by Kevin Boyle | Jan 22, 2022 | Featured Post
The BIA organized and developed the Beaver Island Birding Trail and, with the leadership of Pam Grassmick, presents an annual Warblers on the Water Beaver Island Birding Trail Festival. The trail includes multiple locations around the island with descriptive signage...
by Kevin Boyle | Jan 21, 2022 | Island Currents, News
The battles over the pipeline under the straits of Mackinac—and the tunnel to replace it—continue. Recent developments include two members of the Great Lakes Islands Alliance rejecting proposals from Enbridge to install high resolution cameras to monitor ship traffic...
by Kevin Boyle | Jan 21, 2022 | Island Currents, News
The Library Board appointed Jacquie LaFreniere as assistant director of the library. In their announcement the board noted she has a long record of work both at the library and at other posts on the island along with specific library science credentials to go with...
by Kevin Boyle | Jan 20, 2022 | Island Currents, News
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has pegged $226 million for design and pre-construction work on a lock and dam project to keep Asian Carp out of Lake Michigan. The construction would be 50 miles downstream of Chicago. The funding is coming from the federal...
by Kevin Boyle | Jan 13, 2022 | Island Currents, News
Concerns about Lake Michigan seem to have subsided of late—along with the water level. But, it turns out the lake that is trumpeted as salt free is, in fact, getting saltier. Lily Bohlke produced a story about it for Michigan News connection: The Great Lakes hold...
