by boxcar-admin | Nov 29, 2016 | News
Water temperature, wind direction and a chilly blast from Canada might push the snowfall totals. By Mark Breederland As noted in Part 1 of this series, the fall 2016 water temperatures of the Great Lakes are significantly warmer than average and there is no ice that...
by boxcar-admin | Nov 18, 2016 | News
Among collections are biographies of more than 20,000 ships that have sailed on Great Lakes. By Steve Stewart This is the first in a series of articles focusing on Great Lakes maritime heritage. Maritime heritage, according to the National Oceanic and...
by boxcar-admin | Nov 10, 2016 | News
After another successful year, our Great Lakes Education schoolships join in this annual rite. By Steve Stewart Among Great Lakes sailors, the term “winter layup” is spoken with great anticipation and yearning around this time of year. The term refers to the period...
by boxcar-admin | Nov 4, 2016 | News
Disease confirmed in Michigan’s Leelanau, Delta, Schoolcraft counties affecting loons, other migrating fowl. By Mark Breederland Several species of waterfowl carcasses have recently washed ashore in Lake Michigan’s Leelanau, Emmet, Charlevoix, Delta and Schoolcraft...
by boxcar-admin | Oct 31, 2016 | News
Mass marking of Chinook salmon sheds new light on the relative importance of Chinook salmon stocked in Michigan. By Dan O’Keefe This year marks the 50th anniversary of the modern Great Lakes salmon stocking program. When coho and Chinook salmon were first...
by boxcar-admin | Oct 7, 2016 | News
After son’s death, family remains committed to Great Lakes dangerous current education. By Ronald Kinnunen Twelve-year-old Travis Brown’s death in the summer of 1998 followed a similar pattern of other drownings at the Hiawatha National Forest Service Campground, and...
