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Illinois Mixed Bag: Large river fisheries ecologist to speak in Alton

The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center will feature Andrya Whitten Harris, large river fisheries ecologist for the Illinois Natural History Survey, as the guest speaker for the upcoming SEED Series event from 10 a.m. – noon May 20 at the Jerry F. Costello Confluence Field Station in East Alton.

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Minnesota Mixed Bag: Juvenile avoids boating disaster on Lake Miltona near Alexandria

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Department on May 4 issued a press release involving a boating incident and a juvenile operator.
According to the release, the sheriff’s office on May 3 at about 2 p.m. received a 911 call that a person had fallen out of a moving boat on Douglas County’s Lake Miltona and that the boat “was still going in circles.”

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Gary Peters, Bernie Moreno to lead Senate Great Lakes Task Force

U.S. Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) will lead the Senate Great Lakes Task Force in the 119th Congress.
Founded in 1987, the Task Force is a bipartisan working group that advocates for the protection of the Great Lakes. As co-chairs, Peters and Moreno will convene meetings between Great Lakes senators and staff to coordinate legislative initiatives, funding priorities, and oversight efforts to address the most important issues facing the Great Lakes.

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Michigan Mixed Bag: Marquette County’s Arfelin Lake boating access site is temporarily closed

Spring snowmelt and flooding have forced the temporary emergency closure of the Arfelin Lake Boating Access Site in Marquette County until road repairs can be made.
Culverts and the dirt access road have failed, and water is moving swiftly. A pickup truck became stuck when a portion of the road collapsed.

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Officers earn honors for work on Christopher Alexander deer poaching case

Xenia, Ohio — Ohio wildlife officers Isaiah Gifford and Matt Roberts each received the national Pope and Young Club’s Wildlife Law Enforcement Officer Award for their work on a white-tailed deer poaching investigation, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife.

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