GREAT LAKES ECHOWATERNEARSHORELANDRECREATIONWILDLIFEENERGY New anglers could depress Great Lakes fish populations more than invasive species. More fishing trips could cause more damage to native fish populations in the Canadian portion of the Great Lakes than aquatic invasive species, according to a recent study. Echo. MOBSTERS IN THE VACATIONLANDS From crime boss and occasional visitor “Scarface” Al Capone to the Upper Peninsula’s own Public Enemy #1, John “Red” Hamilton, Up North has historic ties to organized crime and the baddies who used the area as a playground far from their normal haunts in CLEARING THE AIR OVER NORTHERN MICHIGAN POLLUTION By Kurt Williams Air quality in northern Michigan was bad on Jan., 21. At least that’s what the weather app on Sharon Emery’s phone reported. The ominous warning “Unhealthy Air Quality for Sensitive Groups” hung above the day’s current conditions of clear skies and 27 degrees. Emery has a place in Cheboygan, on the shore FORMER HUNTING TV SHOW HOST SENTENCED FOR VIOLATION OF A federal judge recently banned the Indiana host of a former hunting television show from hunting for 30 months after he illegally shot a trophy buck. In December of 2013, Christopher Brackett shot a deer he dubbed The Unicorn Buck in Jefferson County, Indiana, and transported it across state lines. He was found guilty of violating the Lacey IN SPRINGTIME, BEWARE OF COTTONY WOOLEN FLUFF ON HEMLOCK The Michigan Department of Natural Resources detected a new infestation of hemlock woolly adelgid in southern Mason County in early March. This area is outside the pockets of trees already damaged by the insect in Allegan, Muskegon, Oceana and Ottawa counties. The DNR found it right on the cusp of the invader’s breeding season. NEW FEE HAS PHEASANT HUNTERS UP IN ARMS The Legislature appropriated $260,000 in 2018 as an interim measure while looking for a long-term funding mechanism, MUCC public information officer Nick Green said. Rep. Gary Howell, R-North Branch, proposed a bill to require an additional $25 stamp for MORE FARMERS MAY LEASE LAND FOR SOLAR PROJECTS IN MICHIGAN As solar energy soars in popularity in Michigan, solar leasing has become a profitable option for farm owners. Under agreements with private solar developers, farmers can earn rental payments varying from $500 to $2,000 per acre per year, said Charles Gould, the bioenergy & agricultural energy conservation educator at Michigan

