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Fifth day of Christmas: Boat-wash stations

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Editor’s Note: It’s an Echo tradition to revisit one of our favorite holiday stories: Tim Campbell’s The Twelve Days of Aquatic Invasive Species Christmas. Campbell rewrote the lyrics of the holiday tune for the Wisconsin Sea Grant in 2011.  We’re publishing a new verse on each of the actual twelve days of Christmas.  

 

On the fifth day of Christmas, a freighter sent to me… FIVE BOAT-WASH STATIONS! — I wish we had five boat-wash stations in Wisconsin!

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Fishing Lake St. Clair

Fourth day of Christmas: Perch on ice

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Editor’s Note: It’s an Echo tradition to revisit one of our favorite holiday stories: Tim Campbell’s The Twelve Days of Aquatic Invasive Species Christmas. Campbell rewrote the lyrics of the holiday tune for the Wisconsin Sea Grant in 2011.  We’re publishing a new verse on each of the actual twelve days of Christmas.  

 

On the fourth day of Christmas, a freighter sent to me… Four perch on ice — Icing your catch is another way fishermen can help prevent the spread of invasive species.  Many invasive species aren’t readily visible to the naked eye, including zebra and quagga mussel veligers, spiny and fishhook waterfleas, and viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS).  Icing the day’s catch makes it so anglers won’t transport water and the organisms in it, while also improving table fare. That’s a win-win if I’ve ever heard one.

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Third day of Christmas: Clean boat steps

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Editor’s Note: It’s an Echo tradition to revisit one of our favorite holiday stories: Tim Campbell’s The Twelve Days of Aquatic Invasive Species Christmas. Campbell rewrote the lyrics of the holiday tune for the Wisconsin Sea Grant in 2011.  We’re publishing a new verse on each of the actual twelve days of Christmas. On the third day of Christmas, a freighter sent to me… Three clean boat steps — Clean. Drain.

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Second day of Christmas: Red swamp crayfish

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Editor’s Note: It’s an Echo tradition to revisit one of our favorite holiday stories: Tim Campbell’s The Twelve Days of Aquatic Invasive Species Christmas. Campbell rewrote the lyrics of the holiday tune for the Wisconsin Sea Grant in 2011.  We’re publishing a new verse on each of the actual twelve days of Christmas. On the second day of Christmas, a freighter sent to me… Two red swamp crayfish — Two is the number of documented red swamp crayfish populations in Wisconsin. Both populations were detected early and contained.

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The most viewed Echo stories of 2013

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It was a busy year for Echo; after all, it was the year of Michigan’s wolf hunt and the year of the Great Lakes Storm’s centennial anniversary. We look back at the year’s stories that got the most views.

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First day of Christmas: Carp barrier

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Editor’s Note: It’s an Echo tradition to revisit one of our favorite holiday stories: Tim Campbell’s The Twelve Days of Aquatic Invasive Species Christmas.  

Campbell rewrote the lyrics of the holiday tune for the Wisconsin Sea Grant in 2011.  We’re publishing a new verse on each of the actual twelve days of Christmas.  

 

On the first day of Christmas, a freighter sent to me.. A carp barrier in the city! — There is not only one electric barrier in Chicago, but three!

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Popular Master Gardener program prepping for upcoming anniversary year

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The ever popular and widespread Master Gardener Volunteer Program – which teaches people how to turn horticultural research into community projects – is approaching another year.

In Michigan, the program approaches its 35th anniversary looking to, among other things, rejuvenate Belle Isle and install a therapy garden in a Detroit-area shelter for abused women.

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Here’s how Great Lakes residents view climate change

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A recent survey asked people if global warming had been happening and if they believed the government should regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

Strangely enough, there were instances of states with noticeable disparities – people who want greenhouse gases regulated but don’t believe they cause climate change, and people who believe in climate change but do not want to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.