Healthy salmon run, healthy community

Healthy salmon run, healthy community
Great Lakes Commission
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reports that the annual Chinook salmon spawning run in the Door County, Wisconsin, region is proceeding on schedule and showing strong signs for the […]
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reports that the annual Chinook salmon spawning run in the Door County, Wisconsin, region is proceeding on schedule and showing strong signs for the […]
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Restoration of historical site improves quality of life for Portage, Wisconsin residents

Restoration of historical site improves quality of life for Portage, Wisconsin residents
Great Lakes Echo

By Joshua Kim

Following the completion of segments 1 and 2 of the Portage Canal, local residents and visitors can use the historic site and its amenities following years of disrepair.

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By Joshua Kim

Following the completion of segments 1 and 2 of the Portage Canal, local residents and visitors can use the historic site and its amenities following years of disrepair.

The post Restoration of historical site improves quality of life for Portage, Wisconsin residents first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.
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Where can the public walk along Lake Michigan? Shorewood case may settle the issue

Where can the public walk along Lake Michigan? Shorewood case may settle the issue
Great Lakes Commission
The outcome of a municipal court trial in Shorewood, Wisconsin, could become a decisive flashpoint over public access to Lake Michigan’s shoreline. Similar legal battles have been settled in other […]
The outcome of a municipal court trial in Shorewood, Wisconsin, could become a decisive flashpoint over public access to Lake Michigan’s shoreline. Similar legal battles have been settled in other […]
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DNR recommends reduced lake whitefish harvest quota for Lake Michigan

DNR recommends reduced lake whitefish harvest quota for Lake Michigan
Great Lakes Commission
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is recommending a 39% reduction in the lake whitefish quota for commercial fishers in the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan but no change in […]
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is recommending a 39% reduction in the lake whitefish quota for commercial fishers in the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan but no change in […]
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DNR recommends reduced lake whitefish harvest quota for Lake Michigan

Grants awarded to improve regional management of invasive Phragmites across the Great Lakes basin

Grants awarded to improve regional management of invasive Phragmites across the Great Lakes basin
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Ann Arbor, Michigan – Nearly $315,000 will be awarded to support local organizations in controlling nonnative Phragmites australis, one of the most aggressive plant species invading the
Ann Arbor, Michigan – Nearly $315,000 will be awarded to support local organizations in controlling nonnative Phragmites australis, one of the most aggressive plant species invading the
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Endangered spectaclecase mussels reintroduced into the Chippewa River

Endangered spectaclecase mussels reintroduced into the Chippewa River
Great Lakes Echo

By Ada Tussing

To combat the population loss of spectaclecase mussels, researchers with both the Minnesota and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released over 177 mussels into the Chippewa River in Northwest Wisconsin.

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By Ada Tussing

To combat the population loss of spectaclecase mussels, researchers with both the Minnesota and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released over 177 mussels into the Chippewa River in Northwest Wisconsin.

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Endangered spectaclecase mussels reintroduced into the Chippewa River

Coast Guard begins winter ice-breaking operations on the Great Lakes

Coast Guard begins winter ice-breaking operations on the Great Lakes
Great Lakes Commission
The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes began ice-breaking operations in the Great Lakes on Wednesday for the winter shipping season. Currently, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Spar will […]
The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes began ice-breaking operations in the Great Lakes on Wednesday for the winter shipping season. Currently, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Spar will […]
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Manitowoc and Oshkosh secure over $20 million to replace lead water lines

Manitowoc and Oshkosh secure over $20 million to replace lead water lines
Great Lakes Commission
Two municipalities in northeast Wisconsin are getting federal funding to replace lead service lines. More than $159 million has been allocated to 29 municipalities across the state, including Manitowoc and […]
Two municipalities in northeast Wisconsin are getting federal funding to replace lead service lines. More than $159 million has been allocated to 29 municipalities across the state, including Manitowoc and […]
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Manitowoc and Oshkosh secure over $20 million to replace lead water lines

144-year-old Door County shipwreck named a Wisconsin historic place

144-year-old Door County shipwreck named a Wisconsin historic place
Great Lakes Commission
A 144-year-old shipwreck laying more than 100 feet under the bay of Green Bay near Chambers Island is Door County’s most recent addition to the Wisconsin State Register of Historic […]
A 144-year-old shipwreck laying more than 100 feet under the bay of Green Bay near Chambers Island is Door County’s most recent addition to the Wisconsin State Register of Historic […]
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144-year-old Door County shipwreck named a Wisconsin historic place

Public access to Lake Michigan shore part of ongoing debate over Wisconsin waterways

Public access to Lake Michigan shore part of ongoing debate over Wisconsin waterways
Great Lakes Commission
Wisconsin boasts about 400 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. But a dispute in the village of Shorewood is bringing up an age-old question: who has access to that shoreline? Read […]
Wisconsin boasts about 400 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. But a dispute in the village of Shorewood is bringing up an age-old question: who has access to that shoreline? Read […]
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