State University

DIVERS CHRONICLE GREAT LAKES SHIPWRECK THAT LEFT 32 DEAD About 13 miles from Cleveland, the tug boat Admiral sits on the bottom of Lake Erie. It sank in a storm in December of 1942, and its entire crew, 14 men, died. The 18 men on the Cleveco , the oil barge it was towing also died. Carrie Sowden, archeological director for the National Museum of the Great Lakes, is taking a group of volunteer divers out to the Admiral to help with a site survey. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS By Andy Balaskovitz, abalaskovitz@gmail.com Great Lakes Echo June 30, 2009 Environmental education changes how kids learn. And educators integrating it into other subjects say it’s worth the effort. A nationwide study – Closing the Achievement Gap: Using the Environment as an Integrating Context for Learning – found environmental education raises standardized test scores and ISLE ROYALE IS AN ECONOMIC ENGINE; CAN IT HANDLE MORE Blust also said the number of visitors is limited because Isle Royale is one of the few parks to close during the winter due to harsh weather. Despite low attendance, Dallas Bond, executive director of the Keweenaw Peninsula Chamber of Commerce in Houghton, said the national park is an economic engine for the region. GREAT LAKES ECHOWATERNEARSHORELANDRECREATIONWILDLIFEENERGY New anglers could depress Great Lakes fish populations more than invasive species. More fishing trips could cause more damage to native fish populations in the Canadian portion of the Great Lakes than aquatic invasive species, according to a recent study. Echo. MOBSTERS IN THE VACATIONLANDS From crime boss and occasional visitor “Scarface” Al Capone to the Upper Peninsula’s own Public Enemy #1, John “Red” Hamilton, Up North has historic ties to organized crime and the baddies who used the area as a playground far from their normal haunts in CLEARING THE AIR OVER NORTHERN MICHIGAN POLLUTION By Kurt Williams Air quality in northern Michigan was bad on Jan., 21. At least that’s what the weather app on Sharon Emery’s phone reported. The ominous warning “Unhealthy Air Quality for Sensitive Groups” hung above the day’s current conditions of clear skies and 27 degrees. Emery has a place in Cheboygan, on the shore FORMER HUNTING TV SHOW HOST SENTENCED FOR VIOLATION OF A federal judge recently banned the Indiana host of a former hunting television show from hunting for 30 months after he illegally shot a trophy buck. In December of 2013, Christopher Brackett shot a deer he dubbed The Unicorn Buck in Jefferson County, Indiana, and transported it across state lines. He was found guilty of violating the Lacey IN SPRINGTIME, BEWARE OF COTTONY WOOLEN FLUFF ON HEMLOCK The Michigan Department of Natural Resources detected a new infestation of hemlock woolly adelgid in southern Mason County in early March. This area is outside the pockets of trees already damaged by the insect in Allegan, Muskegon, Oceana and Ottawa counties. The DNR found it right on the cusp of the invader’s breeding season. NEW FEE HAS PHEASANT HUNTERS UP IN ARMS The Legislature appropriated $260,000 in 2018 as an interim measure while looking for a long-term funding mechanism, MUCC public information officer Nick Green said. Rep. Gary Howell, R-North Branch, proposed a bill to require an additional $25 stamp for MORE FARMERS MAY LEASE LAND FOR SOLAR PROJECTS IN MICHIGAN As solar energy soars in popularity in Michigan, solar leasing has become a profitable option for farm owners. Under agreements with private solar developers, farmers can earn rental payments varying from $500 to $2,000 per acre per year, said Charles Gould, the bioenergy & agricultural energy conservation educator at Michigan

State University

DIVERS CHRONICLE GREAT LAKES SHIPWRECK THAT LEFT 32 DEAD About 13 miles from Cleveland, the tug boat Admiral sits on the bottom of Lake Erie. It sank in a storm in December of 1942, and its entire crew, 14 men, died. The 18 men on the Cleveco , the oil barge it was towing also died. Carrie Sowden, archeological director for the National Museum of the Great Lakes, is taking a group of volunteer divers out to the Admiral to help with a site survey. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS By Andy Balaskovitz, abalaskovitz@gmail.com Great Lakes Echo June 30, 2009 Environmental education changes how kids learn. And educators integrating it into other subjects say it’s worth the effort. A nationwide study – Closing the Achievement Gap: Using the Environment as an Integrating Context for Learning – found environmental education raises standardized test scores and ISLE ROYALE IS AN ECONOMIC ENGINE; CAN IT HANDLE MORE Blust also said the number of visitors is limited because Isle Royale is one of the few parks to close during the winter due to harsh weather. Despite low attendance, Dallas Bond, executive director of the Keweenaw Peninsula Chamber of Commerce in Houghton, said the national park is an economic engine for the region.

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Echo Abandoned food caches offer evidence of Native American survival strategies. A historic archaeological site on the shore of the Grand River in Ottawa County’s Crockery Township may contain the largest collection of Upper Great Lakes cache pits ever excavated. BUTTERFLIES, BEACHES & A LIGHTHOUSE By Jim DuFresne. From mid-August through September, Peninsula Point in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is known for “monarch madness.” That’s when huge numbers of the distinctive orange butterfly migrate from Minnesota, Wisconsin and the U.P. south to Mexico, a 1,900-mile journey for an insect with a wingspan of less than 4 inches. IS LAKE MICHIGAN THE MOST DANGEROUS GREAT LAKE? Jamie Racklyeft, the executive director of the Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said the reason Lake Michigan has the most drownings among the Great Lakes is a combination of wind direction and tourism. The organization’s goal is to educate people on water safety to decrease drownings. FIXING THE FOOD WEB: CISCO REINTRODUCTION TO THE GREAT By Lucas Day. Once as many as nine types of ciscoes roamed the Great Lakes, playing a key role in the food web. “Cisco are kinda like the rabbit of the fish world,” said Dave Fielder, a fisheries research biologist for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.. “A lot of predators depend on them and are driven and sustained by their

numbers.”

