Around the Basin 2009-05-19 No comments yet

• Coaster brook trout doesn’t make the cut for endangered species list. http://tinyurl.com/qgglru 09:57:26
• Lake Huron up a foot from last year. http://tinyurl.com/onpr32 09:59:59
• Trying to keep the sea lamprey population down on Lake Superior. Down to only 35,000 lampreys. http://tinyurl.com/qhpa5l 10:03:40
• RT @healthylakes: Great post making a strong case for full funding of Great Lakes restoration: http://tinyurl.com/oggrky 10:05:48
• Fight is on to restore the Atlantic salmon to Lake Ontario. http://tinyurl.com/qw2nlw 17:46:44
• RT @healthylakes: RT @hughadam 10 great Great Lakes restoration blogs: http://bit.ly/Nrl7w 17:48:14
• Opinon: US Government is all wrong in its approach to border security with Canada. http://tinyurl.com/p8pta7 17:51:09

Around the Basin 2009-05-18 No comments yet

• Lake Michigan smelt harvests down. Commercial fishermen blame DNR. DNR blames zebra mussels. http://tinyurl.com/ojvs4u 09:55:43
• It’s lamprey spawning time in Michigan. http://tinyurl.com/pggbs8 09:58:05
• Cruise ship terminal under construction in Detroit. http://tinyurl.com/p7vyeq 12:04:52
• More on Detroit’s riverfront cruise ship terminal. http://tinyurl.com/ot5k3n 12:06:18

Around the Basin 2009-05-09 No comments yet

• P&H Scorpio review from 100 Boats in 100 Days blog. http://tinyurl.com/ouxu39 08:28:06
• P&H Cetus test paddle from 100 Boats/Days. http://tinyurl.com/objo2g 08:30:21
• Stimulus spending on US water infrastructure. Conservation is key. http://tinyurl.com/rxes6l 08:34:18
• Gill netting in the Great Lakes. How do you deal with ghost nets? http://tinyurl.com/qje8hc 08:38:18

Around the Basin 2009-04-24 No comments yet

• Lake Superior “…acts like a sponge for…contaminants in the atmosphere.” http://tinyurl.com/czjfjx 00:06:44
• Off-shore wind farm planned near Buffalo, NY. http://tinyurl.com/cqp695 09:27:46
• Preserving two 1812 warships on the bottom of Lake Ontario. http://tinyurl.com/dytnpo 09:30:11
• Bayfield bear surfs ice flows. http://tinyurl.com/c2zk2t Photos by Hannah. http://www.stonehousephotoblog.com/ 09:36:43
• RT @DerrickQuix: Quix Blog - This is NOT a review of the P&H Bahiya - http://twurl.nl/85s5hi 12:44:37
• MI Lt. Governor: Protecting Great Lakes=creating jobs for MI. http://tinyurl.com/da6s9h 12:47:09
• Looks like they got that dive bomber off the bottom of Lake Michigan. http://tinyurl.com/d5axda 21:21:52
• Wisco proposes new measures to fight invasive species. http://tinyurl.com/cmf9vq 21:43:40
• PCB levels down in Great Lakes fishermen. Are they down in Great Lakes fish? http://tinyurl.com/cukxun 21:51:41

Around the Basin 2009-04-23 No comments yet

• Good news: sales of Nestle bottled water off. Bad News: people are still buying bottled water. http://tinyurl.com/daa57m 08:28:56
• Limits proposed on pollutants from cement making industry. http://tinyurl.com/chtxds 08:40:23
• Persistent Organic Pollutants. Lingering threat in the Great Lakes. http://tinyurl.com/d749ao 09:15:20
• Yowza. Toxic walley tourney in Michigan. http://tinyurl.com/dm4p8r From Great Lakes Blogger. http://tinyurl.com/cyx7vg 11:07:22
• Great Lakes Water Wars author Peter Annin speaks in Oshkosh. http://tinyurl.com/ctvv66 22:06:09
• Stimulus money on the way to shore up aging water infrastructure. http://tinyurl.com/cv2unh 22:31:01
• Sheboygan, WI seeks to improve swimmer safety at Lake Michigan beaches. http://tinyurl.com/dct9nt 22:36:45

Around the Basin–April 18, 2009 No comments yet

• Michigan gets $236 million in stimulus money for water projects. Chicago Tribune

• Lamprey traps and love potions in Michigan. Mlive/Capital News Service

• Details on the Middle Island Cormorant cull. Windsor Star
  

• Declines in Green Bay brown trout despite stocking. Appleton Post-Crescent

Around the Basin–April 17, 2009 No comments yet

• US EPA to list greenhouse gasses as pollutants. The New York Times

• Cleveland talks turbines and zoning. Plain Dealer

• Pipeline to channels Lake Erie water to grow tomatoes in Ontario. The Windsor Star

• Fisheries Commission enlists anglers to fight sea lampreys. Mlive/The Flint Journal

Around the Basin–April 13, 2009 No comments yet

• Invasive species cage match. Round Gobies are eating Zebra Mussels, Quagga Mussels and everything else. Mlive/Grand Rapids News

• Oh boy, new Superfund sites! East Chicago makes the list. Environment News Service

Around the Basin–April 2, 2009 No comments yet

• Drilling for oil under Lake Erie? Urbana Daily Citizen

• Spy cams on the St. Clair River aim to stop smugglers. Detroit News

• Sportfishing numbers down on Lake Michigan last year. Daily Kenoshan

• US Supreme Court rules in favor of fish chopping power plants. The Washington Post

Around the Basin–March 25, 2009 No comments yet

• Wind power trends. Great Britain takes steps to override local control of wind turbine siting. Manchester Guardian

• New El Niño study suggests that ocean weather pattern may have had big swings before human induced climate change started to develop. Toronto Globe and Mail

• Lamprey love on the rocks. Initial tests for the new sea lamprey traps are about to start. Scienceline

• What does Great Lakes shipping do for you? Detroit Free Press