Unsalted Great Lakes

The U.S administration is putting cross-border science at risk. Together, US-Canada scientists keep the lakes healthy, detect harmful algal blooms and control invasive species.

Find out what's at stake with Jerome Marty, Executive Director of International Association for Great Lakes Research.

Is President Trump angling to take over the Great Lakes? Can the water be diverted to other states? Our guest is Daniel Macfarlane, an expert in environmental water history and US-Canada relations. He's an associate professor at Western Michigan University.

Declining ice levels can impact everything from water quality to the economy. Hilary Dugan is one of sixteen researchers who published a study in the journal Science examining seasonal ice cover on lakes. The limnologist joins us from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Read the study: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl3211

Ice forecasting tool: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/ice/#forecast

What are whitefish up against? With the population in decline, we’ll hear about the challenges and possibilities. Our guest is Jason Smith, fisheries biologist with Bay Mills Indian Community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Want to surf a Great? Meet Tarah Coates, owner of a surf shop in Goderich, Ont. We talk about her sweet routine, surfing on the Great Lakes and its mental health benefits.

Learn about spearfishing and treaty rights in this interview with Kathleen Smith, an enrolled tribal member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. She’s joined by her 15-year-old son, Jacob.

Why is the water so clear? Quagga mussels, known as filter feeders, are largely to blame. In their documentary, All Too Clear, Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick use underwater drones and groundbreaking footage to tell the story.

Director Lindsey Haskin is back with another documentary, this one called “Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery.” 

We discuss the sea lamprey, how the doc was made and famous people from the Great Lakes.

Our theme is by Adam Wendler

Tour a City of Detroit fire boat with Captain Scott Reynolds.

Chemist Sherri A. Mason (Sam) is passionate about plastics pollution. She discusses ways to limit your connection to plastic and reduce your ingestion of it.

Our theme is by Adam Wendler.