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WEBThe Great Lakes Now monthly television program is produced by Detroit PBS in partnership with a network of PBS affiliates around the region. Shooting on location in eight states and Canada, the magazine-style show brings viewers stories about the recreational, economic, scientific, political and environmental issues related to the Great Lakes and drinking water.
Zebra Mussels: A guide to the good and the bad of these Great …
WEBFeb 28, 2020 — Mussels are filter feeders, which means they feed by clearing nutrients from the water passing through them. The rate of reproduction and spread of zebra mussels make them efficient cleaners of Great Lakes water, but whether that’s a positive or negative thing depends on who you’re asking. “Some people do think the water clarity is a ...
30 Years Later: Mussel invasion legacy reaches far beyond Great …
WEBFeb 2, 2021 — 30 years of change for the Great Lakes. After quagga mussels replaced zebra mussels, their populations peaked in about 2003 and declined slightly in shallow waters. They continue to increase slowly in deeper portions of the lakes, said Alexander Karatayev, director of the Great Lakes Center at Buffalo State College.
Modern sea lamprey control pits technology against the invaders
WEBJul 7, 2022 — By Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now. July 7, 2022. After 100 years of coordinated effort, 98% of all the sea lamprey in the Great Lakes have been eliminated, according to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, the organization tasked with the management of the invasive species within the basin. Unfortunately, the remaining 2% is enough to start the ...
First in decades, a new Great Lakes freighter joins fleet
WEBSeptember 6, 2022. For the first time in decades, a new bulk freighter has been built on and launched on the Great Lakes. The Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding Company in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin unveiled the Mark W. Barker earlier this year after spending nearly three years constructing it. The vessel was commissioned by Cleveland-based Interlake ...
U of M team makes discovery about Lake Erie dead zone
WEBMar 11, 2021 — The researchers put some of those “labs in a can” on the bottom of Lake Erie’s central basin. What they found was surprising. “As soon as the oxygen essentially went to zero, we would start to see that release,” Johengen said, explaining it happened within 12 to 24 hours. So the dead zone is amplified by the naturally occurring ...
Lake Erie’s once-thriving blue pike is long gone but never …
WEBJun 13, 2022 — By James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now. June 13, 2022. One of the last known (and most famous) blue pike was landed by hook and line in 1962. In 1983, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared the blue pike extinct. Yet, nearly 40 years later, the population remains robust and healthy – in the hearts and minds of countless anglers.
Across the U.S., millions of people are drinking unsafe water. How …
WEBSep 15, 2020 — By Lynne Peeples, Ensia, through the Institute for Nonprofit News network This story is the first in a nine-month investigation of drinking water contamination across the U.S. The series is supported by funding from the Park Foundation and Water Foundation. Once a week, Florencia Ramos makes a special trip to the R–N Market in Lindsay, California. “If you don’t have clean […]
Water could make the Great Lakes a climate refuge. Are we …
WEBFeb 16, 2021 — Ready or not — the Great Lakes as a climate refuge. The Great Lakes region is frequently touted as one of the most climate-resilient places in the U.S., in no small part because of its enviable water resources. But climate change threatens water quality, availability, and aging water infrastructure by exposing existing vulnerabilities and ...
DNR announces fishing regulations for Michigan’s 2022 season
WEBMar 1, 2022 — Walleye size limit increased in Lake St. Clair and St. Clair River. Anglers who are fishing in Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River have to catch longer walleye. The DNR increased the size limit minimum from 13 inches to 15 inches, which is the same as the statewide regulation. The DNR changed the minimum size limit to make its walleye ...