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Written by Associated Press
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Wednesday, 26 August 2009 07:30 |
Efforts have begun to restock northern Michigan’s Black River area with sturgeon, a once common fish now considered threatened in the state.
Sturgeon can grow to 8 feet and live 150 years and once were abundant in the Great Lakes region.
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Written by USGS
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Thursday, 20 August 2009 17:12 |
Scientists recently discovered wild young Atlantic salmon in New York’s Salmon River. This is the first time in more than a century that salmon produced naturally in the wild have been found in what was once New York’s premier salmon stream. Forty-one wild Atlantic salmon were collected in June and July. All of the salmon were under one year old and ranged in length from about 2 – 2.5 inches.
“This discovery suggests that, after many years of reproductive failure, restoration is starting to work for this species,” said Jim Johnson, Station Chief for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Tunison Lab of Aquatic Science in Cortland, NY. “This finding should provide real excitement and impetus for biologists and sport groups interested in bringing this species back to the area,” said Johnson, whose lab made the discovery.
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Written by Bay City Times
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Thursday, 13 August 2009 17:12 |
The Sierra Club of Michigan was first with this news earlier today.
The state departments of Environmental Quality and Natural Resources have now confirmed it.
The departments have responded to a significant fish kill along a 12-mile stretch of the Black River in Sanilac and St. Clair counties.
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Written by Detroit News
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Friday, 07 August 2009 09:37 |
If there's one sure bipartisan thing in the environmental politics of Michigan, it's this: The message to anyone outside the state is "hands off" the waters of the Great Lakes. No Michigan politician would dare advocate exporting Great Lakes water to thirsty Texans, for example. And no politician would issue a news release touting a proposal to sell a share of Lake Michigan to T. Boone Pickens.
And yet, unless action occurs soon in both Washington, D.C., and Lansing, we'll end up with exactly those policies in place -- with potentially monumental consequences for the Lakes and for Michigan.
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Written by Associated Press
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Monday, 18 May 2009 18:58 |
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Bald eagles, bouncing back after years of decline, are swaggering forth with an appetite for great cormorant chicks that threatens to wipe out that bird population in the United States. The eagles, perhaps finding less fish to eat, are flying to Maine's remote rocky islands where they've been raiding the only known nesting colonies of great cormorants in the U.S. Snatching waddling chicks from the ground and driving adults from their nests, the eagles are causing the numbers of the glossy black birds to decline from more than 250 pairs to 80 pairs since 1992. "They're like thugs. They're like gang members. They go to these offshore islands where all these seabirds are and the birds are easy picking," said Brad Allen, a wildlife biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. "These young eagles are harassing the bejesus out of all the birds, and the great cormorants have been taking it on the chin." |
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