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U-M divers retrieve 8,900-year-old piece of wood from Lake Huron
Annarbor.com (12/12)
University of Michigan researchers announced they have found a 5 1/2 foot long, pole-shaped piece of wood that is 8,900 years old in Lake Huron.
Superior researchers studying invasives, ballast water
Ashland Current (2/9)
Determining how clean a ship's ballast water must be to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species is the goal of the latest research partnership between the Northeast-Midwest Institute and the Lake Superior Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
RIVERKEEPERS: Tending the waterways
Niagara Gazette (2/6)
The goal of the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper is two-fold: protecting the water quantity and the quality, as well as connecting people to the waterfront.
Internationally renowned ‘Ocean Doctor’ to speak in Grand Rapids
MLive.com (2/3)
Known as the “Ocean Doctor,” David Guggenheim will speak in Grand Rapids, Mich., about the many similarities between the threats to the oceans and to our Great Lakes.
SUNY Fredonia to lead Great Lakes pollution study
Wall Street Journal (2/3)
Plastic pollution in the Great Lakes will be the focus of a study this summer. Led by the State University of New York at Fredonia, researchers will try to quantify the amount of plastic polluting the fresh water Great Lakes.
SSC students taking part in marine science bowl
Arenac County Independent (1/31)
Teams of Michigan high school students will be heading to Ann Arbor this weekend to take part in the annual Great Lakes Bowl, a quiz event that focuses on questions about marine and freshwater systems and biology.
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9 | A photo essay: Powdering fish using traditional Native methods
This essay and photos are provided courtesy of Jennifer Dale, Bay Mills Indian Community in Brimley, Mich.Pat and Rebecca Shewaybick and translator Roy Spence from Webikwe, Ontario, visited the Bay Mills Indian Community Gnoozhekaaning Cultural Center June 21-22, 2000. Webikwe is a small northern Ontario community of about 600 Anishnabeg who still follow the old ways. The Shewaybicks and their children often spend weeks in the woods hunting and gathering. They visited Bay Mills, on the Lake Superior shoreline about 20 miles west of the Soo Locks, to show the community there how to powder fish so it can be preserved without refrigeration. Whitefish provided by a tribal fisher was used for the lesson.
The Shewaybick family also shared their traditional philosophy of life. According to Roy, it's up to them to look after each other and the land, and in this way they can preserve their way of life. Roy, a Webikwe council member, works hard to educate the Ontario government leaders about the Anishnabeg culture.
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