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WEBThe 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.
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 ...
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.
Nestlé Exit: North American bottled water brands sold to …
WEBFeb 18, 2021 · The years-long saga surrounding Nestlé and its Michigan groundwater withdrawals comes to an end – in a way – as Nestlé withdraws from the situation, selling its North American water brands to another corporation. Nestlé announced this week that it unloaded a number of U.S. and Canadian brands, including Poland Spring Brand 100% Natural Spring Water, Ice Mountain Brand 100% […]
Sustainable Shipping: Burns Harbor port tries to green Indiana’s ...
WEBNov 10, 2021 · At the Port of Milwaukee the wind blows toward a greener future. And watch for the “Sustainable Shipping” segment in Episode 1031 of the Great Lakes Now monthly program. Under an ominous gray and blustery sky, forklifts dig into piles of jet-black furnace coke, dumping it into a ship tethered in the eastern channel of Burns Harbor in ...
Great Lakes in Peril: Invasives, pollution, climate change
WEBAug 6, 2021 · With the invasion of zebra and quagga mussels, agricultural pollution, and climate change, diatoms, microscopic phytoplankton, are disappearing. Without plankton, some organisms such as diporeia are being wiped out (at 3:25). Ultimately, it means there is less food for fish. Great Lakes in Peril explores how …
Great Lakes Water Diversions Could Be More Numerous
WEBMay 11, 2021 · The Great Lakes Compact — signed into law in 2008 by President George W. Bush — largely prohibits taking large quantities of water from the Great Lakes and basin’s groundwater, smaller lakes, and rivers without the approval of all eight states and the input of Ontario and Quebec, which are both in the watershed. But a few limited ...
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 ...
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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.