GLIN Daily News

Outdoors: Lake Ontario returns as world class salmon fishery

2012-02-10T08:05:50-04:00

But after a precipitous plunge in fishery quality due to a decline in forage fish, complications caused by invasive species and a floundering economy that limited fishing visits, the fishery has apparently rebounded.

Want to learn more about city's Great Lakes ppplication?

2012-02-10T08:05:50-04:00

Some aldermen and Waukesha Water Utility general manager set neighborhood meetings to get more information about the city's search for a water supply.

Creek Orthodox: Christian partnership restores West Michigan stream

2012-02-10T08:05:50-04:00

Faith, fellowship and federal funds are helping a west Michigan group restore a creek so polluted it's considered unsafe for human contact.

Superior researchers studying invasives, ballast water

2012-02-10T08:05:50-04:00

Determining how clean a ship's ballast water must be to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species is the goal of the latest research partnership between the Northeast-Midwest Institute and the Lake Superior Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.

Senator presses nominee for Army Corps Commander on funding for Great Lakes Dredging (USA)

2012-02-10T08:05:50-04:00

The Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday held a nomination hearing for Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick to be the new Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., used the opportunity to press the nominee on the need for additional funding for Great Lakes dredging and maintenance.

Islanders rhythm upset without Lake Superior ice road

2012-02-10T08:05:50-04:00

A warm winter is keeping the ferry running between Madeline Island and Bayfield ... much to the chagrin of islanders.

Wolf loses ESA protection in the Great Lakes Feb. 10, 2012

2012-02-10T08:05:50-04:00

Minnesota talks about hunting season. Hunting season bill introduced into Wisconsin legislature.

Michigan boating business rides wave to recovery

2012-02-10T08:05:50-04:00

After a six-year downturn, the boating industry is on the rise in the Great Lakes State.

Scary invaders threaten Great Lakes, environmentalists warn

2012-02-10T08:05:50-04:00

Beware the Northern snakehead. Beware the inland silverside. And beware a host of other invasive species prompting a recent report recommending spending billions to separate the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes.

Eddies: Reflections on Fisheries Conservation

2012-02-10T08:05:50-04:00

The latest issue of Eddies, the news magazine of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is now available online. This issue is devoted to the National Fish Hatchery System, and commemorates the 141st birthday of the Fisheries Program and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.