Zebra Mussels: A guide to the good and the bad of these Great …
WEBFeb 28, 2020 · Mussels are filter feeders, which means they feed by clearing nutrients from the water passing through them. The rate of reproduction and spread of zebra mussels make them efficient cleaners of Great Lakes water, but whether that’s a positive or negative thing depends on who you’re asking. “Some people do think the water clarity is a ...
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WEBSep 30, 2011 · The Great Lakes Now monthly television program is produced by Detroit PBS in partnership with a network of PBS affiliates around the region. Shooting on location in eight states and Canada, the magazine-style show brings viewers stories about the recreational, economic, scientific, political and environmental issues related to the Great Lakes and drinking water.
First in decades, a new Great Lakes freighter joins fleet
WEBSeptember 6, 2022. For the first time in decades, a new bulk freighter has been built on and launched on the Great Lakes. The Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding Company in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin unveiled the Mark W. Barker earlier this year after spending nearly three years constructing it. The vessel was commissioned by Cleveland-based Interlake ...
30 Years Later: Mussel invasion legacy reaches far beyond Great …
WEBFeb 2, 2021 · 30 years of change for the Great Lakes. After quagga mussels replaced zebra mussels, their populations peaked in about 2003 and declined slightly in shallow waters. They continue to increase slowly in deeper portions of the lakes, said Alexander Karatayev, director of the Great Lakes Center at Buffalo State College.
Great Lakes water levels could increase on average from 19 to 44 ...
WEBJun 27, 2022 · “The storms that caused huge amounts of infrastructure damage in Duluth back in 2017-2018 were not, by historical standards, particularly huge storms; what made them so damaging was that they occurred when lake levels were at a high stand,” said Jay Austin, professor with the University of Minnesota Duluth.
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WEBThe Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is banking on public oversight of the largest Great Lake to help gauge the threat of increasingly common algal blooms. A tiny, endangered fish lies on the path of Highway 413. Canada has a plan, but no new power to protect it. September 24, 2024 - by The Narwhal.
DNR announces fishing regulations for Michigan’s 2022 season
WEBMar 1, 2022 · Walleye size limit increased in Lake St. Clair and St. Clair River. Anglers who are fishing in Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River have to catch longer walleye. The DNR increased the size limit minimum from 13 inches to 15 inches, which is the same as the statewide regulation. The DNR changed the minimum size limit to make its walleye ...
Who caught the world’s largest muskie? Even the experts don’t …
WEBMar 23, 2022 · In 1957, Arthur Lawton claimed to catch a 69-pound 15-ounce muskie while fishing in the St. Lawrence River, breaking Spray’s record by just 4 ounces. Photos were taken, witnesses watched the weigh-in, and Lawton submitted his application to Field & Stream as a new world record.
Mapping the Great Lakes: Defining the region … with three maps
WEBSep 14, 2021 · The Great Lakes watershed, also called the Great Lakes Basin, contains 84% of the surface freshwater in North America and 21% of the surface freshwater in the whole world. The basin stretches 750 miles east to west encompassing 10% of the U.S. population and 30% of the Canadian population. In 1955, the Great Lakes Compact formed the Great Lakes ...
I Speak for the Fish: How the round goby changed the Great …
WEBApr 18, 2022 · Still, just to be thorough, Jude took the ferry to Canada. “I went into his house and down in the basement, and here’s this giant fish. And I thought well, that’s not a tubenose goby.”. Jude brought the fish back and once again took it to Smith. Smith identified this one as a round goby. A round goby eats a zebra mussel.