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Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, History and Culture, I Speak for the Fish, Invasive Species, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology, Research

I Speak for the Fish: Logperch rocking, rolling and rebounding

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now February 21, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inGreat Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology, Research

Great Lakes researchers predict record-low ice coverage

by Michigan Public January 18, 2022
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, I Speak for the Fish, Lake St. Clair, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology, Research

I Speak for the Fish: Meeting the mysterious muskie

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now January 17, 2022
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Agriculture, Authors, Capri Cafaro, Climate Change, Featured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology, Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Bugs, Shorter Winters, Climate: Great Lakes vineyards face changing circumstances

by Capri S. Cafaro January 4, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inDetroit, Great Lakes Now's Year-End Posts, Infrastructure, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Year in Review 2021: As the year ends, I’m still thinking about summer joy… and summer flooding

by Anna Sysling, Great Lakes Now December 27, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inChicago, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Illinois, Latest News, News, Ohio, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology, Research

Monty and Rose: Those Chicago piping plovers, where are they now, what are they doing?

by GLN Editor December 23, 2021
Posted inFeatured, Fish, Birds and Animals, I Speak for the Fish, Latest News, Michigan, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology, Research

I Speak for the Fish: Center stage alongside Great Lakes steelhead trout 

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now December 20, 2021
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Guest Article, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Wisconsin

Proposed eastern sandhill cranes hunt in breeding states stirs controversy

by Great Lakes Echo December 16, 2021
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Guest Article, Habitat Restoration, Latest News, Michigan, News, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Sleeping Bear park officials ask visitors to stop building structures on lakeshore

by Great Lakes Echo December 8, 2021
Posted inGreat Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

More people are worried about the health of the Great Lakes, according to poll

by Michigan Public December 7, 2021

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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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