NEW FEE HAS PHEASANT HUNTERS UP IN ARMS The Legislature appropriated $260,000 in 2018 as an interim measure while looking for a long-term funding mechanism, MUCC public information officer Nick Green said. Rep. Gary Howell, R-North Branch, proposed a bill to require an additional $25 stamp for ARTISTS, ACTIVISTS SHIFT ENVIRONMENTAL ART EXHIBIT ONLINE Artists, activists shift environmental art exhibit online during pandemic. Brenda Miller’s piece titled “Colony Collapse 2” features Detroit street maps behind a painting of a bee as a way to imagine places bee populations can revive. Image: Brenda Miller. The organizers of an environmental art exhibition planned for the Detroit

Center

WHERE ARE THE BEST PLACES TO LIVE ON THE GREAT LAKES Erie, Pennsylvania. (I second Amy’s vote! just adding to the debate) Presque Isle State Park, the observatory, Bicentennial Tower and all its history, great beach access through many state parks, wonderful climate, educated citizenry and thriving arts community courtesy of many state and private institutions of higher education. CATCH AND RELEASE KILLS MANY FISH Catch and release was meant to help sustain fish populations. But a four-year study shows it may do the opposite. Almost half of lake trout caught in Lake Huron and Lake Superior die after they are released, according to the recent study published by the Department of Natural Resource’s Marquette Fisheries Research Station in Northern

Michigan.

HIKING THROUGH MICHIGAN’S MASON’S TRACT The only people we saw while hiking the Mason Tract Pathway, located in Michigan’s Crawford County, weren’t on the trail but in the water. Two miles into the hike, the pathway descended to the edge of the South Branch of the AuSable River and in the middle of this blue-ribbon trout stream was a pair of fly fishermen. COURT RULES ON GRAVEL PIT POND STATUS When is a pond not a pond? That is a remaining question that will decide if Michigan’s Plainfield Township needs a permit to use a gravel pit pond to store water treatment residuals. The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled March 10 in the township’s favor and sent the case back to the Circuit Court for further litigation on other matters. GREAT LAKES ECHOWATERNEARSHORELANDRECREATIONWILDLIFEENERGY Echo Abandoned food caches offer evidence of Native American survival strategies. A historic archaeological site on the shore of the Grand River in Ottawa County’s Crockery Township may contain the largest collection of Upper Great Lakes cache pits ever excavated. MOBSTERS IN THE VACATIONLANDS From crime boss and occasional visitor “Scarface” Al Capone to the Upper Peninsula’s own Public Enemy #1, John “Red” Hamilton, Up North has historic ties to organized crime and the baddies who used the area as a playground far from their normal haunts in CLEARING THE AIR OVER NORTHERN MICHIGAN POLLUTION By Kurt Williams Air quality in northern Michigan was bad on Jan., 21. At least that’s what the weather app on Sharon Emery’s phone reported. The ominous warning “Unhealthy Air Quality for Sensitive Groups” hung above the day’s current conditions of clear skies and 27 degrees. Emery has a place in Cheboygan, on the shore FORMER HUNTING TV SHOW HOST SENTENCED FOR VIOLATION OF A federal judge recently banned the Indiana host of a former hunting television show from hunting for 30 months after he illegally shot a

trophy buck.

