by Jordan Lindberg | Jun 25, 2009 | Environment, News & Updates
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has denied endangered status protection to the coaster brook trout. The USFWS had been asked by the Sierra Club and the Huron Mountain Club, as joint petitioners, to list coaster brook trout as an endangered species. The...
by Kristi Kates | Jun 16, 2009 | Environment
This essay originally appeared in Northern Express and is reprinted here by permission of Robert Downes (chief editor) and Kristi Kates. Summer brings with it many things — and among them are a couple that, while merely a sign of the season to some, can really,...
by Jordan Lindberg | Jun 15, 2009 | Environment, News & Updates
As reported in Saturday’s edition of the Traverse City Record-Eagle, Traverse City officials are starting to move forward on plans to remove most of the dams on the Boardman river. City commissioners on Monday will be discussing a proposal to release $25,000 as...
by Ann Miller | Jun 1, 2009 | Environment
Fishing at night is much different than fishing during daylight. Sounds seem magnified in the dark, with howls, crashes, and screeches from the woods or surprise splashes from the river causing near cardiac arrest. Wading is uncertain, with each precarious step an...
by Jordan Lindberg | May 27, 2009 | Environment, News & Updates
Trout Unlimited has launched a new Stream Explorer membership program for TU’s youth. As Trout Unlimited notes, “TU’s future conservation work will be recruiting the next generation of coldwater stewards. With each passing year, kids have less free...
by Jordan Lindberg | May 26, 2009 | Environment, News & Updates
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the Great Lakes Commission have chosen six organizations to receive volunteer water quality monitoring grants as part of the Michigan Clean Water Corps program. The six organizations will share nearly $50,000...
