Our research on coastal resilience was featured on the front page of the Chicago Tribune on Sunday, July 13, in an article titled, “Can artificial reefs in Lake Michigan slow erosion and boost fish population? Researchers aim to find out.”
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Glandon featured in Inside Climate News
Our own Hillary Glandon was interviewed for an article in Inside Climate News.
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Features Schmidt
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant’s series, “Meet our Grad Student Scholars,” featured our own Amber Schmidt.
Artificial Reef Observations in Outdoor Illinois
Hillary Glandon and Robin Matteus (ISGS) contributed an article to Outdoor Illinois: If You Build it, Will They Come? Initial Observations of an Artificial Reef in Lake Michigan
Reef Mapping Featured in Chicago Sun-Times
Lake Michigan reef mapping is making advances + This article is behind a paywall, but you can read it for free if you watch an ad.
Chicago Sun-Times Talks to LMBS’ Peterson
Smelt or the memory of smelt? Tiny flash of hope for smelt on southern Lake Michigan, plus Stray Cast + This article is behind a paywall, but you can read it for free if you watch an ad.
LMBS’ Roswell Talks to Chicago Sun-Times
Fall shore fishing Chinook in IL: Roughly 50 hours per fish, according to INHS data + This article is behind a paywall, but you can read it for free if you watch an ad.
Side-scan sonar surveys
We have recently resumed side-scan sonar surveys to observe and classify bottom substrates at offshore reefs. This involves high-frequency sonar pings across a swath of the lake bed emanating from a torpedo-shaped “towfish” that is pulled behind the RV Sculpin. The return pings are processed and analyzed to provide an image of the lakebed, helping […]
Chicago Tribune Reports on EPA Grant
‘The next level of clean’: EPA grant to help assess health of Waukegan Harbor, Great Lakes * This article is behind a paywall. To access articles behind paywalls for free, please visit your local library for assistance.
LMBS’ Redman and Stein Talk Lake Michigan Fish Eggs
The Chicago Tribune spoke to Rebecca Redman and Jeffrey Stein, LMBS researchers, about fish eggs and invasive mussels: Fish eggs are suffocating in Lake Michigan reefs. What will it take to save these nurseries? * This article is behind a paywall. To access articles behind paywalls for free, please visit your local library for assistance.