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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) muskie hatchery has to start with hundreds of thousands of eggs to successfully stock tens of thousands of fish, but muskies have the added challenge of being highly cannibalistic. The key to keeping muskies from eating each other is making sure they have plenty of other options without being wasteful. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Lake Erie currently has about 3% ice coverage, up from 10 days ago when there was basically no ice. During a cold stretch in northeast Ohio earlier this year, ice coverage on the lake increased to 35%. Average ice coverage peaks in late February, but the lake is on pace to remain below average this season. Read the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH.
Socks were chosen as the symbol for the campaign because two socks placed heel to heel resemble a chromosome, representing the extra chromosome that causes Down Syndrome. Read More
Witnesses told police the SUV was westbound on a “slight grade upwards” and “we believe was in the process of passing another vehicle when it impacted the eastbound pickup truck. This is the early information,” Huron OPP Const. Craig Soldan said in an interview on Feb. 21. Read More
Ann Arbor, Michigan – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) today issued a request for proposals to support in-person outreach to recreational boaters in coordination with the annual regional Great Lakes Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Landing Blitz.
The Landing Blitz is an annual event, coordinated by the GLC, that brings
A proposed bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct high-resolution bathymetric mapping of Great Lakes lakebeds and authorize $200 million in appropriations. Read the full story by WWMT-TV – Kalamazoo, MI.
The Duluth Economic Development Authority approved funding to plan to dredge an area where cruise ships can safely navigate to a shoreside U.S. Customs and Border Control facility in Duluth, Minnesota. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.
Fodor’s travel guide added Lake Superior to its 2024 “No List,” a group of beloved destinations to reconsider for travel, alongside such over-touristed sites or environmental disasters as Venice, Athens, and Chile’s Atacama Desert. Read the full story by The Star Tribune.
Chicago will remain the supplier of Lake Michigan water to DuPage County, Illinois for the next 17 years despite plans to seek an alternate supplier. If the DuPage Water Commission cuts ties with Chicago, it could take 12-15 years to build the infrastructure necessary to connect with a different supplier and cost upward of $7 billion. Read the full story by The Daily Herald.
The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards reached a new agreement on icebreaking to allow for Great Lakes shipping, which brings international commerce to Northwest Indiana and iron ore to regional steel mills when the Great Lakes are frozen over. Read the full story by The Times of Northwest Indiana.
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