NEW FEE HAS PHEASANT HUNTERS UP IN ARMS A proposal crawling through the Michigan Legislature would require a $25 stamp for pheasant hunting, with the proceeds earmarked to stock

the

DIVERS CHRONICLE GREAT LAKES SHIPWRECK THAT LEFT 32 DEAD About 13 miles from Cleveland, the tug boat Admiral sits on the bottom of Lake Erie. It sank in a storm in December of 1942, and its entire crew, 14 men, died. The 18 men on the Cleveco , the oil barge it was towing also died. Carrie Sowden, archeological director for the National Museum of the Great Lakes, is taking a group of volunteer divers out to the Admiral to help with a site survey. MOWING MILKWEED MEANS MORE MONARCHS Researching insects is hard work. Click play above to hear 2018 summer research technicians Lane Proctor, Lindsie Egedy and Kelsi Kroll talk about what it’s like to be a field technician carrying out the entomology research experiments that yielded hopeful news for the

monarch butterfly.

MORE FARMERS MAY LEASE LAND FOR SOLAR PROJECTS IN MICHIGAN Catch of the Day. Michigan offers $1 million to improve wildlife habitat Reinstatement of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Habitat Grant Program could provide significant funding for many habitat projects this year, the department said. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS By Andy Balaskovitz, abalaskovitz@gmail.com Great Lakes Echo June 30, 2009 Environmental education changes how kids learn. And educators integrating it into other subjects say it’s worth the effort. A nationwide study – Closing the Achievement Gap: Using the Environment as an Integrating Context for Learning – found environmental education raises standardized test scores and ISLE ROYALE IS AN ECONOMIC ENGINE; CAN IT HANDLE MORE By ADAM DeLAY Dec. 5, 2009 LANSING — Wildlife enthusiast Jim DuFresne describes the scene as breathtaking. “You take a six-hour boat ride where all you see is the clear water,” he says. “Then when you finally get there, you really feel like you’re in the GREAT LAKES ECHOWATERNEARSHORELANDRECREATIONWILDLIFEENERGY Echo Abandoned food caches offer evidence of Native American survival strategies. A historic archaeological site on the shore of the Grand River in Ottawa County’s Crockery Township may contain the largest collection of Upper Great Lakes cache pits ever excavated. MOBSTERS IN THE VACATIONLANDS From crime boss and occasional visitor “Scarface” Al Capone to the Upper Peninsula’s own Public Enemy #1, John “Red” Hamilton, Up North has historic ties to organized crime and the baddies who used the area as a playground far from their normal haunts in CLEARING THE AIR OVER NORTHERN MICHIGAN POLLUTION By Kurt Williams Air quality in northern Michigan was bad on Jan., 21. At least that’s what the weather app on Sharon Emery’s phone reported. The ominous warning “Unhealthy Air Quality for Sensitive Groups” hung above the day’s current conditions of clear skies and 27 degrees. Emery has a place in Cheboygan, on the shore FORMER HUNTING TV SHOW HOST SENTENCED FOR VIOLATION OF A federal judge recently banned the Indiana host of a former hunting television show from hunting for 30 months after he illegally shot a

trophy buck.

NEW FEE HAS PHEASANT HUNTERS UP IN ARMS A proposal crawling through the Michigan Legislature would require a $25 stamp for pheasant hunting, with the proceeds earmarked to stock

the

DIVERS CHRONICLE GREAT LAKES SHIPWRECK THAT LEFT 32 DEAD About 13 miles from Cleveland, the tug boat Admiral sits on the bottom of Lake Erie. It sank in a storm in December of 1942, and its entire crew, 14 men, died. The 18 men on the Cleveco , the oil barge it was towing also died. Carrie Sowden, archeological director for the National Museum of the Great Lakes, is taking a group of volunteer divers out to the Admiral to help with a site survey. MOWING MILKWEED MEANS MORE MONARCHS Researching insects is hard work. Click play above to hear 2018 summer research technicians Lane Proctor, Lindsie Egedy and Kelsi Kroll talk about what it’s like to be a field technician carrying out the entomology research experiments that yielded hopeful news for the

monarch butterfly.

