There is an educational effort being taken by the Arizona Game and Fish Department and the state of Utah to prevent the spread of the quagga mussel. The quagga mussel is a small freshwater bivalve mollusk with a dark and white pattern along it’s shell. They are usually less than an inch long. Although small, [...]
The League of American Bicyclists announced its Spring 2010 Bicycle Friendly Communities in April. The City of Portage, Michigan received the League’s Bronze designation, along with two other Michigan Cities (Lansing and Marquette). Ann Arbor has been awarded Silver level and been on the list since 2005. Grand Rapids and Traverse City have been awarded [...]
2009′s Lake of the Ozarks Shootout started out much like every other year… with a long drive south from Michigan to Missouri. 1/3 of the Biokleen Team was already in Missouri after working with the staff at Redneck Trailer Supply locations in Ohio then in Oklahoma. When the rest of the team pulled out of [...]
Part 2 of 2: Texas is a land of cattle, horses and armadillos. The armadillo is a fascinating creature to visitors from the north. They first foraged into Texas across the Rio Grande from Mexico in the 1800’s. Armadillo is Spanish for “Little Armored One”. There are 20 species of armadillos which are distinguished by [...]
The Biokleen Team, our favorite biodegradable cleaning products, has been out on the road over the past few weeks attending pokerruns and charity fundraising events with the Bio-Kleen offshore boat. They’ve documented some interesting facts along the way and have been kind enough to share Part 1 of 2: We first traveled into Albuquerque, NM [...]
Michigan is a Midwestern state named after Lake Michigan whose name is a French adaptation of the Ojibwa Indian term mishigami, meaning large lake. Michigan has the longest freshwater shoreline in the world. Michigan is ranked third for the number of registered recreation boats, behind California and Florida. Michigan has 11,037 inland lakes. A person [...]