Lake sturgeon is not a fish you hear much about these days but it was once part of the everyday vernacular around the Great Lakes. The story of its demise is an unusual one. For Americans moving into the region in the 1800s the fish was at...
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Researchers will use water guns under the surface of Grand Traverse Bay to try to discourage invasive fish from pilfering eggs. A federal grant of two-thirds of a million...
U.S. officials say safety concerns have forced a change in plan for an electric barrier designed to keep Asian Carp from invading Great Lakes waters.
Less than...
Researchers are hoping a fish long absent from Michigan's rivers can make a comeback. A $200,000 dollar federal grant will help fund a project by the Little River Band of...
Wisconsin is testing more fish from Lake Michigan for a disease that can cause large fish kills. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS, has been in the Great Lakes for...
A federal wildlife agency is kicking-in more than $800,000 to fund removal of dams on the Boardman River outside of Traverse City.
Part of the money comes from the...
State fisheries biologists confirm the return of a deadly fish disease to a small lake in Clare County.
People at Budd Lake reported a die-off of bass, bluegills...
There's a decision looming for Lake Huron that would have been unthinkable 10 years ago. The state must decide whether it should keep putting chinook salmon in the...
Federal officials say they may have to ramp up power to electric barriers that are supposed to deter invasive Asian carp from reaching Lake Michigan via a Chicago shipping canal....
The number of sea lamprey in Lake Michigan shot up again last year. The fight against the parasite is 50 years old, but lately the lamprey has been getting the upper...
