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LAKE FRONT AND WETLAND PROTECTION PRINCIPLES

Lakefront. Reduce lawn size. Plant native trees/shrubs along the shore fore-dune, Reduce use of chemicals—excess nutrients cause’s algae blooms. Be mindful of State/Federal Rules on the Bay-shore. Wetlands critical ...

SMELT DIPPING AND FISHING

For years now, spring smelt runs are gone - rivers and streams no longer teem with billions of migrating smelt. Why? More smelt now breed in lake waters as opposed ...

BOATS – HOIST, HARBOR OR TRAILER

Elk Rapids (E. C. Grace) Harbor is a regional resource from its creation 150 years ago. The ritual of launching boats in spring and storing them in fall is a ...

GREAT LAKES REMARKABLY ICEFREE VS LAST TWO WINTERS. It's been cold and snowy near the Great Lakes,

It's been cold and snowy near the Great Lakes, but the lakes were ice-free. Just a year or two ago; the Lakes were in the top 5 years ...

L. MICHIGAN WATER LEVELS VERY HIGH NOW? NOT!

The water in Lake Michigan including East Bay is up but it is not yet high. Last fall’s storm surges have led folks to believe that Great Lakes levels are ...