From left to right: cameraman, Ludington Biological Station staff Kevin Butterfield, (Physical Science Technician), Renee´ Laug and Margie Shaffer (Biological Technicians), and Richard Wiese film sea lamprey control activities, during an October 2006 treatment of the Brevort River in Michigan. - Photo by Ellie Koon

Sea lamprey control personnel from Ludington and Marquette Biological Stations will be featured in an educational TV series called, “Exploration with Richard Wiese”. 

Filming took place October 5, during a lampricide treatment of the Brevort River in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.  The theme of the show was lake trout restoration in the Great Lakes.

Wiese arrived at the field site with a producer, two cameramen, and a production assistant.  They spent a very pleasant afternoon filming the lampricide application at Brevort Lake Dam and a sea lamprey population estimate conducted by the larval assessment unit.

Wiese is President of the Explorer’s Club and has traveled the world. The show is broadcast across the country on various networks. The lake trout segment is expected to air sometime in 2007.