Great Lakes Shippers are facing a strike, in a classic transportation dispute over cutting crews. Union sailors authorized a strike against two of the six fleets on the Great Lakes, after the companies proposed cutting back crews on supercarriers. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Mike Simonson reports:
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Drilling the Great Lakes
The Wisconsin Legislature is considering a bill that would ban drilling for oil and natural gas around Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Mike Simonson has this report:
Skijoring – The Newest Winter Sport
It’s not news that winters in the Great Lakes region tend to be long. The result is a wide variety of outdoor activities like sledding, snowmobiling and skiing. But there’s another sport slowly making itself more visible. It’s called skijoring. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Todd Witter has more:
Ancient Canoe Discovery in Northern Great Lakes
A dug-out canoe found in Wisconsin is causing a stir with the historical society. Using advanced technology, researchers say the canoe is almost two-thousand years old. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Mike Simonson reports:
Lamprey Eel Control
A new strategy to fight the lamprey eel should mean higher fish populations in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Mike Simonson reports on this break-through:
Commercial Lamprey Harvest May Soon End
A program to control the invasion of exotic species has got the lamprey eel under control throughout the Great Lakes…everywhere except the St. Mary’s River. But now, the lamprey are the target of a new time-release chemical that should reduce the lamprey population by 85-percent. But as the Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Mike Simonson reports, bringing the species under control will mean the end to a recent money-making experiment:
Mining Moratorium Law
Environmental groups in Wisconsin are calling on Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson to move quickly to sign tough new mining regulations into law. But the Governor says he wants to talk to industry leaders and local residents before signing it. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Gil Halsted reports: