![]() ![]() ![]() Read Changing Seasons to learn how climate change affects upland hunting. This is just one example of how climate change is impacting outdoor recreation in Michigan included in Changing Seasons, a new report from Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC), and the National Wildlife Federation Great Lakes Regional Center. Indeed, a changing climate is bringing more frequent and violent storm events to the Great Lakes region-and more days when you can’t get on the water at all. “We’re getting a lot more Northeast winds compared to just eastern winds and this shift in weather patterns has hurt a lot of charter guys.” “The wind seems to pick up now in mid-August and doesn’t want to stop until late September, if we’re lucky,” says Grinold, who operates his 33-foot charter “Old Grin” out of Grand Haven. It’s a financial hit to small business owners like Grinold who depend on sport fishing for their livelihood. The increased number of “blow days”-times where boats can’t travel safely due to high winds-isn’t just frustrating to anglers who’d hoped to land a King Salmon. “Comparing it to 20 or 30 thirty years ago, we’d have maybe had 15 trips canceled.” “Last year I had to cancel 59 trips due to windy days or bad weather,” says Grinold. Nobody needs to tell Lake Michigan charter fishing boat Captain Denny Grinold that the climate is changing. ![]()
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