Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Katie Blackley / 90.5 WESA If approved, the Lake Erie Quadrangle Sanctuary would cover roughly 740 square miles — most of Pennsylvania’s Lake Erie waters, excluding Presque Isle Bay, the channel connecting the bay to the lake, and privately owned water lots. On the Lake Erie beaches of Presque Isle State Park onTuesday, August 15, 2023
OREGON, Ohio — The public should avoid all contact with water at Maumee Bay State Park due to cyanotoxin levels caused by the Lake Erie Algal Bloom, officials with the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department announced Wednesday. Authorities have issued a Recreational Public Health Advisory, meaning the public is not permittedMonday, July 31, 2023
PUT-IN-BAY, OH – Ohio Sea Grant, Stone Lab and education partners across South Bass Island will host Lake Erie Awareness Day on August 10, 2023 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Aquatic Visitors Center, Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial, Cooper’s Woods Preserve, Lake Erie Islands Nature and WildlifeThursday, July 27, 2023
A portion of an algae bloom is shown in Lake Erie in the summer of 2014. (Haraz N. Ghanbari/Associated Press) Despite often being described as smelly and not nice to look at, Eric Hirzel and Matthew Hehn say they find algae blooms helpful when it comes to catching more fish in Lake Erie. Both are longtime charter fishing captainsWednesday, July 26, 2023
USGS - A saildrone in Charlevoix headed out to northern Lake Michigan. The government is using three uncrewed research vessels in the Great Lakes. These autonomous vessels are gathering data on fish. One vehicle is on the surface on northern Lake Michigan. Another is on Lake Erie. There’s also a long-range autonomousWednesday, July 19, 2023
LAKESIDE MARBLEHEAD, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife will join Ohio Governor Mike DeWine for the grand opening ceremony of the newly installed fish cleaning station at Mazurik Boat Access on Wednesday, July 19. The new facility is one of three new fish cleaning stations that haveMonday, July 10, 2023
Harmful algal blooms are forming in some parts of Lake Erie earlier than typical. Satellite images released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA on Wednesday (July 5) show cyanobacterial blooms forming along coastal areas. NOAA satellite images from July 5, 2023 show harmful algal blooms forming in the westernMonday, July 3, 2023
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife recently concluded an investigation into reports that Lake Fish Company of Sandusky illegally took walleyes that were supposed to be donated to a Sandusky charity in 2021. After an investigation uncovered that 112 walleyes, one steelhead, oneThursday, June 29, 2023
NOAA and its research partners are forecasting that western Lake Erie will experience a smaller-than-average harmful algal bloom (HAB) this summer, which would result in a less severe bloom than 2022. This year’s bloom is expected to measure 3, with a potential range of 2 - 4.5 on the severity index — whereas lastTuesday, June 27, 2023
It's officially Mayfly season. A photo posted by the Interlake Steamship Company shows mayflies swarming a freighter in Toledo. It happened on the M/V Hon. James L. Oberstar in Toledo, according to the post. Mayflies have a brief adult life, according to Michigan State University, but will lay 4,000 to 8,000 eggs on the water's
