“Sandy beaches still rim the lakes, but if Lake Michigan, for example, were drained it would now be possible to walk almost the entire 100 miles between Wisconsin and Michigan on a bed of trillions upon trillions of filter-feeding quagga mussels.” ScienceAlgaeGreat LakesInvasive SpeciesCohoLake MichiganEcological SustainabilityAsian CarpQuagga MusselsSoo Locks Book:The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Source: The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
“HOWARD TANNER WAS NEVER BIG ON THE IDEA OF VALUING NATIVE species simply because they are native. His priority in the 1960s was to convert the lakes from a resource primarily managed as a commercial fishery into a sportsmen’s haven, and native species just didn’t fit his bill—and they still don’t. “I doubt if the charter boat captains can sustain a fishery on lake trout,” he said. He called trolling for native walleye “about the most boring thing you can do.” “Like bringing in a wet sock,” he said.” SalmonGreat LakesCohoIntroduced SpeciesChinook Book:The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Source: The Death and Life of the Great Lakes