Conservation, research and community collaboration aid in successful 2026 Black Lake sturgeon season

Conservation, research and community collaboration aid in successful 2026 Black Lake sturgeon season
Great Lakes Echo

The 2026 sturgeon season on Black Lake in Michigan lasted all of 48 minutes before the annual quota – six – was reached. There were 653 anglers competing for them.

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Shifting farm economy means changes for rural communities

Shifting farm economy means changes for rural communities
Great Lakes Echo

By Lillian Williams

he shrinking number of farms in Michigan – down by about 1,300 between 2023 and 2024 – and the trend of existing farms to expand to survive is changing the culture of rural communities.

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The Found family even feeds apples in their total mixed rations

The Found family even feeds apples in their total mixed rations
The Lucknow Sentinel
Their new sheep barn at Tyrone hosts a District 7 tour
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Bruce County sets 10-year housing targets 

Bruce County sets 10-year housing targets 
The Lucknow Sentinel
Bruce County set new 10-year housing targets to help ensure construction of the required 4,040 new housing units needed to meet the diverse needs of residents are built.
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From otters to butterflies: How Minnesota became a pioneer in nongame wildlife conservation

From otters to butterflies: How Minnesota became a pioneer in nongame wildlife conservation
Great Lakes Echo

By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva

In the late 1970s, when most wildlife conservation programs in the United States focused almost exclusively on game species, a quiet but historic shift began in Minnesota. It was here that one of the nation’s first state programs dedicated to protecting so-called nongame wildlife emerged from butterflies

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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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Cannabis workers are developing job-related asthma and some have died, study says

Cannabis workers are developing job-related asthma and some have died, study says
Great Lakes Echo

By Clara Lincolnhol

New research says workers picking, grinding and packaging cannabis are developing workplace-related asthma, and two deaths have occurred so far.

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