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ALPENA — The Association of Lifelong Learners (ALL) will explore the newest exhibit on Monday from 1:30 p.m. until 3 p.m.

The newest exhibit shows the history and heritage of the Great Lakes fisheries, how they have been threatened by invasive species, and the need for citizen stewardship. ALL will take an excursion into the past along a walkway to the 1928 Katherine V, a wooden fishing tug and on to the research vessel Chinook.

A “timeline” of information along the walkway will describe the Great Lakes from the pre-settlement era to today’s fishery and, most recently, threats of invasive Asian carp. Jim Johnson, who worked on the research vessel will tell the stories of this timeline and discuss the issues of each era with attendees.

Johnson is a retired fishery biologist who earned a Bachelor’s degree in science and Masters degrees at Michigan State University and served as a fishery biologist for Nebraska and Utah state fishery divisions.

In 1989 he came to Alpena to head the DNR’s fishery research station on Lake Huron, where he carried out research and assessments aboard the research vessel Chinook.

The Chinook and Jim Johnson both retired to the museum, where Johnson was a museum board member and chair of the Fishery Heritage Exhibit project for 10 years.

There is a $5 admission fee, unless you are a member.