Comments on: Mercury Impacts to Loons & Michigan Lakes Draws Thousands of Conservationists & Anglers

By: New Mercury Limits Put NWF in the Holiday Spirit : Wildlife Promise

New Mercury Limits Put NWF in the Holiday Spirit : Wildlife Promise — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:01:44 +0000

[...] rules are also a huge present to wildlife. Mercury pollution belching out of power plants settles in our lakes and rivers where microscopic organisms convert the inorganic mercury into methylmercury. This form of mercury [...]

By: Great Lakes: The Year In Review « Great Lakes on the Ground

Great Lakes: The Year In Review « Great Lakes on the Ground — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:08:59 +0000

[...] but those bills are unlikely to go anywhere in the Senate.Michigan Out-Of-Doors former TV host Bob Garner led a Tele-Town Hall on the mercury rule this month attended by 14,000 hunters and anglers. As Bob said, “We can’t fillet our way out” [...]

By: Big week to protect kids from mercury : Wildlife Promise

Big week to protect kids from mercury : Wildlife Promise — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:44:43 +0000

[...] and commercial fishing economy $29.7 million every year. Mercury from coal-fired power plants kills wildlife across the Great [...]

By: We Can’t Fillet Our Way Out of Mercury in Fish : Wildlife Promise

We Can’t Fillet Our Way Out of Mercury in Fish : Wildlife Promise — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:30:33 +0000

[...] week week, Michigan’s sportsmen and women joined Bob Garner and scientist Dr. Dave Evers on a tele-townhall dedicated to the discussion of safeguarding Michigan’s natural resources from impacts of mercury [...]