Around the Circle This Week: Red-Letter Day for Black Bay

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A Red-Letter Day for Black Bay

Hoping to restore fish populations in Lake Superior’s Black Bay, provincial officials have proposed removing the Black Sturgeon River Dam and replacing it with a new dam 50 kilometres upriver. The relocation “is intended to help fish species return to their spawning grounds,” reports TBNewsWatch.com.

Out of the Ashes

The Pagami Creek Fire in 2011 devastated more than 90,000 acres of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, including the beloved Pow Wow Trail. But the Boundary Waters Advisory Commission and the Forest Service are working “to create a comprehensive restoration plan for the years ahead,” reports WDIO.

+ A new paved trail in Duluth?

GLSLCI Conference Coming to Marquette

The annual conference of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative is coming to Marquette this summer. GLSLCI is a non-profit initiative that advances “the protection and restoration efforts related to the St. Lawrence River and the five Great Lakes,” reports the Mining Journal. The three-day conference could draw up to 200 people from 60 cities. It’s previously been held in, among other places, Chicago, Milwaukee and Toronto. The event kicks off on June 19.

CSI: MN: The population is falling by 20 percent every year; the DNR isn’t sure why. What’s killing Minnesota’s moose?

GLEAMING BLUE: Lake Superior is the least stressed of the Great Lakes, according to a new study, though Duluth and Thunder Bay face threats.

ALL SYSTEMS GO: After four years of construction, Duluth International Airport’s new terminal was unveiled today with a grand opening celebration. The $78 million terminal officially opens on Monday, Jan. 14. The Duluth News Tribune has more.

TOP SHOTS: Paul Sundberg’s top photos of 2012.

+ A great shot of the night sky by Shawn Malone for UP’s Second Wave.

SLED DOGGING: Ross Fraboni of Two Harbors, Minn., won the inaugural Gichigami Express sled dog race this week on the North Shore. He took home a purse of $6,500.

+ It’s 36º F and rainy in the Twin Ports on this Friday, and the mild winter has the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon organizers talking contingency plans.

A Look at the Week Ahead

Friday, Jan. 11 – Sunday, Jan. 20: 50th Anniversary World Championship Snowmobile Derby Week in Eagle River, Wisconsin.

Friday, Jan. 18: “Hella W” at the Calumet Theater, a prelude to Heikinpäivä, a Finnish festival in Hancock on Jan. 26.