Lessons Learned: Fish Spawning Reef Restoration

Lessons Learned: Fish Spawning Reef Restoration

Many Great Lakes fish species, including lake sturgeon, walleye, white fish and cisco, migrate to rocky areas to deposit and fertilize their eggs. However, in many systems spawning habitat has been degraded due to sedimentation, destroyed during the construction of...
A History of Wetlands in Michigan

A History of Wetlands in Michigan

Coastal wetlands are among the most biologically productive ecosystems in the world, supporting an incredible variety of species. However, for many decades wetlands were viewed as blight on the landscape – dangerous wastelands filled with disease. This three-part...