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Strategic plan targets invasive species
The Superior Daily Telegram (11/17)
Douglas County’s Land Conservation Committee is forwarding a plan to the county board that takes aim at invasive species.
Mich. Clean Marina Program: Public-private partners work together to improve water quality
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/9)
Partners from the public and private sector in Michigan are working together in a voluntary program to improve the quality of the Great Lakes.
Researchers seek funding for wind test site in Lake Michigan
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/7)
In a recent article in The Muskegon Chronicle, it was reported that researchers at Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) cited a lack of year-around data (on wind platform testing) needed by prospective development companies.
COMMENTARY: Senate needs to pass clean energy act to help Michigan
The Grand Rapids Press (10/26)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was absolutely correct with his recent proclamation about the current condition of the Great Lakes State: "The State of Michigan," Reid declared from the Senate Floor, with a copy Time Magazine in his hand, "is in trouble."
First Nation women 'walk the environmental talk'
WeNews (10/23)
Tomorrow's global day of climate activism aims for media and political attention. First Nation women have another way. Since 2003, they've walked the shoreline of a Great Lake or major river, meditating on the needs of an unborn generation.
City making big push for water school
The Business Journal (10/23)
The push is on to convince the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that the best location for its new School of Freshwater Sciences is near the university’s existing Great Lakes Water Institute on East Greenfield Avenue.
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7 | Reeling in some additional references
Fishes of the Great Lakes Poster
This 26.5" by 38.5" poster features 35 beautiful and highly accurate illustrations by artist Joseph R. Tomelleri. Order by sending your name, mailing address and a check for $5.00 (U.S.) payable to "UW Sea Grant" to: Sea Grant Institute, 1975 Willow Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1177.
Great Lakes Fish Poster
Features artful illustrations of five fish of the Great Lakes as part of the Madison JASON project. Measures 36" x 24". Order by sending your name, mailing address and a check for $9.00 (U.S.) payable to "UW Sea Grant" to: Sea Grant Institute, 1975 Willow Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1177.
Great Lakes Kids' Photo Gallery
Courtesy of the Great Lakes Sport Fishing Council. For more photos, visit: State/Provincial galleries
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Established by the Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries between Canada and the United States in 1955, the GLFC coordinates research programs on the Great Lakes and recommends measures that will sustain the Great Lakes fishery.
Current Fishing Reports/Message Boards
Illinois | Indiana | Michigan | Minnesota | New York | Ohio | Ontario | Pennsylvania | Wisconsin
Project F.I.S.H.
An educational program for Michigan youth and families sponsored locally by schools, fishing conservation organizations, and others interested in fishing and our fisheries.
Canada's Aquatic Environments, University of Guelph, Ontario. This encyclopedic web site provides an overview of physical settings and biological diversity, and includes more than 9,000 pages of information on aquatic plants, animals and habitats. See especially: Fish.
Field Guide to North American Fishes, Whales & Dolphins, The Audubon Society, Eighth Printing, August 1990.
Fishes of Wisconsin, George C. Becker, University of Wisconsin Press 1983.
Great Lakes Atlas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Environment Canada, 1995.
McClane's Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of North America, A.J. McClane, Holt Paperback, copyright 1974, 1978.
Ohio Fish Identification Guide, Ohio Division of Wildlife, 2000.
Recreational Boating and the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region, Great Lakes Commission, 2000.
Poster graphics: Courtesy Wisconsin Sea Grant.