MORE FARMERS MAY LEASE LAND FOR SOLAR PROJECTS IN MICHIGAN Catch of the Day. Michigan offers $1 million to improve wildlife habitat Reinstatement of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Habitat Grant Program could provide significant funding for many habitat projects this year, the department said. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS By Andy Balaskovitz, abalaskovitz@gmail.com Great Lakes Echo June 30, 2009 Environmental education changes how kids learn. And educators integrating it into other subjects say it’s worth the effort. A nationwide study – Closing the Achievement Gap: Using the Environment as an Integrating Context for Learning – found environmental education raises standardized test scores and ISLE ROYALE IS AN ECONOMIC ENGINE; CAN IT HANDLE MORE By ADAM DeLAY Dec. 5, 2009 LANSING — Wildlife enthusiast Jim DuFresne describes the scene as breathtaking. “You take a six-hour boat ride where all you see is the clear water,” he says. “Then when you finally get there, you really feel like you’re in the

GREAT LAKES ECHO

Echo Abandoned food caches offer evidence of Native American survival strategies. A historic archaeological site on the shore of the Grand River in Ottawa County’s Crockery Township may contain the largest collection of Upper Great Lakes cache pits ever excavated. BUTTERFLIES, BEACHES & A LIGHTHOUSE By Jim DuFresne. From mid-August through September, Peninsula Point in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is known for “monarch madness.” That’s when huge numbers of the distinctive orange butterfly migrate from Minnesota, Wisconsin and the U.P. south to Mexico, a 1,900-mile journey for an insect with a wingspan of less than 4 inches. SKULLDUGGERY AT THE BORDER: FEDS CRACK SKULL-SMUGGLING The owner of the Old Cavern Boutique in Montreal has been arrested on charges of illegally trafficking in wildlife parts and sending them from Canada into the United States. IS LAKE MICHIGAN THE MOST DANGEROUS GREAT LAKE? Jamie Racklyeft, the executive director of the Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said the reason Lake Michigan has the most drownings among the Great Lakes is a combination of wind direction and tourism. FIXING THE FOOD WEB: CISCO REINTRODUCTION TO THE GREAT By Lucas Day. Once as many as nine types of ciscoes roamed the Great Lakes, playing a key role in the food web. “Cisco are kinda like the rabbit of the fish world,” said Dave Fielder, a fisheries research biologist for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.. “A lot of predators depend on them and are driven and sustained by their

numbers.”

CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCTION Catch of the Day. Michigan offers $1 million to improve wildlife habitat Reinstatement of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Habitat Grant Program could provide significant funding for many habitat projects this year, the department said. NEW FEE HAS PHEASANT HUNTERS UP IN ARMS A proposal crawling through the Michigan Legislature would require a $25 stamp for pheasant hunting, with the proceeds earmarked to stock

the

ROOTING OUT WILD PIG’S IMPACT IN MICHIGAN By Kurt Williams. A “pig bomb” went off at the turn of the century, flinging wild hogs north from their southern stronghold. Jack Mayer resorts to such pyroclastic porcine imagery when describing the transcontinental spread of wild pigs across the United States. ARTISTS, ACTIVISTS SHIFT ENVIRONMENTAL ART EXHIBIT ONLINE By Taylor Haelterman. The organizers of an environmental art exhibition planned for the Detroit Center for Design + Technology this summer had to scramble for a new venue.. When COVID-19 shut down art exhibits across the nation, they moved the event online.It was too

