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The opening of the Erie Canal 200 years ago was touted as an incredible achievement of human ingenuity, but the lakes would never be the same again. One particularly harmful […]
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The recent Fall Brawl and Walleye Slam fishing derbies usually attract more than 10,000 boat anglers to Lake Erie. But big northwesterly winds and 10-foot waves roiled the lake, and […]
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The state budget has cut funding for the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program this year, but it won’t reduce money for controlling invasive sea lampreys. Read the full story by […]
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The Strawberry Creek Chinook Salmon Facility near Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, is the primary, and in some years only, site for chinook egg collection. Data collected at the facility helps biologists manage the fishery […]
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In a warm fall, the relatively warm waters of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron help us stay warmer overnight. This extra warmth and moisture off the Great Lakes slows down […]
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Plenty of people had already settled in the wild territory of Michigan before the opening of the Erie Canal, but numbers picked up notably thanks to the faster, smoother waterway. […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard contends with staffing and equipment issues as it provides the types of rescues few other agencies can offer. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
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Sea lampreys—invasive, leechlike creatures that once nearly destroyed the Great Lakes’ fishing economy—are kept in check by a small U.S.-Canadian program. Will it survive Trump’s slash-and-burn campaign? Read the full […]
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The Great Lakes Fishery Commission has completed the construction of a 2.5-acre reef built from 20,000 tons of limestone in Lake Huron. Its purpose is to increase spawning habitat for […]
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A 2.2-magnitude earthquake shook in Lake Ontario just north of Wayne County, New York, on Wednesday night at a depth of 7.9 kilometers below the surface. Read the full story […]
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The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum that stands on the shore of Lake Superior holds the bell of the Edmund Fitzgerald and hosts an annual ceremony at which family members gather […]