On Monday, January 14th, a group of 18 people discussed how informational material about local and state fish consumption advisories could be improved. The discussion group was part of 7 Focus Groups that are being held around the Great Lakes states. Cornell University received a grant to study the effectiveness and fluency of understanding Fish […]
Winter is a quieter time for PCS publicly, but within the office our staff is busily preparing for upcoming events and projects like the Patch Day Workshop and monitoring the Camp Miakonda Habitat Restoration Project. With a new year comes new resolutions, and the PCS staff has a few recommendations to help turn that new […]
Researchers from the State University of New York have recently found startlingly high concentrations of micro-plastics in eastern Lake Erie. This study is part of a global endeavor to understand the origin and prevalence of plastic pollution in waters worldwide in cooperation with the Los Angeles-based 5 Gyres Institute. According to the research, some of […]
As part of Northwest Ohio Community Shares, we are selling tickets to the Annual Share-a-Glass Wine and Beer Tasting event. It will be held on Saturday, February 23rd at 7pm at the UAW Local 14 Hall, 5411 Jackman Road. Tickets are $20 for a single and $35 for a pair. For more information, please visit […]
Many local fisherman don’t think of the college campuses as prime fishing grounds but multiple Steelhead Trout were recently caught on the University of Toledo’s campus in the Ottawa River. According to Matt Markey, The Toledo Blade Outdoors Editor, the Steelhead Trout spends its summers in Lake Erie and in streams in the colder months, […]