September 15, 2010 – 7:59 am
Zebra mussels by PhotoLab507 All week on Absolute Michigan & Michigan in Pictures we’re looking at invasive species and their impact on Michigan. Zebra mussels and the more recent invader quagga mussels belong to the dreissenid mussel family and many contend that they have had a more serious impact on the Great Lakes than any [...]
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September 14, 2010 – 7:09 am
66lbs asian big head carp by radcarper It’s Invasive Species Week on Absolute Michigan & Michigan in Pictures. For our first invader, we really have to look at the scariest guy in the room, Asian Carp. The Great Lakes EPA has a page on Asian Carp and the Great Lakes that’s a solid account of [...]
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September 13, 2010 – 8:48 am
All week on Absolute Michigan and Michigan in Pictures we’re going to highlight invasive species. Last week Laura Bien of the Ann Arbor Chronicle published an article on a historical invader in Michigan titled In the Archives: Fluffy Sparrow Heads. It begins: Untitled by flatgraphic In the late 19th century, an interloper was committing thievery [...]
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August 10, 2010 – 8:17 am
The Kalamazoo Water Festival happens this Saturday (August 14) at the Arcadia Creek Festival Site in Kalamazoo. While the festival has been planned for months, it’s especially poignant this year as the Kalamazoo River watershed is reeling under the largest oil spill in Michigan history. Hopefully this event and this festival will drive home the [...]
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Holga: Ford Lake by Matt Callow Matt’s Ford Lake slideshow Earlier this summer, Gov. Jennifer Granholm called for aggressive action to prevent Asian Carp from entering the Great Lakes, saying “We must use every available tool at our disposal to protect the Great Lakes, including closing the locks, expanding eDNA testing and applying additional rotenone [...]
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Struttin’ by Terry Doyle The Pere Marquette Chapter of the Michigan Wild Turkey Hunters Association will host the 29th Annual Wild Turkey Hunters Rendezvous and State Calling Championships on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at Baldwin High School (map). The doors open at 8 AM and the program begins at 9 with $5 for adults and [...]
November 23, 2009 – 9:59 am
In Voracious Asian carp poised to upset Great Lakes, theChicago Tribune reports: Conservationists and government biologists, stunned by new indications of the advance of Asian carp toward Lake Michigan, are trading ideas for poisoning Chicago-area rivers, conducting emergency electrofishing or chemically neutering the wily fish. On Friday, sophisticated genetic testing near Chicago found evidence of [...]
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November 3, 2009 – 10:21 am
Michigan State University researchers are developing aquatic robots that mimic fish movement to allow low cost and omni-present monitoring of harmful algal blooms in fresh water eco-systems. We at Absolute Michigan would like to welcome our robotic piscine overlords and invite you to watch this video! Share this:
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October 22, 2009 – 12:50 pm
Autumn Pathways by pentax hammer (gary syrba) The crowds and traffic have subsided, the harvests are bountiful and the mosquitoes are few and far between. What we’re trying to say is that autumn is perfect time to get out and enjoy a color tour, take in a late season festival or event, go camping or [...]
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October 14, 2009 – 10:50 am
Silver Immigrants is a 1970s film from Seeking Michigan that documents various aspects of salmon sport fishing in Michigan. The film relates how the introduction of Coho and Chinook salmon transformed Michigan’s sport fishing industry. Now, with invasive species eating into the food chain, salmon and other sport fish populations are on the verge of [...]
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