michigan’s problem deer herds

by Bridge Michigan March 13, 2023
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Guest Article, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research

Michigan mallards are in decline. Are domestic ducks weakening their genes?

by Bridge Michigan March 9, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now

Ian Outside: Let’s go ice climbing

by Ian Solomon February 28, 2023February 6, 2026
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, I Speak for the Fish, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Sturgeon, Who We Are and What We Do

I Speak for the Fish: Courting Sunfish

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now February 27, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Connect, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Invasive Species, Live, News, Play, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology, Research, The Catch, Work

Freshwater jellyfish

by Great Lakes Now February 20, 2023

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  • This northern Michigan program hopes to cultivate the next generation of farmers
    “Nobody gets into farming for sane reasons, other than the sanity of knowing where your food comes from and just general health,” said one student at the Great Lakes Incubator Farm, which teaches people how to work in agriculture.
  • Great Lakes shipping lost third of season to ‘inadequate icebreaking’
    The Lake Carriers Association said in a report that it lost 82 shipping days this year because the US Coast Guard failed to break enough ice. Despite repeated attempts, Congress hasn’t invested in a new icebreaker for the Great Lakes.
  • Whitefish waning. Should Michigan have commercial trout, walleye catches?
    Bills under consideration in the House aim to expand commercial access to walleye and trout as whitefish catch rates plummet. Recreational fishing advocates and state fishing regulators object.

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