important to

SALVAGING A FORGOTTEN CLASSIC what Tom was doing. Tom legitimized the business, and he did it in a way that stuck. People no longer looked at salvagers that way.” Reid maintained good relationships not just with other salvaging companies, but with the owners themselves. GREAT LAKES ECHOWATERNEARSHORELANDRECREATIONWILDLIFEENERGY Abandoned food caches offer evidence of Native American survival strategies By Eric Freedman | June 2, 2021. A historic archaeological site on the shore of the Grand River in Ottawa County’s Crockery Township may contain the largest collection of Upper Great Lakes cache pits ever excavated. GREAT LAKES ECHOWATERNEARSHORELANDRECREATIONWILDLIFEENERGY Recreation New anglers could depress Great Lakes fish populations more than invasive species. More fishing trips could cause more damage to native fish populations in the Canadian portion of the Great Lakes than aquatic invasive species, according to a recent study. IS LAKE MICHIGAN THE MOST DANGEROUS GREAT LAKE? Jamie Racklyeft, the executive director of the Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said the reason Lake Michigan has the most drownings among the Great Lakes is a combination of wind direction and tourism. CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCTION Catch of the Day. Michigan offers $1 million to improve wildlife habitat Reinstatement of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Habitat Grant Program could provide significant funding for many habitat projects this year, the department said. FORMER HUNTING TV SHOW HOST SENTENCED FOR VIOLATION OF A federal judge recently banned the Indiana host of a former hunting television show from hunting for 30 months after he illegally shot a

trophy buck.

NEW FEE HAS PHEASANT HUNTERS UP IN ARMS A proposal crawling through the Michigan Legislature would require a $25 stamp for pheasant hunting, with the proceeds earmarked to stock

the

COPPER CULTURE SHAPES ANCIENT HISTORY By Eric Freedman. The allure of copper. The power of copper. People in the prehistoric Hopewell civilization of southern Ohio managed to get copper from distant points –the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale and Ontario’s Michipicoten Island in CATCH “DRAIN THE GREAT LAKES” ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL The Discovery Channel’s Drain the Great Lakes dives below the surface of the Great Lakes. See the underwater topography of each lake and learn about shipwrecks, submerged waterfalls, craters and invasive species. The lakes hold almost 20 percent of the world’s surface freshwater but what if the water was gone? The program explores some GREAT WHITES IN THE GREAT LAKES? BULL SHARK! By Brooke Kansier. Let’s be realistic, here. The only sharks in the Great Lakes region can be found behind glass in an aquarium. Right? But between Megalodon specials on the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week earlier this month, one title caught my eye: Monsterquest: Jaws in Illinois.Now, Chicago is home to a lovely aquarium, but the Shedd was decidedly not the topic of the re-run — rather PROPOSAL WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO RETRIEVE SUNKEN LOGS IN Valuable logs sank to the bottom of Michigan’s lakes and rivers during the 1800s when loggers floated their hauls. Now proposed legislation would make permits to retrieve them easier to get. GREAT LAKES ECHOWATERNEARSHORELANDRECREATIONWILDLIFEENERGY Abandoned food caches offer evidence of Native American survival strategies By Eric Freedman | June 2, 2021. A historic archaeological site on the shore of the Grand River in Ottawa County’s Crockery Township may contain the largest collection of Upper Great Lakes cache pits ever excavated. GREAT LAKES ECHOWATERNEARSHORELANDRECREATIONWILDLIFEENERGY Recreation New anglers could depress Great Lakes fish populations more than invasive species. More fishing trips could cause more damage to native fish populations in the Canadian portion of the Great Lakes than aquatic invasive species, according to a recent study. IS LAKE MICHIGAN THE MOST DANGEROUS GREAT LAKE? Jamie Racklyeft, the executive director of the Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said the reason Lake Michigan has the most drownings among the Great Lakes is a combination of wind direction and tourism. CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCTION Catch of the Day. Michigan offers $1 million to improve wildlife habitat Reinstatement of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Habitat Grant Program could provide significant funding for many habitat projects this year, the department said. FORMER HUNTING TV SHOW HOST SENTENCED FOR VIOLATION OF A federal judge recently banned the Indiana host of a former hunting television show from hunting for 30 months after he illegally shot a

trophy buck.

