Lake Erie is 13% frozen, expect less freezing in the future
Jan 22, 2024 · Lake Erie is behind its typical freezing schedule. The schedule depends on different weather patterns, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Director of Communications Jennifer Day.
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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 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.
After a dramatic decline, lake trout have recovered in most of Lake ...
Nov 22, 2024 · After decades of work, fishery managers say lake trout have fully recovered in most of Lake Superior after the invasive, fish-killing sea lamprey decimated their numbers.
Great Lakes most unwanted: Top 10 invasive species
Oct 24, 2024 · Since the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, about 65% of aquatic invasive species were introduced to the Great Lakes via ballast water. The 2000s saw stricter ballast legislation in Canada and the United States. Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the finalization of national ballast standards, in order to further control the release of pollutants and invasive species.
Freighters on the Move - Great Lakes Now
Salty Visitors. SEGMENT 2 | Lake Huron, Port Huron, St.Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, Detroit. When the St. Lawrence Seaway opened in 1959, it meant that oceangoing vessels—with captains unfamiliar with the Great Lakes—would be sailing into these freshwater seas.
Leaking valve on oil pipeline spills nearly 70K gallons of oil in ...
Dec 16, 2024 · A valve failure on an Enbridge Energy oil pipeline in Wisconsin caused a spill that dumped some 69,000 gallons of oil into the ground. The spill happened on the morning of Nov. 11 about 4 miles east of the village of Cambridge, between Milwaukee and Madison, according to an accident report released this week by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Spooky Lake Superior: The SS Kamloops | Great Lakes Now
Oct 28, 2024 · Chock-full of shipwrecks, Lake Superior is a graveyard for thousands of people who have perished there. There is a rich and intricate history of ships navigating the Great Lakes’ vast waters because they serve as a vital shipping highway through the Eastern North American continent, from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Superior.
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 Welland Canal into Lake Erie and the other Great Lakes. This long, eel-like parasitic fish has a circular mouth with more than a hundred sharp, bony teeth.
I Speak for the Fish: How Native Americans are saving lake sturgeon
Nov 18, 2024 · I Speak for the Fish is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor Kathy Johnson, coming out the third Monday of each month.Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit Public Television.Check out her
Amish Farmers’ Partnership With Beef Giant Produces Manure Mess
Nov 11, 2024 · EDON, OH — For 60 years, this one stoplight Ohio town has been known as a place where time appears to stand still. With more than 400 Amish residents settled in and around the rural community that straddles the Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan state lines, it is common to see large families traveling by horse-drawn black buggies to and from farms where they milk dairy cows and grow corn.