Each year, more than 20 million passengers take cruise vacations — nearly 60 percent of them choosing Caribbean or Mediterranean itineraries, according to the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association. The Great Lakes region doesn’t even appear on the organization’s list of cruise options, but perhaps it should. Everything travelers love about cruises — luxury amenities, great food […]
A Farm Bill update and cover crops meeting will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, at the Knabusch Mathematics and Science Center, 6670 Waters Edge Drive in Monroe. A presentation of Lake Erie water treatment issues will be given by Tim Murphy of the Toledo Environmental Services. Tim Kwiatkowski of […]
WINDSOR, Ontario – There will be no changes in the Ohio bag limits for Lake Erie walleye or yellow perch for 2014 after the Lake Erie Committee (LEC) of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission reported at its annual meeting that the walleye population is healthier than expected, while schools of yellow perch are in a […]
PORT CLINTON, Ohio — Ohio’s wildlife agency is looking into bringing back a sport fish that disappeared from Lake Erie several decades ago. The state’s natural resources department wants to find out if it would possible to restore the sauger to the lake and rivers in northern Ohio. Sauger disappeared from northern Ohio in the […]
Will Lake Erie have a flooding problem this spring? Will the lake level be higher than last year? According to the Army Corps of Engineers they predict water levels to stay at or around historic levels. Some other “experts” are predicting flooding and higher lake levels this spring. Experts do say we will probably have […]
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – Parasitic sea lampreys may have established a self-sustaining population in Michigan’s Inland Waterway, a nearly 40-mile-long chain of lakes and rivers popular with anglers and boaters, federal scientists said Thursday. It would be the first confirmed case in the Great Lakes region of the invasive lampreys spending their entire life […]
TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan — Gov. Rick Snyder is asking legislators to approve more than $100 million to protect and restore Michigan’s waters through measures ranging from beach monitoring to upgrading sewage infrastructure, aides said Friday. The fiscal 2015 budget Snyder presented this month heralds a yearlong emphasis on water — recognizing its importance to economic […]
MONROE, Mich. — A Michigan utility has welcomed a flock of visitors to the state’s biggest power plant this winter. But they aren’t all that personable. The south-flying out-of-towners — nearly 200 bald eagles — have taken up residence at DTE Energy’s massive plant along Lake Erie, transforming 800 acres in Monroe into their […]
Redfish Eating Rats, Helping Gulf Coast Conservationists The redfish, found in abundance along the Mississippi and Louisiana coasts, is much like the catfish and will eat almost anything—dead or alive. Apparently this year, the redfish have discovered how delicious young nutria, furry creatures about one-foot long with 1-1/2-foot-long tails, are. “As long as I have […]
For the third time since 2001, Bay City has been named Port of the Year by Tall Ships America, the Newport, R.I.-based organization that organizes the annual Tall Ships Challenge, a race of tall ships across major bodies of water that includes stops at several port cities. THE PICTURES ARE GREAT!! read more