NEW FEE HAS PHEASANT HUNTERS UP IN ARMS A proposal crawling through the Michigan Legislature would require a $25 stamp for pheasant hunting, with the proceeds earmarked to stock

the

COPPER CULTURE SHAPES ANCIENT HISTORY By Eric Freedman. The allure of copper. The power of copper. People in the prehistoric Hopewell civilization of southern Ohio managed to get copper from distant points –the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale and Ontario’s Michipicoten Island in CATCH “DRAIN THE GREAT LAKES” ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL The Discovery Channel’s Drain the Great Lakes dives below the surface of the Great Lakes. See the underwater topography of each lake and learn about shipwrecks, submerged waterfalls, craters and invasive species. The lakes hold almost 20 percent of the world’s surface freshwater but what if the water was gone? The program explores some GREAT WHITES IN THE GREAT LAKES? BULL SHARK! By Brooke Kansier. Let’s be realistic, here. The only sharks in the Great Lakes region can be found behind glass in an aquarium. Right? But between Megalodon specials on the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week earlier this month, one title caught my eye: Monsterquest: Jaws in Illinois.Now, Chicago is home to a lovely aquarium, but the Shedd was decidedly not the topic of the re-run — rather PROPOSAL WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO RETRIEVE SUNKEN LOGS IN Valuable logs sank to the bottom of Michigan’s lakes and rivers during the 1800s when loggers floated their hauls. Now proposed legislation would make permits to retrieve them easier to get. WILDLIFE | GREAT LAKES ECHO This broad category encompasses fish. It is further divided on the main menu with tags for mammals, insects, amphibians, birds, mussels, invaders and endangered wildlife. CLEARING THE AIR OVER NORTHERN MICHIGAN POLLUTION By Kurt Williams Air quality in northern Michigan was bad on Jan., 21. At least that’s what the weather app on Sharon Emery’s phone reported. The ominous warning “Unhealthy Air Quality for Sensitive Groups” hung above the day’s current conditions of clear skies and 27 degrees. Emery has a place in Cheboygan, on the shore COPPER CULTURE SHAPES ANCIENT HISTORY By Eric Freedman. The allure of copper. The power of copper. People in the prehistoric Hopewell civilization of southern Ohio managed to get copper from distant points –the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale and Ontario’s Michipicoten Island in NEW FEE HAS PHEASANT HUNTERS UP IN ARMS By Maddy O’Callaghan Capital News Service. A controversial proposal crawling through the Michigan Legislature would require pheasant hunters to buy a special $25-a-year stamp, with proceeds earmarked for stocking the birds and habitat protection on state land. POLYSTYRENE PRODUCTS THREATEN THE ENVIRONMENT Editor’s note: This is the first of two stories exploring the effects of polystyrene on the environment, organizations fighting to ban it and companies adapting environment-friendly alternatives. By Helen Korneffel. A foam takeout container travels from a restaurant, to a household and then into the dump. Its journey may not stop there if it is picked up by the wind and flies into Lake Michigan. CATCH “DRAIN THE GREAT LAKES” ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL The Discovery Channel’s Drain the Great Lakes dives below the surface of the Great Lakes. See the underwater topography of each lake and learn about shipwrecks, submerged waterfalls, craters and invasive species. The lakes hold almost 20 percent of the world’s surface freshwater but what if the water was gone? The program explores some SALVAGING A FORGOTTEN CLASSIC what Tom was doing. Tom legitimized the business, and he did it in a way that stuck. People no longer looked at salvagers that way.” Reid maintained good relationships not just with other salvaging companies, but with the owners themselves. GREAT LAKES WATERS THREATEN BELUGA WHALES By Lucy Schroeder. Great Lakes pollutants threaten a special population of beluga whales.. Their chemical structures figure prominently in a picture artist Eric Gajewski recently drew to illustrate the plight of the mammals living in the St. Lawrence River. ALEWIVES: THE TROUBLE THEY CAUSE AND THE SALMON THAT LOVE By Jeff Gillies, jeffgillies@gmail.com Great Lakes Echo Sept. 3, 2009 Editors note: This is the second of three stories in a series about the challenges of managing non-native fish in the Great Lakes. Pacific salmon, the big money species in the multi-billion dollar Great Lakes fishery, need a feast of alewives to thrive. But alewives PROPOSAL WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO RETRIEVE SUNKEN LOGS IN Valuable logs sank to the bottom of Michigan’s lakes and rivers during the 1800s when loggers floated their hauls. Now proposed legislation would make permits to retrieve them easier to get.

