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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 …
Zebra Mussels: A guide to the good and the bad of these Great …
Feb 28, 2020 · Zebra mussels are not native to the Great Lakes. They were first discovered in the area in the late 1980s, and it has been an ongoing battle to get rid of and control them ever since.
From the Ice Age to Now: A Lake Erie timeline
Mar 22, 2024 · Native to the Atlantic, sea lampreys were observed in Lake Ontario in the early 1800s, though confined by Niagara Falls. But by the 1900s, they had migrated through the …
The murky process of reopening Palisades and why it’s a turning …
May 1, 2024 · U.S. nuclear industry is closely watching Palisades, amid a surge of investments as demand climbs for low-carbon sources of electricity. Other recently shuttered nuclear plants …
Grayling Revival: Researchers hope to reintroduce a once …
Aug 17, 2021 · Watson, a PhD student at Michigan State University, brings the arctic grayling eggs back to her lab to rear them. The eggs and the research Watson conducts with them are …
30 Years Later: Mussel invasion legacy reaches far beyond Great …
Feb 2, 2021 · The way J. Ellen Marsden remembers it, when she first suggested calling a new Great Lakes invasive species the quagga mussel, her colleague laughed, so the name stuck. …
Great Lakes water levels could increase on average from 19 to 44 ...
Jun 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 …
First in decades, a new Great Lakes freighter joins fleet
Sep 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 …
Great Lakes Freighters: The latest on navigation, locks and …
Oct 21, 2020 · Great Lakes Now: On this 140-year anniversary of the Lake Carriers’ Association, what is the state of Great Lakes shipping?Especially in light of COVID-19 where demand for …
Can shipping on the Great Lakes take the next step toward …
Jul 15, 2022 · Great Lakes Now: A recent column in the industry publication The Maritime Executive said there is a renewed interest in expanding container shipments to Great Lakes …