Lake Huron

OPP busy with calls on Lake Huron on weekend

Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police responded to eight marine-related calls on the weekend on Lake Huron. Saturday at 1:14 p.m. the Grey Bruce OPP Marine Unit helped rescue a disabled vessel on Lake Huron. With the assistance of the Coast Guard the vessel made it to shore safely, a police news release said Monday. At 2:27 […]

Province partners with local group to protect Great Lakes

Local MPPs recently announced the Ontario government will invest $6 million to support 30 multi-year projects aimed at helping protect, conserve and restore the Great Lakes. The investments are aimed at reducing plastic litter, excess nutrients and road salt entering lakes, rivers and streams, and advancing climate resiliency while restoring environmentally degraded areas of the […]

Science Says What? Bacteria in Lake Huron sinkhole do a daily tango

Science Says What? Bacteria in Lake Huron sinkhole do a daily tango

Science Says What? Bacteria in Lake Huron sinkhole do a daily tango

Science Says What? is a monthly column written by Great Lakes now contributor Sharon Oosthoek exploring what science can tell us about what’s happening beneath and above the waves of our beloved Great Lakes and their watershed.

Earlier this year, a group of Michigan scientists published a study in The Journal of Great Lakes Research entitled “Extant mat microbes synchronize vertical migration to a diel tempo.”

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Police shed more light on deaths of boater, volunteer firefighter

A rescue call that ended with the deaths of a boat operator and volunteer firefighter started when two people fell off a personal watercraft near the Lake Huron town of Bayfield, provincial police say. Emergency crews were called to a boat operator in distress near Bayfield, a Huron County beach town north of London, just […]

Anishinaabe tribes work to save a fish significant to their culture and an important source of protein

Anishinaabe tribes work to save a fish significant to their culture and an important source of protein

Anishinaabe tribes work to save a fish significant to their culture and an important source of protein

By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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