Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Yearly Program Empowers Boat Shrink Wrap Recycling in Michigan Michigan is home to a vibrant boating community, with more than 800,000 registered boats across the state. To protect these vessels from the elements during the off-season, many boaters and marinas rely on plastic shrink wrap. While effective, thisTuesday, May 13, 2025
Ice Belt Crappies With ice off our lakes in the upper Midwest, it’s crappie time. For anglers farther south, it’s been the deal for some time. But up north, with water temps around 50 degrees, crappies are moving shallow to feed and eventually spawn. The movements are signaled by water temperature and lengthMonday, May 5, 2025
Muskegon Boat Life Adelaide Pointe Boat Show: Your Summer Starts Here! West Michigan Boat Show Continues to Impress. Dust off those boat shoes and set your course for summer! The Muskegon Boat Life Adelaide Pointe Boat Show is back, and it's bringing the heat to West Michigan's waterfront. From May 16th to 18th, 2025,Friday, January 24, 2025
Progressive Detroit Boat Show cruises into Huntington Place in February 2025 Detroit will transition quickly from the Motor City to the Boater City in 2025 as the Progressive Detroit Boat Show cruises into Huntington Place (Cobo) February 1-8, a week later than previous years due to the return of the North American International AutoThursday, October 19, 2023
A diver examines a sinkhole in Lake Huron as part of research to study microbes and bacteria similar to those found in the Earth’s earlier shallow seas. Photo courtesy of Michigan Maritime Museum When people think of sinkholes they often think of ones that happen on land, but sinkholes also exist in the Great Lakes, aWednesday, October 18, 2023
Supporting this Record Breaking Class - Great Lakes Boat Building School recently received a $354,600 USDA Rural Business Development Grant to support the school’s Enhancing Education with Equipment Campaign. The campaign’s purpose is to acquire the latest in equipment and technology for students to prepare for employmentWednesday, October 11, 2023
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – A major maritime shoreline revitalization project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula will bring both economic and climate benefits when it expectedly reopens to the public next summer. The multi-million-dollar project involves repairs at the old Union Carbide Dock seawall in Sault Ste. Marie, cleanupThursday, October 5, 2023
Fall means popular splake fishing on Lake Superior. And the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking anglers to help them understand better how the fish live in the largest Great Lake. The DNR has stocked splake, a hybrid cross between lake trout and brook trout, in Lake Superior most years since 1971, and every year sinceFriday, September 29, 2023
By Craig Manning | Sept. 25, 2023 Contrary to popular belief, the oceans aren’t the only bodies of water on Earth hiding a few mysteries. According to the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS), only about 15 percent of the cumulative lake floor in the Great Lakes has ever been mapped in significant detail. “Though manyMonday, September 25, 2023
An NOAA aerial photograph shows an algal bloom in Saginaw Bay in Michigan. (Photo provided) Lake Erie algal bloom shrinking PORT CLINTON — Lake Erie’s harmful algal bloom has been shrinking for about one or two weeks, but scientists don’t know yet when it will disappear. “The cyanobacteria bloom
