PHOTO COURTESY OF NEW NORTH Wisconsin native and army veteran Tyler Rezachek grew up fishing on Lake Michigan, so he’s very familiar with the issue of invasive zebra mussels in the lake. His frustration with scraping mussels off his boat every season led him to brainstorm a solution: AntiMussel. The program, launched last May, proposes […]
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Image: Environmental Protection Agency. A final determination on plans for a proposed mine adjacent to the Bristol Bay watershed in Southwest Alaska released Jan. 31 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) favors protections for the huge run of wild sockeye salmon and a multi-million-dollar fisheries economy. The EPA said its determination would protect waters important […]
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Recreational Boating Maintains Momentum Heading into 2023 Recreational Boating Maintains Momentum Heading into 2023 as Americans Continue Prioritizing Outdoor Recreation in Record Numbers according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) 2023 – The start of a new year brings the beginning of boat show season for the $170 billion U.S. recreational boating industry and […]
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The start of a new year brings the beginning of boat show season for the $170 billion U.S. recreational boating industry and the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), which represents 85 percent of the country’s recreational boat, marine engine and accessory manufacturers. The recreational boating industry is preparing to welcome an estimated two million Americans to dozens […]
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PHOTO COURTESY OF HOFFMASTER TO HARBOR HIKING FACEBOOK. Muskegon County recently closed a transaction of $5 million with Nugent Sand to acquire over 160 acres that will make up the remainder of Dune Harbor Park, whose southern section was opened to the public last year, reports MLive. The area includes 1,460 feet of lake frontage […]
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A map of the Bristol Bay watershed, which the proposed Pebble Mine project would abut. Image: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A final determination on the future of a proposed copper, gold and molybdenum mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed could be handed down in February by the Environmental Protection Agency, but more litigation and possible […]
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Image via Environmental Protection Agency. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said last week that it has once again extended the comment period for proposed restrictions on mining at the proposed Pebble mine site in Southwest Alaska, this time until Dec. 2. The comment period was originally set to end in July, then was continued to […]
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Taku Watershed. Image via Wikimedia Commons: Anoldent CC BY-SA 2.0. Efforts to halt acid drainage from an abandoned British Columbia mine flowing into the salmon-rich Taku River watershed in Southeast Alaska has come a step closer to resolution, with the future of the Tulsequah Chief Mine now in the hands of the provincial government. The […]
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Image via University of British Columbia’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries. A University of British Columbia study concludes that ocean waters contributed nearly $5 billion to the provincial gross domestic product in 2015, and that the sum is likely an underestimate, as it included only sectors most closely linked to the ocean. But the […]
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Image: Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. Alaskans are celebrating the seventh annual Wild Salmon Day on Aug. 10 in Anchorage to honor shared connections to salmon and the importance of health salmon habitat. Organizers said the free event at Anchorage’s Westchester Lagoon from 6-8 p.m. will feature live music, several vendors, activities for children and the […]
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A new report prepared by the B.C. Mining Law Reform and SkeenaWild Conservation Trust concludes that the risk of tailings dam failure in multiple British Columbia mines has likely been underestimated and urges consideration of denying permits for future such mine facilities. The 96-page report by Steven H. Emerman, who has evaluated proposed and existing […]
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A female Chinook Salmon running the rapids in a shallow river. File photo by Eiko Jones. A collaborative report by 23 science and policy experts published in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances says the mining industry is falling short of ensuring the health of wild salmon rivers in Western North America and British Columbia and […]
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A female Chinook Salmon running the rapids in a shallow river. File photo by Eiko Jones. A collaborative report by 23 science and policy experts published in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances says the mining industry is falling short of ensuring the health of wild salmon rivers in Western North America and British Columbia and […]
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