Article: Prey fish dwindling in Lake Michigan; Population halved as invasive mussels rule

Article: Lake Michigan fishing picking up; King salmon, rainbow trout back in good numbers after dropoff.(SPORTS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  July 11, 1997 ;     700+ words ...The Lake Michigan shoreline that separates this town from...of the 1980s, Wisconsin's stretch of Lake Michigan became a gold mine to anyone with a...more anglers to the western shore of Lake Michigan than any other state. Many of these...

Article: Fish can withstand winter waters of Lake Michigan.(Neighbor)(Kids ink)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  November 9, 2005 ;     428 words ......Libertyville wanted to know: If Lake Michigan is frozen a foot deep throughout...information To learn more about Lake Michigan, the Cook Memorial Library in Libertyville suggests the following. - Lake Michigan (Great Lakes of North America...

Article: Boardsailing On Lake Michigan
The Washington Post;  May 3, 1987 ;     700+ words ...Most people, when they consider Lake Michigan, the vast body of water at Chicago...absorb water), Mark boardsails on Lake Michigan from early March through December...however, when I first ventured onto Lake Michigan. I learned quickly that competence...

Article: Incinerators could speed decay of Lake Michigan
Chicago Sun-Times;  December 22, 1990 ;     512 words ...Lake Michigan is in danger of eutrophication - premature...orange peels to beet greens. In 1971, the Lake Michigan Enforcement Conference, at my suggestion...pounds or 8,350 tons of phosphorus to Lake Michigan from (a) soil erosion, (b) sewage plants...

Article: Lake Michigan invaders now viewed as essential to ecosystem.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  January 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ......studies confirming the worst, Lake Michigan fishery managers have begun a...alewife. There was a time when Lake Michigan was stuffed to the gills with...alewife nor Chinook is native to Lake Michigan, their presence represents its...

Article: SOS for alewives!: Those smelly Lake Michigan invaders are now viewed as essential to the lake's ecosystem and the survival of the Chinook salmon.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  January 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......studies confirming the worst, Lake Michigan fishery managers have begun a...alewife. There was a time when Lake Michigan was stuffed to the gills with...alewife nor Chinook is native to Lake Michigan, their presence represents its...

Article: Finding a cure for Lake Michigan
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Finding a cure for Lake Michigan Watershed seminar explores solutions...Having cataloged the ills besetting Lake Michigan -- mercury in the fish, dirty...alert scale. What that means for Lake Michigan, for the waters that feed it and...

Article: GROUPS ASK CITIZENS TO HELP SAVE LAKE REGULATORS CRITICIZED IN LAKE MICHIGAN REPORT
Post-Tribune (IN);  November 23, 1988 ;     700+ words ......toxic chemicals are threatening Lake Michigan, according to a report, released...asset. The report, "Cleaning up Lake Michigan - A Citizens' Agenda for Action...issued by Great Lakes United, the Lake Michigan Federation and other citizens...

Article: Resident writes guide reflecting her feelings for Lake Michigan
Post-Tribune (IN);  August 1, 2003 ;     569 words ......Widmar Stewart holds a copy of her Lake Michigan area field guide outside her Michiana...Jacqueline Widmar Stewart daily felt Lake Michigan's soft sand on her feet and feasted...This is wonderful, but it's not Lake Michigan,' " Stewart recalled. Stewart...

Article: Lake Michigan aquatic life teeming // Clear bottom waters like `a zoo,' scientists find
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 28, 1987 ;     507 words ...Scientists scanning the bottom of Lake Michigan with a remote-controlled submarine...researchers ever to glimpse the Lake Michigan floor using a camera-toting submarine...by the unmanned sub in northern Lake Michigan marked the first phase of an unusual...

Article: Lake Michigan nears record low
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Lake Michigan nears record low; businesses not comforted...Marina general manager Jack Culley tracks Lake Michigan water levels like an investor following...64 question, as in 1964 -- the year Lake Michigan hit its historical low. Earlier this...

Article: Lake Michigan could use a fillup about now
Chicago Sun-Times;  February 28, 2001 ;     341 words ...Snow-starved Lake Michigan has that sinking feeling. The lake...inaccessible, it hurts the bottom line." For Lake Michigan to rise appreciably, Lake Superior-whi...corps hydrologist Adam Fox said. "Lake Michigan is 22 inches below the long-term level...

Article: TROUBLED WATERS: THE GREAT INVASION Pacific salmon and exotic trout revitalized Lake Michigan in the 1960s, but now the carefully engineered "sportman's paradise" is showing signs of vulnerability -- or even ecological breakdown. Paradise in peril
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ......salmon and exotic trout revitalized Lake Michigan in the 1960s, but now the carefully...chinook salmon during a half-day Lake Michigan fishing expedition in August...It is. -- -- -- On the surface, Lake Michigan remains one of the world's biggest...

Article: Fishing for solution to salmon troubles; Biologists discuss need to cut back on stock in Lake Michigan
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 25, 2005 ;     690 words ...Kenosha Lake Michigan salmon fishing might be the best it...A study released this spring showed Lake Michigan's adult alewife population dropped...the late 1960s. The result is that Lake Michigan's adopted premier predator is literally...