The U.S. Coast Guard has conducted 16 ice rescues on all of Lake Erie so far this year. Officials in Medina County, Ohio, have been training for ice rescues and […]
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While the lakes have varying degrees of ice cover, the Great Lakes as a whole are significantly more ice covered than in recent memory, providing ice fishing opportunities that haven’t […]
Sea lamprey collapsed the Great Lakes commercial fishery. A ‘silver bullet’ chemical brought it back
A new documentary released to streaming services, THE FISH THIEF: A Great Lakes Mystery, tells the story of the sea lamprey’s rise and fall on the Great Lakes. Read the […]
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Total cargo throughput at the Port of Duluth-Superior declined by 6.8% in the 2024 navigation season, totaling 26.8 million metric tonnes, down from 28.8 million tonnes in 2023. The decline […]
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Hundreds of red-breasted mergansers have been found either dead or sick over the past few days along Lake Michigan in Chicago and into the northern suburbs. Officials suspect that highly […]
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As part of a series profiling Michigan neighborhoods, the Detroit Free Press is highlighting St. Clair Shores in Macomb County, a city proudly known as “The Boating Capital of Michigan” […]
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The film Great Lakes, All Too Clear, was part of the opening night of the Thunder Bay International Film Festival that screened more than 50 films about the Great Lakes […]
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Walleye restocking efforts by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and local sportsmen’s clubs have likely contributed to more walleye over the past few decades on the […]
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The Sable Point Lighthouse Keepers Association announced that Big Sable Point Lighthouse in Hamlin Township, Michigan, is tentatively scheduled to open on July 1. The iconic Lake Michigan lighthouse had […]
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Photographer and one-man-documentary-crew, Daryl Granger, started telling the story of Port Dover, Ontario’s commercial fishery. After months of work, he released the award-winning two-hour documentary, Netting the Waters, which “sets […]
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Autumn McGowan serves as a program specialist for the Great Lakes Commission’s aquatic invasive species team. In this role she supports the work of GLC’s