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The Great Lakes Now monthly television program is produced by Detroit PBS in partnership with a network of PBS affiliates around the region. Shooting on location in eight states and Canada, the magazine-style show brings viewers stories about the recreational, economic, scientific, political and environmental issues related to the Great Lakes and drinking water.
Zebra Mussels: A guide to the good and the bad of these Great …
Feb 28, 2020 · A native mussel can take 3 to 5 years to mature, and they take a while to reproduce because they are parasitic. Zebra mussels mature in a year and release their larvae into the water to develop. The result is a storm of zebra mussels rapidly reproducing and spreading throughout the Great Lakes wherever the water takes them.
In Progress: New Soo Lock looks at 2030 completion
Nov 5, 2021 · It is scheduled to complete in 2024. The third phase will be the construction of the new lock chamber itself. The contract will be awarded in February and is scheduled to complete by fall of 2030. “But we are optimistic that with good weather, we may be able to beat that,” Katalenich said. Port leaders from Toledo and Monroe were present at ...
30 Years Later: Mussel invasion legacy reaches far beyond Great …
Feb 2, 2021 · 30 years of change for the Great Lakes. After quagga mussels replaced zebra mussels, their populations peaked in about 2003 and declined slightly in shallow waters. They continue to increase slowly in deeper portions of the lakes, said Alexander Karatayev, director of the Great Lakes Center at Buffalo State College.
First in decades, a new Great Lakes freighter joins fleet
September 6, 2022. For the first time in decades, a new bulk freighter has been built on and launched on the Great Lakes. The Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding Company in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin unveiled the Mark W. Barker earlier this year after spending nearly three years constructing it. The vessel was commissioned by Cleveland-based Interlake ...
The murky process of reopening Palisades and why it’s a turning …
May 1, 2024 · The recommissioning process for Palisades should be relatively straightforward, Todd Allen, a professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences at the University of Michigan, told Great Lakes Now. “You have to prove to the regulator that the material condition of the plant is okay to restart — that while it was shut down, there was ...
From the Ice Age to Now: A Lake Erie timeline
Mar 22, 2024 · 2,000 B.C. Lake Erie, as we know it today, is formed. “It really started as the glacial ice was retreating about 18,000 years ago,” said Andy Nash, an Ohio Department of Natural Resources geologist. “There was a series of older pro-glacial lakes during the Ice Age. The Great Black Swamp was actually the lakebed for some of these lakes.”.
Great Lakes Education – Lessons Plans for Middle Schoolers
Great Lakes Now wants to help your students explore the Great Lakes.. That’s why we’ve designed a collection of free lesson plans that engage students with the science, math and more about the Great Lakes, largely through video segments from our award-winning PBS television program.Designed for middle-school classrooms and at-home learning, these educational activities will help students ...
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Public hearing draws on big questions about Upper Peninsula copper mining. November 5, 2024 - by Interlochen Public Radio. In Gogebic County, on the western end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, towering old-growth evergreens carpet the landscape as it rolls down toward the deep blue of Lake Superior.
On Lake Michigan, a coal-fired steamship and ferry eyes a clean …
Aug 2, 2024 · As the last coal-fired steamship in the country, the SS Badger is both a cherished symbol of the Great Lakes’ maritime heyday and a stubborn vestige of its polluted industrial past. Now, its owners hope to make it a trailblazer of the clean energy future. Interlake Maritime Services, an Ohio-based company that bought the Badger in 2020, is ...