Howard Meyerson
After more than 30 years in the outdoor writing business, you would think I'd know better.
Tag Archives: Great Lakes
Sturgeon Restoration: DNR plans streamside rearing station on Muskeon River
By Howard Meyerson MUSKEGON, MI — It is hard to imagine the era on Lake Michigan when Great Lakes sturgeon were abundant, a period when these great, large and unusual fish swam freely in our waters, ran up our rivers … Continue reading
Wooden Boat Shows Aplenty in Michigan this Summer
By Howard Meyerson Michigan’s wood boat building history comes to life every summer in Great Lakes shoreline communities. It’s a time when quaint harbor towns celebrate the state’s boating heritage with wooden boat shows that showcase the gleaming varnish finishes … Continue reading
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Tagged Artisans, Boat building, Boating, Boats, Century, Charles W. Morgan, Chris Craft, Great Lakes, Hacker, Michigan Maritime Museum, Mystic Seaport Museum, Wood Boats, Woodcraft
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Asian Carp DNA Study Finds Other Causes than Live Fish
By Howard Meyerson Federal scientists studying the origins of Asian carp DNA found in the Great Lakes, particularly in the Chicago Area Waterway system, ground zero in the politically heated debate about separating Lake Michigan from the Mississippi River Basin, … Continue reading
Bottoming Out? Lake Michigan forage still at all-time low
ANN ARBOR – Lake Michigan’s prey fish population grew in 2012, but not enough to put aside concerns about the potential for collapse, according to federal scientists who conduct annual prey fish assessments on the Great Lakes. Findings from 2012 … Continue reading
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Tagged alewife, Chinook Salmon, diporeia, Fishing, Forage fish, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Science Center, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Salmon, USGS
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Mixed Views: Michigan 5 Year Fisheries Plan
By Howard Meyerson A draft five-year plan to guide where state fisheries managers will focus their future efforts is getting mixed reviews from anglers and fishing groups, who largely support it but criticize its lack of specificity. The public comment … Continue reading
Dam Removal: Toxics migrate upstream with Great Lakes fish
Here’s a scenario. You catch a brook trout in a seemingly clear and clean stream. There is no industry to speak of, but the stream is open to Great Lakes salmon that come up and spawn and die in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Boardman River, Brook Trout, Dam removal, Environment, Fish, Fishing, Great Lakes, Nature, Salmon, Toxic Chemicals
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New Report: Pharmaceuticals in drinking water, serious concern
Pharmaceuticals in drinking water has become an issue in recent years. It takes 99 years for them to leave, according to a new report by the Alliance for the Great Lakes, a story in Great Lakes Echo reports today. They … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance for the Great Lakes, Environment, Great Lakes, Nature, Pharmaceuticals, US EPA, Water Quality, Wildlife
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Tracking Invasives on the Net
A new cyber strategy is being employed to combat the spread of invasive species in the Great Lakes region – using a web crawler to search the Internet for outlets that are selling invasive fish, plants and other species. The … Continue reading
Shipwrecks & Technology: Public invited to day long event highlighting GL wrecks and remote exploration
By Howard Meyerson MUSKEGON, MI — Now and then we hear of a boat in trouble on the Great Lakes — a collision, a fire, someone who ended up on a rocky breakwall. It’s rare, though, that we hear about … Continue reading
New Findings: Stink of death may keep lamprey out of rivers
By Howard Meyerson Scientists studying sea lamprey behavior are testing a new way to keep them out of Michigan rivers. An experiment on the Ocqueoc River by Michigan State University researchers this summer found nearly all of 350 radio-tagged lampreys … Continue reading
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