This story map relays key findings from the 2015 Lake Michigan field year of the Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative. This digital, multi-media outreach tool is intended to convey research results to broad audiences including anglers, boaters, conservation groups, and other Lake Michigan stakeholders.

For more detailed information, visit Lake Michigan Health: A Deeper Dive

This publication discusses the process of comprehensive planning in Indiana. It also describes the content of comprehensive plans and factors to consider when updating or amending comprehensive plans.

Item is available through the Purdue Extension Ed Store. Purdue Extension Number ID-227-W.

This is the ninth in a series of consumer guides that describe fish and shellfish farmed in the Midwest region of the United States. (See Atlantic Salmon Farmed Fish Fact Sheet, Walleye Farmed Fish Fact Sheet, Yellow Perch Farmed Fish Fact Sheet, Tilapia Farmed Fish Fact Sheet, Rainbow Trout Farmed Fished Fact Sheet, Pacific White Shrimp Farmed Fish Fact Sheet,  American Paddlefish Farmed Fish Fact Sheet, and Channel Catfish Farmed Fish Fact Sheet). The fact sheet also includes culinary characteristics, cooking tips and a recipe for Pan Fried Largemouth Bass with Garlic Herb Sauce.

References:

1. Fuller, P., Neilson, M., and Procopio, J., 2022, Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802): U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. Available online: https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?SpeciesID=401#:~:text=Native%20Range%3A%20Largemouth%20Bass%20are,and%20south%20to%20the%20Gulf
2. National Audubon Society. 2002. National Audubon Society Field Guide to Fishes. Chanticleer
   Press, Inc.
3. Portz, L. and Cyrino, J.E.P. (2003), Comparison of the amino acid contents of roe, whole body and muscle tissue and their A/E ratios for largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides (Lacepéde, 1802). Aquaculture Research, 34: 585-592. Available online: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2109.2003.00834.x
4. Zou, J., Zhong, L., Song, C., Hu, G., Qiu, L., & Chen, J. (2022). Effects of different diets on fatty acid composition and nutritional values of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). Aquaculture Research, 53, 2287– 2297. Available online: https://doi.org/10.1111/are.15747
5. Branciari R, Franceschini R, Roila R, Valiani A, Pecorelli I, Piersanti A, Haouet N, Framboas M, Ranucci D. Nutritional Value and Contaminant Risk Assessment of Some Commercially Important Fishes and Crawfish of Lake Trasimeno, Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(7):2545. Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072545
6. Karouna-Renier, N., Snyder, R. A., Lange, T., Gibson, S., Allison, J., Wagner. M., Ranga, R. k.. 2011. “Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmoides) and Striped Mullet (Mugil Cephalus) as Vectors of Contaminants to Human Consumers in Northwest Florida.” Marine environmental research 72.3 (2011): 96–104.
7. United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2001). Charles River Fish Contaminate Survey. Available online: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-10/documents/charles-fish-contaminant-survey.pdf
8. “Accumulation of Pollutants in Fish and Shellfish from the Northwest Florida Region
   Final Report: Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation and Research Ecologist USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. (2009). Accumulation of Pollutants in Fish and Shellfish from the Northwest Florida Region Final Report. Available online: https://pages.uwf.edu/cedb/PERCH_Accumulation_of_pollutants_in_fish_and_shellfish.pdf
9. Department of State Health Services, Division for Regulatory Services, Policy, Standards and Quality Assurance Unit, Seafood and Aquatic Life Group. (2015). Characterization of potential Adverse Health Effects Associated with Consuming Fish from Fosdic Lake, Tarrant County, Texas.

This program provides the opportunity for educators to borrow actual monitoring equipment used by scientists in the field and for students to experience collecting and analyzing real water-quality data. It is a great way to bring to life the topic of water quality for your students, and bring the outdoors to your classroom or your classroom outdoors!

For more detailed information, visit Limno Loan

An overview pamphlet on efforts to improve the Great Lakes through pollution prevention, monitoring, cleanups, and education.

This brochure is a part of a natural lawn care communication campaign developed and refined through a series of grant funded homeowner surveys and focus groups. The goal is to address the issue of lawn care-related pollution in watersheds by targeting outreach efforts directly towards homeowners engaged in lawn care. Managing lawn pests was identified as a main concern for homeowners. Integrated Pest Management (IPM), outlined in this brochure is a tool homeowners can implement to minimize reliance on pesticides, reduce treatment costs, improve lawn health and protect surface and ground water.

References:

1. Environmental Protection Agency. (2017, August). Introduction to Integrated Pest Management. https://www.epa.gov/managing-pests-schools/introduction-integrated-pest-management
2. UC IPM. What Is Integrated Pest Management (IPM)? University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program. (UC IPM). https://www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/What-is-IPM/
3. Calhoun, R. N. (2015). Integrated Pest Management for Home Lawns. MSU Extension. https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/integrated-pest-management-for-home-lawns
4. Reicher, Z., Throssell, C. (1998, July). Improving Lawns in the Shade. Purdue Extension. https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/AY/AY-14-W.pdf
5. Environmental Protection Agency. (2017, June 28). Healthy Lawn, Healthy Environment: Caring for Your Lawn in an Environmentally Friendly Way. https://www.epa.gov/safepestcontrol/healthy-lawn-healthy-environment-caring-your-lawn-environmentally-friendly-way
6. Pennsylvania State University. (n.d.). Pennsylvania Integrated Pest Management [Brochure]. Pennsylvania Integrated Pest Management. http://www.paasthma.org/images/docs/IPM_brochure.pdf
7. Pennsylvanian State University Extension. (2011, March). Steps of Integrated Pest Management. https://extension.psu.edu/steps-of-integrated-pest-management-ipm