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Commercial FishingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchThe CatchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
The Catch: Whitefish recruitment
-Lake whitefish, a native species in the Great Lakes, is experiencing what is known in the world of fisheries biology as a “recruitment problem.”
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APClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationLake MichiganMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
As species recover, some threaten others in more dire shape
-In a forest near Lake Michigan, two scientists attached a backpack tracking device to a merlin they’d lured into a net. The mission: help prevent the predatory species from gobbling up piping plovers — highly endangered shorebirds that nest nearby.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOhioRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingScience, Technology, ResearchTourism
Get personal with Lake Erie and walleye on a kayak
-A seasoned angler is Ohio’s first licensed Lake Erie kayak fishing guide.
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DetroitDetroit RiverFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationJohn HartigLake ErieLake HuronLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSt. Clair RiverWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
Great Lakes Moment: Students help save sturgeon
-Sturgeon for Tomorrow and a team of U.S. and Canadian fishery biologists have been working together to help reintroduce lake sturgeon in Great Lakes tributaries where they once thrived.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsQuizScience, Technology, ResearchShipping and Ports
Salamanders, Shipping and Shorelines: The Great Lakes Now Episode Quiz
-Test your knowledge on how a town is saving salamanders, how Great Lakes ports fit into global shipping and some of the latest news around the region.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioProtectRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts
More Canada geese — and their poop — make Michigan home. Blame the heat.
-As Michigan winters warm, more geese are becoming full-time residents, rather than migrating further south. That’s convenient for the geese, but a plague on the park, golf course and beach visitors trying to evade their droppings. Solutions are limited.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganMunicipalitiesNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchTourism
Why did the salamander cross the road?
-Marquette’s blue-spotted salamanders inspire a city’s conservation efforts.
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Algae BloomsAPClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsLake ErieMichiganNewsOhioOntarioProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal Governments
To reduce harmful algal blooms and dead zones, the US needs a national strategy for regulating farm pollution
-The administration of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf asked the state’s high court Monday to weigh in on a legal battle over Pennsylvania’s plan to charge power plants for their emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide.
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New web scanning technology helps protect the Great Lakes from invasive species
-Great Lakes officials are using tech to scan the web for businesses selling invasive species. The Great Lakes Commission is testing a web-crawler that scans for websites selling invasive species that could harm the Great Lakes.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIllinoisIndianaLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorMichiganMinnesotaNew YorkNewsOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaRegionResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchShipwrecksThe States
Researchers race to understand what lies beneath the Great Lakes
-Scientists say we have more robust data about the surface of Mars than the floor of the Great Lakes. A new effort spearheaded by academics and government aims to map the entire Great Lakes lakebed.