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Fish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureJames ProffittLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreational Hunting and FishingSturgeonShort Season: Sturgeon spearing plays big role in conservation efforts for the ancient fish
-This year, sturgeon season on Michigan’s Black Lake lasted just over two hours.
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ClevelandFeature ClevelandFish, Birds and AnimalsJames ProffittLatest NewsNewsOhioRecreational Hunting and FishingResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWinous Point: Conservation and research play key roles in history of one of the oldest hunting clubs
-While hunting has been a hallmark of the Winous Point Shooting Club for more than 150 years, its true nature leans more toward conservation – especially since the creation of the Winous Point Marsh Conservancy two decades ago.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeDrinking WaterFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreational Hunting and FishingResearch, Data and TechnologyOn Michigan’s inland lakes, ice fishing with less ice, and fewer fish
-Warming waters are hard on some fish, such as walleye, and more favorable to others, such as smallmouth bass. With so many environmental stresses, it’s difficult to gauge the future of individual lakes.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipDrinking WaterFish, Birds and AnimalsForever Chemicals FeaturedLatest NewsMichiganNewsPFASRecreational Hunting and FishingResearch, Data and TechnologyPFAS is in fish and wildlife. Researchers prowl Michigan for clues.
-Years into Michigan’s PFAS contamination crisis, little is known about how the chemicals affect the fish and wildlife that live in tainted environments. Michigan has become a laboratory for answers.
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26 rescued from ice floe in Lake Superior off Minnesota
-Many anglers didn’t realize the ice had separated from the shore until they heard yells and sirens, the Star Tribune reported.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeDrinking WaterFish, Birds and AnimalsFreightersLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreational Hunting and FishingScience, Technology, ResearchMichigan is on thin ice. Get used to it, climate experts say.
-Great Lakes ice cover is near record lows and expected to remain low through winter, threatening key ecosystems and the state’s $2.3 billion recreational fishing industry.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingCOVID-19IndianaIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake MichiganLatest NewsNatasha BlakelyNewsRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingTourismCOVID-19 Concerns: Economic recovery plagues the minds of many in the Great Lakes region
-Even as COVID-19 continues to be an issue, people in the Great Lakes region are making plans for economic recovery.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicGary WilsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreation and TourismPrincipled Poet: Michigan’s Alison Swan tackles environmental issues on an experiential level in new book
-In a Great Lakes world dominated by policy proclamations, fights for funding and the never-ending conflict between politicians, business and environmental interests, Michigan poet Alison Swan operates on a different level.
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Drinking WaterDuluthFish, Birds and AnimalsFoodForever Chemicals FeaturedLake SuperiorLatest NewsMinnesotaNatasha BlakelyNewsOhioPFASPFAS News RoundupPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWisconsinPFAS News Roundup: PFAS in Lake Superior smelt, McDonalds drops PFAS packaging, White House weakened EPA guidelines
-Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
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Algae BloomsBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingBooks, Authors, Art and MusicClimate ChangeIndigenous CommunitiesLake ErieLatest NewsNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismLifeblood: Photographer shares the Lake Erie connection uniting shoreline residents
-In the documentary photo series North of Long Tail, photographer Colin Boyd Shafer tells the stories of more than 20 residents of Lake Erie’s north shore.
