Volunteers hit the river to collect payloads of trash

Volunteers hit the river to collect payloads of trash
Great Lakes Commission
More than 70 volunteers joined Save the River’s Trash Free River Days Weekend to remove 1,501 pounds of trash from the Upper St. Lawrence River last week. The volunteers retrieved […]
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This massive invasive fish with a voracious appetite was just found in Ontario. Here’s why it’s a problem and what’s being done about it

This massive invasive fish with a voracious appetite was just found in Ontario. Here’s why it’s a problem and what’s being done about it
Great Lakes Commission
he Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) confirmed a recreational angler reported finding a dying grass carp – a massive invasive fish – floating in Baie du Doré on […]
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DNR publishes 2024 fish stocking summary

DNR publishes 2024 fish stocking summary
Great Lakes Commission
he Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has released the 2024 fish stocking numbers for inland waterbodies and the Great Lakes. The Wisconsin DNR stocked more than 3 million fish […]
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‘We are the walleye capital of the world.’ Bipartisan bill wants walleye to be Ohio’s state fish

‘We are the walleye capital of the world.’ Bipartisan bill wants walleye to be Ohio’s state fish
Great Lakes Commission
hio lawmakers are trying to reel in a catch by making walleye the official state fish with a bipartisan bill. If passed it would make Ohio the second Great Lakes […]
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Report: Climate change continues to drive warmer weather, extremes in Great Lakes region

Report: Climate change continues to drive warmer weather, extremes in Great Lakes region
Great Lakes Commission
An updated report confirms climate change is affecting the Great Lakes region through warmer and wetter weather, greater fluctuation in lake levels and disappearing fish populations. Read the full story […]
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Sea lamprey barrier work planned to start at Little Manistee weir

Sea lamprey barrier work planned to start at Little Manistee weir
Great Lakes Commission
Construction will begin the week of July 21 on a new sea lamprey barrier and trap at the Little Manistee River Weir and egg take facility in Manistee County, Michigan. […]
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A Good, Not Great Lake

Interlochen Public Radio
Lake Champlain is more than 16 times smaller than Lake Ontario, the smallest Great Lake. But in 1998, Congress designated Lake Champlain as the sixth Great Lake, teeing off a historical and cultural fight over which lakes can really call themselves Great.
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What’s more Michigan than whitefish? Collapse erodes bit of state’s

What’s more Michigan than whitefish? Collapse erodes bit of state’s
Great Lakes Commission
Lake whitefish have survived and fed Michiganders for centuries, but celebrations of this culturally and economically important fish have taken a bittersweet tone as they near collapse. Read the full […]
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Chicago-based Asian carp dog treat helping save Great Lakes from invasive fish

Chicago-based Asian carp dog treat helping save Great Lakes from invasive fish
Great Lakes Commission
An invasive fish that’s getting dangerously close to the waters of Lake Michigan, is slowly finding a new fate in the form of a dog treat. And pets are taking […]
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Long: How Jaws changed our perception of white sharks forever

Long: How Jaws changed our perception of white sharks forever
London Free Press
Our relationship to oceans and the sharks in them changed after Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster movie Jaws was released 50 years ago
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Shallow-water ciscoes gone from Lake Erie for decades may come back from northeastern Pa.

Shallow-water ciscoes gone from Lake Erie for decades may come back from northeastern Pa.
Great Lakes Commission
Shallow-water ciscoes, a native fish species extirpated from Lake Erie in the mid-20th century, have been rediscovered in a lake in northeastern Pennsylvania. Efforts are underway to determine if the […]
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A guide to the federal review of the Line 5 tunnel

Interlochen Public Radio
The review is a major step toward a permitting decision on the controversial proposal to build a tunnel underneath the Straits of Mackinac. The last day for the public to comment is June 30.
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