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BY ERIC FREEDMAN | JUNE 2, 2021 A historic archaeological site on the shore of the Grand River in Ottawa County’s Crockery Township may contain the largest collection of Upper Great Lakes cache pits ever excavated.

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COMPANIES TEAM UP TO SUPPORT ELECTRIC VEHICLE RECYCLING IN MICHIGAN As electric vehicle demands grow, one focus of concern is how to make them more environmentally sustainable.

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ATTACHMENT TO YOUR COMMUNITY CAN MOTIVATE CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION How attached you are to your community can determine how motivated you are to tackle climate change.

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More fishing trips could cause more damage to native fish populations in the Canadian portion of the Great Lakes than aquatic invasive species, according to a recent study.

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TREES PLEASE: A MOVE TO REFOREST FORMERLY REDLINED GREAT LAKES CITIES Urban areas are getting hotter. Trees can help.

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A NEW EPA APP AIMS TO HELP TRACK WATER QUALITY AT BEACHES A new Environmental Protection Agency mobile app will help communities track water quality at their beaches.

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FORGET FREIGHTER BALLAST, THESE MUSSELS GOT HERE ON MOSS BALLS The new hitchhikers in the Great Lakes region aren’t stopping drivers with a thumbs up. They’re riding moss balls across the

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COMMENTARY: MOURNING ROADKILL Michigan is number eight in a national ranking by the State Farm insurance company of where drivers are most likely to collide with an

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A new report about combining solar power and farming practices has advocates saying the practice could take hold in Michigan, boosting productivity while providing much needed refuge for bees and other

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NOVEL SENDS U.P. GAME WARDEN ON 20TH CENTURY SPY MISSION A new novel from Michigan author Joseph Heywood.

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By Eric Freedman A federal judge has sentenced a Flint, Michigan, polluter to one year behind bars for illegally discharging more than 47 million gallons of untreated waste into the city’s sewer system. Robert Massey, the 70-year-old president and owner of family-owned Oil Chem Inc., pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act over an

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MASSIVE FILTER KEEPS DETROIT RIVER CONTAMINANTS IN PLACE Thanks to a spongy M&M-like technology, contaminated soil in the Detroit River downstream of the MacArthur Bridge has been contained.

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ALGAE MAY VACUUM MICROPLASTICS, BUT ALSO INDICATES GREATER HEALTH

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A type of algae that a recent study found collects microfibers brings up questions about microplastic pollution impacts and how it could affect human health.

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MOUNTAIN BIKING SEES POPULARITY CLIMB DURING PANDEMIC Demand for mountain bikes has skyrocketed.

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MICHIGAN OFFERS $1 MILLION TO IMPROVE WILDLIFE HABITAT Reinstatement of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Habitat Grant Program could provide significant funding for many habitat projects this year, the department said. More Catch of the Day

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PANDEMIC CREATES CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANIMAL SHELTERS As the COVID-19 pandemic closed animal shelters to the public, Detroit-area pet rescue and adoption organizations had to come up with new ways to connect their dogs and cats to families. More COVID-19 stories

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OFFSHORE WIND COULD PROVIDE DOUBLE THE ELECTRICITY MICHIGANDERS USED

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Coastal wind is a strong, consistent power source and Michigan’s more than 3,000 miles of coast could provide double the electricity residents used from all sources in 2019.

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NASA ASTRONAUT CAPTURES BELLE ISLE IMAGE FROM SPACE The Detroit River is one of the most important waterways in the Great Lakes system, according to NASA’s post.

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