Fishing for Drum

June 17, 2017, 8:00 am-10:00 am Location: Historic Ottawa Beach Parks, Black Lake Boardwalk-West Learn to catch big fish from shore! The freshwater drum is a hard-fighting native fish that eats invasive species like zebra mussels and round gobies. Also known as...

2017 John D. Dingell Friend of the Refuge Award

The Great Lakes – Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario, and their connecting channels – form the largest surface fresh water system on earth. Michigan is at the heart of that system, surrounded by four of the five Great Lakes. Through research, education and...

Lake Superior Fisheries Workshop

This May 24 workshop is a chance for anglers, and others to network, get updates from researchers, and agencies on Lake Superior Fisheries. By Elliot Nelson Do you like to fish on Lake Superior and want to know what others are catching on the lake? Are you curious how...

Student video promotes awareness of Great Lakes marine debris

While plastic monsters invade Michigan’s Great Lakes and inland waterways, Alpena Elementary students create video to foster awareness of this issue among their local community. By Brandon Schroeder What is marine debris? It’s essentially human-made trash – large and...