Cuts in chinook stocking on the way for Lake Michigan in 2027

Cuts in chinook stocking on the way for Lake Michigan in 2027
Great Lakes Commission
In an effort to keep a healthy balance in the fishery, natural resource managers pull the only lever available and reduce stocking of hatchery-reared fish in Lake Michigan. Read the […]
In an effort to keep a healthy balance in the fishery, natural resource managers pull the only lever available and reduce stocking of hatchery-reared fish in Lake Michigan. Read the […]
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Cuts in chinook stocking on the way for Lake Michigan in 2027

Dozens laid off after massive leak forces salt mine 2,000 feet under Lake Erie to close

Dozens laid off after massive leak forces salt mine 2,000 feet under Lake Erie to close
Great Lakes Commission
A Morton Salt mine thousands of feet below Lake Erie was forced to shut down after it suddenly sprang a massive leak. Seventy-seven workers were laid off and it’s unclear […]
A Morton Salt mine thousands of feet below Lake Erie was forced to shut down after it suddenly sprang a massive leak. Seventy-seven workers were laid off and it’s unclear […]
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Want to be a Lake Michigan lighthouse keeper this summer? Here’s how to apply

Want to be a Lake Michigan lighthouse keeper this summer? Here’s how to apply
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Lakeshore Keepers, an association that operates five lights along Lake Michigan, is seeking volunteer keepers for 2027. Read the full story by WXYZ-TV – Detroit, MI.
Lakeshore Keepers, an association that operates five lights along Lake Michigan, is seeking volunteer keepers for 2027. Read the full story by WXYZ-TV – Detroit, MI.
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Want to be a Lake Michigan lighthouse keeper this summer? Here’s how to apply

Village of Minooka plans to add a $3.7 million water tank for Lake Michigan water project

Village of Minooka plans to add a $3.7 million water tank for Lake Michigan water project
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The Village of Minooka in northeast Illinois plans to add a $3.7 million water tank that will help with a Lake Michigan project which will tap into the lake as […]
The Village of Minooka in northeast Illinois plans to add a $3.7 million water tank that will help with a Lake Michigan project which will tap into the lake as […]
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Mission complete: USS Silversides welcomed home by community after 15-hour Lake Michigan crossing

Mission complete: USS Silversides welcomed home by community after 15-hour Lake Michigan crossing
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The USS Silversides, one of Muskegon, Michigan’s, most recognizable landmarks and a storied relic of World War II naval history, returned home Saturday after months of preservation work in Wisconsin. The submarine […]
The USS Silversides, one of Muskegon, Michigan’s, most recognizable landmarks and a storied relic of World War II naval history, returned home Saturday after months of preservation work in Wisconsin. The submarine […]
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Warm November weather slows Lake Erie walleye and steelhead fishing

Warm November weather slows Lake Erie walleye and steelhead fishing
Great Lakes Commission
Warmer than usual air temperatures and Lake Erie water temperatures still above 60 degrees are delaying the autumn migration of gizzard shad and shiner minnows — and the walleyes that […]
Warmer than usual air temperatures and Lake Erie water temperatures still above 60 degrees are delaying the autumn migration of gizzard shad and shiner minnows — and the walleyes that […]
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Warm November weather slows Lake Erie walleye and steelhead fishing

New Indiana septic rules are challenging for Lake Michigan towns

New Indiana septic rules are challenging for Lake Michigan towns
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A new rule enacted by Indiana is raising concerns because repairs are prohibited for existing dry well septic systems along Lake Michigan. Read the full story by Chicago Tribune.
A new rule enacted by Indiana is raising concerns because repairs are prohibited for existing dry well septic systems along Lake Michigan. Read the full story by Chicago Tribune.
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New Indiana septic rules are challenging for Lake Michigan towns

A lake drained. Neighborhoods sank. What mine disasters around the world reveal as Morton Salt investigates beneath Lake Erie.

A lake drained. Neighborhoods sank. What mine disasters around the world reveal as Morton Salt investigates beneath Lake Erie.
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Water has entered Morton Salt’s mine about 2,000 feet beneath Lake Erie, shutting down underground operations and leaving unanswered questions about its source, its volume and whether it can be […]
Water has entered Morton Salt’s mine about 2,000 feet beneath Lake Erie, shutting down underground operations and leaving unanswered questions about its source, its volume and whether it can be […]
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A lake drained. Neighborhoods sank. What mine disasters around the world reveal…

‘Very impressive and humbling’: archeologists dive Lake Superior

‘Very impressive and humbling’: archeologists dive Lake Superior
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Parks Canada’s underwater archeology team documented several sites in the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area this past summer. Read the full story by Timmins Today.
Parks Canada’s underwater archeology team documented several sites in the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area this past summer. Read the full story by Timmins Today.
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‘Very impressive and humbling’: archeologists dive Lake Superior

Michigan DNR probes why 27 lake sturgeon got trapped

Michigan DNR probes why 27 lake sturgeon got trapped
Great Lakes Echo
By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is embarking on a three-year project to understand why nearly 30 threatened lake sturgeon became trapped last summer near the Ontonagon River in the Upper Peninsula.
By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is embarking on a three-year project to understand why nearly 30 threatened lake sturgeon became trapped last summer near the Ontonagon River in the Upper Peninsula.
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Michigan DNR probes why 27 lake sturgeon got trapped
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