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ClevelandFeature ClevelandFish, Birds and AnimalsJames ProffittLatest NewsNewsOhioRecreational Hunting and FishingResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWinous Point: Conservation and research plays key role in history of one of the oldest hunting clubs
-While hunting has been a hallmark of the Winous Point Shooting Club for more than 150 years, its true nature leans more toward conservation – especially since the creation of the Winous Point Marsh Conservancy two decades ago.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeFish, Birds and AnimalsIndigenous CommunitiesInvasive SpeciesLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyThe future of Lake Superior with climate disruption
-With warming temperatures, fluctuating water levels and a series of extreme storms, Lake Superior is undergoing dramatic alterations amid climate change.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreational Hunting and FishingResearch, Data and TechnologyOn Michigan’s inland lakes, ice fishing with less ice, and fewer fish
-Warming waters are hard on some fish, such as walleye, and more favorable to others, such as smallmouth bass. With so many environmental stresses, it’s difficult to gauge the future of individual lakes.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeFish, Birds and AnimalsInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyIntense storms from climate change harming Michigan streams and rivers
-Severe storms can lead to intensive flooding, soil erosion and disruption to fish populations. Timing is everything in nature.
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AgricultureCollaborationLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsBig Benefits from Experimental Watersheds
-In the ’30s, the USDA established a series of experimental watersheds to better understand how erosion, runoff, and water quality vary in response to different agricultural practices, including sites in the Great Lakes region.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFish, Birds and AnimalsForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASRecreational Hunting and FishingResearch, Data and TechnologyPFAS 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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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater could make the Great Lakes a climate refuge. Are we prepared?
-Michigan and the Great Lakes region — with an abundance of fresh water, warming winters and less fire-prone forests — stand to attract millions of new residents in the coming years looking to escape flooded coastal areas and the parched land of the West.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsHabitat RestorationLatest NewsNewsOntarioResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchU.S., Canadian researchers conduct binational birds conservation research
-A lot of marsh birds are experiencing steep declines in their populations, especially with water levels rising and affecting their habitats, coastal wetlands.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchHerring 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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Invasive SpeciesLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, Research30 Years Later: Mussel invasion legacy reaches far beyond Great Lakes
-“They will be big players for probably hundreds of years,” said one researcher.
