A 30-year effort to clean up the Lower Fox River by a coalition of local officials, business owners, educators, environmentalists, and outdoor enthusiasts is bearing fruit.
As spring limped slowly into Green Bay, Wisconsin, Bruce Deadman pulled
two walleye from Lake Michigan’s Green Bay. Pulling off such a feat was
unheard of a decade ago, says Deadman. The walleye were simply not
around, and even if fishermen were lucky enough to snag one, they would
have been restricted from eating it due to high levels of toxic
polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs in the fish.
But all that has changed. By 2019, PCB levels in Green Bay walleye had dropped 68 percent, and on this day in early May, as the thermometer hovers just above freezing, Deadman can catch fish. And he isn’t alone. Dozens of boat trailers line the parking lot of the boat landing. The fishermen are all trolling for walleye....
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