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Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM.
This week Kart discusses fish research on Lake Huron, cleaning up beaches and using satellite data to map phragmites. Text at Mr Great Lakes
Researchers found 56 chemicals – including cocaine – at trace amounts in 47 of 50 Minnesota lakes, including many in relatively pristine parts of the state.
The summer, anyone from senior citizens to students can assist in hands-on research in the Great Lakes. Florida organization Pangaea Explorations launches its first expedition into the Great Lakes, to conduct research on plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. Currently sailing in Bermuda, the expedition yacht Sea Dragon will travel to Cape Cod, Massachusetts in late June to kick off the Great Lakes expedition. Throughout the course of the trip, there will be eight separate legs, where the different “citizen science” groups will switch off to assist in hands-on research focused primarily on plastics in the Great Lakes. The groups include undergraduate students, senior citizens, teachers and more.
Lana Pollack, chair of the International Joint Commission’s U.S. delegation, discusses past victories and future challenges of cleaning up the Great Lakes.
This weekend’s Great Lakes Governor’s Summit agenda features less environment and more economic development issues.
Echo commentator Gary Wilson provides his take on Current State.
The number of Great Lakes drowning deaths are down from last year, possibly because of the colder spring. Twelve people have drowned in the Great Lakes since Jan. 1, eight less than this time last year, according to the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, an educational water safety group based in East Lansing, Mich. and Matteson, Ill. The record drownings in 2012 may have been due to unusually warm weather.
Some Michigan lawmakers are considering options for the use of the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund.
The fund, supported by growing oil and gas revenues from state-owned land, has a long and controversial history.
Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM.
This week Kart discusses the growing Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge and an online forecast tool for Great Lakes boaters. Text at Mr Great Lakes
Some lakes in Minnesota are taking their time to thaw this spring, setting new “ice-out” records. Attributed to unusually cool spring temperatures, this satellite image shows lingering ice and white lake landscapes. The first photo was captured on May 12, 2013, when NASA’s Terra satellite passed over northern Minn. “Ice-out” is defined in this context as a lake being free of ice, but the definition often varies. Some define it based on ease of navigation, while others believe a lake has “iced-out” when it’s 90 percent free of ice, according to a report from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Two recent University of Michigan graduates will take a road trip this summer to see how towns and cities throughout the country are adapting to climate change.