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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingBlue EconomyIan WendrowIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMunicipalitiesNewsPlayRecreation and TourismTourismWaterfront DevelopmentMuskegon: Former industrial waterfront makes room for cruise ships and passengers
-“The majority of the people coming on these cruise ships are coming from the coastal region, so they’re coming out from the western states, they’re coming out from California and the northwest, they’re coming from all up and down the eastern shoreline”
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AuthorsFish, Birds and AnimalsFoodJames ProffittNewsPlayRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingTourismVideoTwo Lake Erie tributaries draw tens of thousands for springtime fishing
-Dates come and go, and so do groundhogs and weather reports. However, the true indicator of spring is when thousands of men, women and children suddenly appear, waist-deep in the chilly, often muddy waters of the Sandusky and Maumee rivers.
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AuthorsEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingForever Chemicals FeaturedGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRegionShipping and PortsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsCanada to Michigan on Line 5: “We support its continued safe operation”
-While Michigan elected officials trade barbs and debate the fate of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac, the agency that oversees Canada’s energy industry needs left no doubt where it stands on decommissioning Line 5.
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AdvocacyAgricultureAuthorsDrinking WaterFoodIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInterviewJames ProffittLake ErieNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRegionVideoFarming and the Future
-While most farmers aren’t happy about the newly-minted ordinance, they’re not overly concerned about it, either. Many of them at the Oak Harbor event were confident in their efforts to keep their operations as environmentally-friendly as possible.
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Report: Warming climate will challenge Great Lakes states
-Climate change is impacting temperature increases in the Great Lakes region faster than in neighboring and the contiguous 48 states. That’s the conclusion of a report released last week by a collaboration of scientists and policy specialists in the U.S. and Canada.
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AdvocacyAuthorsFish, Birds and AnimalsJohn HartigNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchGreat Lakes Moment: The Osprey Lady of Michigan
-The osprey team is part of an effort to monitor, track and protect this massive bird of prey. The woman in the middle of the circle holding onto the osprey for dear life was Barb Jensen – the “Osprey Lady of Michigan.”
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AuthorsEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingGary WilsonNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeVideoMichigan Attorney General: Line 5 Tunnel is “Unconstitutional”
-Michigan’s new attorney general is raising the stakes in the fight over whether a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac will replace the Enbridge Line 5 oil-and-gas pipeline.
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AuthorsBudgetDrinking WaterEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingForever Chemicals FeaturedGary WilsonGreat Lakes CommissionIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRegionThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsPaying for PFAS: Great Lakes states grapple with costs of clean up
-For some Great Lakes governors, the emerging issue of a family of chemicals known as PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — is coming at a time when they are making arguments to raise taxes to fund other statewide needs.
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AuthorsBlue EconomyIan WendrowIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsNewsRecreation and TourismShipping and PortsTourismWaterfront DevelopmentSummer Cruising
-The cruise ship industry has been steadily growing in the Great Lakes region over the past decade and a half. From just a couple of ships making sporadic trips in 2002, there are now five separate cruise lines operating seven ships, with even more fleet expansions expected in 2020.
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Anglers on Ice
-Call it hard water fishing or ice fishing. Either way it’s cold, although it could be warm. All depends on how you do it. But for certain, every year hundreds of thousands of Great Lakes residents and visitors spend time hanging out on top of the ice, working to finagle fish from beneath it.
