Dear Chicago: Let’s clean up the Chicago River
To say that fishing is the central passion of Don Dubin’s life might be an understatement. The Chicago native spent his boyhood fishing in public parks on the city’s West Side. As an adult, he was...
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Dear Chicago: Let’s clean up the Chicago River
To say that fishing is the central passion of Don Dubin’s life might be an understatement. The Chicago native grew up fishing in public parks on the city’s West Side. Now in his 70s and a Legendary...
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New ways to cut the carp
A federal and regional committee is laying out a plan to defend Chicago waterways and the Great Lakes from Asian carp.Hydroguns that shoot energy waves into water, underwater cameras that can show...
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Biologists battle killer in the Great Lakes
A lot of people are worried about Asian carp swimming into the Great Lakes. We know from experience how bad an invasive species can be. Sea lamprey devastated the Great Lakes fishery in the 1940s and...
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A smelt in the hand
A smelt in the hand is worth two in the net—if you can find even that many these days; or nights, as that's when smelt fishing is done.This weekend marks the final fin de semaine of this year's season,...
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Shallow water changes the scene for urban fishermen
As the Great Lakes experience near-record low water levels, fishermen in the Chicago area are running into problems.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports November water levels in Lake Michigan were...
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Libraries: Beyond the books
Shanlie Ann Stead says she’s had a lifelong love of libraries and, as she recollects it, she personally experienced how far that love could go — straight from a library to her own apartment’s walls.She...
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Gone Fishing: Harsh winter brings lake temps down, but not for long
Dr. Philip Willink stands at the shore of Chicago’s 63rd Street Beach, looking out on to Lake Michigan.“So what do you see when you look at the lake?”He asks this question of anyone who joins him on...
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Censorship looms amid rise of Hindu nationalism in India
India's writers face censorshipIn the last few weeks, at least 40 Indian writers have returned top literary prizes in protest of what they call a “climate of intolerance”. Novelists, poets and...
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