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Year in Review 2021: All creatures great (lakes) and small
-The most popular theme among this year’s shows.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLake MichiganLake SuperiorLatest NewsNatasha BlakelyNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyCommunity Sucker Science: Meet a Shedd Aquarium fish researcher and her stewardship volunteers
-Shedd Aquarium’s Karen Murchie shares the sounds of suckers and previews her next research efforts for this Great Lakes fish.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishLatest NewsMichiganNewsProtectRecreation and TourismI Speak for the Fish: Center stage alongside Great Lakes steelhead trout
-As the year comes to a close, Kathy Johnson reminisces about the time she brought the Great Lakes to an international audience – and had them asking for more.
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Brian OwensFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsNewsOntarioScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsStudy: Fish can recover from mercury pollution faster than thought
-The 15 years of studying mercury impacts in a small northern Ontario lake culminated in some unexpected results.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyWater Quality and Restoration EffortsSturgeon Restoration: Drawing in the public with a festival
-To encourage stewardship of lake sturgeon, in particular some hidden spawning grounds for the fish, a group of people organized the Blue Water Sturgeon Festival, with art, food, touch tanks and more.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismI Speak for the Fish: Teamwork, smooth swimming and other lessons from Great Lakes fish
-In this month’s column, Kathy Johnson talks about the tips she’s learned for navigating the waters from fish like walleye, sturgeon and gobies.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganNewsSturgeonWisconsinSturgeon Restoration: Starting anew in Sturgeon and Saginaw bays
-In the bays where lake sturgeon no longer spawn, Indigenous groups and researchers are hoping to change that.
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Detroit RiverFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeSt. Clair RiverWater Quality and Restoration EffortsGreat Lakes Moment: Endangered catfish indicates improving health of the Detroit and St. Clair rivers
-A small catfish that is endangered in both Michigan and Ontario is making a comeback thanks to improved water quality and artificial reef construction in the Detroit and St. Clair rivers.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologySturgeonWisconsinSturgeon Restoration: Streamside hatcheries on the Manistee, Milwaukee and Maumee rivers
-By some rivers, seasonal facilities are popping up, with the goal of improving lake sturgeon survival rates and successful natal imprinting.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologySturgeonWisconsinSturgeon Restoration: Studying Michigan’s and Wisconsin’s current flourishing populations
-In the few locations in the Great Lakes where lake sturgeon still spawn successfully, restoration efforts are focused on studying and managing those existing populations or boosting low populations.
