Research News
After 25 years, Lake Michigan refuge fails to nurture wild lake trout
Great Lakes Echo (8/31)
Any lake trout pulled from the wild blue waters of Lake Michigan now was probably born in a government building. That’s despite a 45-year-old, multi-million-dollar program aimed at restoring a self-sustaining, naturally reproducing population of what was formerly the Great Lakes’ top predator.
2 new US Geological Survey research vessels aim to help improve understanding of Great Lakes
The Canadian Press (8/29)
Two new research vessels being built for the U.S. Geological Survey's Great Lakes Science Center are expected to help strengthen the agency's research on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
ATLAS helping map the bottom of Lake Huron
The Alpena News (8/26)
The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary has just completed a two-week project with the University of Texas at Austin to learn more about the bottom of Lake Huron using new sonar technology.
Asian carp factsheet
(8/18)
A new report has been released which attempts to determine the life history of the bighead carp captured on June 22, 2010, in Lake Calumet, just 6 miles from Lake Michigan. This factsheet unravels the science and clears up some of the misconceptions behind the bighead carp found in Lake Calumet.
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