Dan Wanschura

Aug 22, 2024 | greatlakesnow.org | Patrick Shea |Dan Wanschura |Morgan Springer

August 22, 2024 By Patrick Shea, Dan Wanschura and Morgan SpringerPoints North is a biweekly podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes. This episode was shared here with permission from Interlochen Public Radio. Lake trout are on life support in Lake Michigan. They rely on intense breeding and stocking by federal fisheries. There was a breakthrough last summer, though, that could help bolster the lake trout’s recovery.

Jun 6, 2024 | interlochenpublicradio.org | Dan Wanschura

IPR competes in Division B of the PMJA Awards. The divisions are based on the size of a newsroom's staff.

May 16, 2024 | secondwavemedia.com | Dan Wanschura

This story was adapted from Points North, a podcast about the land, water,and inhabitants of the Great Lakes. from Interlochen Public Radio. Listenand subscribe wherever you find podcasts. It’s early April, and Jim VerSnyder is sitting at a big stainless steel table that’s covered in fish blood. He’s got a long, sharp knife in one hand, and with the other, he reaches into a bin filled with ice, pulls out a fish, and plops it on a cutting board.

Mar 28, 2024 | birdnote.org | Gregg Thompson |Dan Wanschura

BirdNote®Using Sound to Bring Rails Back into WetlandsWritten by Dan WanschuraDan Wanschura: This is BirdNote.    [Sora call with marsh soundscape]While the Great Lakes region has lost over half of its original wetlands, some are now being restored. But secretive marsh birds called rails might not realize these are good habitats for them unless they hear other rails calling and hanging out. Mike Ward is an avian ecologist at the University of Illinois.

Mar 5, 2024 | beltmag.com | Dan Wanschura

By Dan WanschuraThe following transcript is from an episode of Points North, a narrative podcast about the land, water, and inhabitants of the Great Lakes. Listen to more episodes at pointsnorthpodcast.org. DAN WANSCHURA, HOST: The plane touched down on a Tuesday afternoon. Crowds of Chicagoans gathered around, cheering, waving flags. Then, the door opened. And there he stood. CHRISTIAN ELLIOTT: The Japanese Emperor, who was then Crown Prince Akihito. He was 26 years old, so just a young guy.