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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFish, Birds and AnimalsForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASRecreational Hunting and FishingResearch, Data and Technology
PFAS is in fish and wildlife. Researchers prowl Michigan for clues.
-Years into Michigan’s PFAS contamination crisis, little is known about how the chemicals affect the fish and wildlife that live in tainted environments. Michigan has become a laboratory for answers.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, Research
Herring gull eggs help monitor Great Lakes ecosystems
-For about 50 years, herring gulls have been used to get a better idea of how the Great Lakes are changing through time.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeDrinking WaterFish, Birds and AnimalsFreightersLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreational Hunting and FishingScience, Technology, Research
Michigan is on thin ice. Get used to it, climate experts say.
-Great Lakes ice cover is near record lows and expected to remain low through winter, threatening key ecosystems and the state’s $2.3 billion recreational fishing industry.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeDrinking WaterFish, Birds and AnimalsLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsNews
Great Lakes seeing low ice cover compared to this time last year
-Currently, around 2.4% of the Great Lakes are covered by ice, concentrated in the Green Bay region off Lake Michigan and Saginaw Bay in Lake Huron.
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Fish, Birds and AnimalsFreightersHabitat RestorationInfrastructureJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOhioRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and Fishing
Got Pike? Huron, Michigan, Ontario, Superior, yes. Erie, not so much.
-Increased seiche events likely hurting already small populations of the fish.
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Lingering Chemicals: Legacy pollutants continue to haunt the Great Lakes
-PBDEs, PCBs and DDT were all found in the birds and fish tested by researchers.
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ClevelandFeature ClevelandFish, Birds and AnimalsJames ProffittLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOhioRecreational Hunting and FishingTourism
Fall Brawl: Sheffield Lake fishing derby inspires intense angling
-The fishing derby started with 50 people 10 years ago. Participants number more than 12,000 this year.
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Age of NatureFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismSandra SvobodaShipwrecks
What Grows: “Shipwrecks and Ecosystems” watch party for Great Lakes Now and “The Age of Nature”
-Whether they’re in oceans or the Great Lakes, shipwrecks create unique ecosystems for a variety of aquatic life.