LELAND — Northwest Lower Michigan’s national park proved a fruitful natural laboratory for an invasive species study. Scientists recently reported pronounced reductions in both cladophora algae and quagga mussel density in Lake Michigan’s offshore waters near Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore after an underwater project by the Invasive Mussel Collaborative. An offshore fish-spawning reef was...
June 24, 2022
Category: Conservation
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Christmas for the Fishes replenishes habitat
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Recycle your real Christmas tree after the holiday season by donating it for use by Kentucky’s underwater inhabitants. Since Dec. 26, the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has been accepting natural Christmas trees at more than two dozen drop-off locations across the state for its annual Christmas for the Fishes program....
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H2Ohio Program to Improve Water Quality
COLUMBUS, Ohio – As part of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio initiative, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) is offering a new incentive program to encourage farmers to aid in conservation and improve water quality. ODNR will be accepting applications for its Water Quality Incentive Program (WQIP) from Dec. 1, 2020 through Jan. 29, 2021. “Improving...
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Florida’s Manatee County Votes for Conservation
After talking to “everyone who will stand still long enough to listen,” conservationists persuaded voters in Manatee County to fund a dedicated source of money for the acquisition and management of environmental lands by a 71% majority. The county can now raise up to $5 million a year at a cost of less than $3...