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The Great Lakes region, including the Saginaw Bay watershed in Michigan, will be among areas benefiting from what U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack called a "new era" in American conservation. More...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is teaming with businesses, nonprofits and others on a five-year, $2.4 billion program that will fund locally designed soil and water conservation projects nationwide. More...

Activists opposed to Ontario Power Generation's plan to bury nuclear waste below the Bruce Nuclear Site in Kincardine, Ont., have found an ally in the federal NDP's Brian Masse. More...

The muskie is one of the hardest fish for anglers to land. Now researchers have found that the job might be easier during some lunar phases. More...

The newest residents at the Great Lakes Aquarium now have names. Of the nearly 5,000 votes cast, 40 percent chose to name the Aquarium's otter ambassadors Agate and Ore. More...

U.S. senators from the Great Lakes region are pushing for action on legislation that would continue a wide-ranging cleanup program for five more years. More...

A Windsor MP is putting a motion before parliament to put the brakes on plans to bury nuclear waste within 1.2 km of Lake Huron More...

Life's never easy for smallmouth bass around Washington Island at the tip of Door County, but this stalwart fish seems to be weathering the toughest challenges Lake Michigan can summon. More...

Residents along Wisconsin's Lake Michigan shoreline will experience yet another rare cold weather phenomenon today. A "pneumonia front" is passing over the western Lake Michigan shore, according to the National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan office. More...

A group of 24 scientists and policymakers are clearly sounding a climate change alarm, but are also handing the country a blueprint. It's called the Great Lakes Restoration and Climate Change report. More...

There are several vantage points to experience the natural wonder. But where is the best place to stand to appreciate the roaring thunder of one-fifth of the world's fresh water majestically cascading 13 stories into the deepest section of the Niagara River? More...

Calling a nuclear waste dump proposed for Kincardine, Ontario, less than a mile from Lake Huron, "not safe" and "not acceptable," a contingent of state legislators asked last week for President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress to intervene and stop the so-called Deep Geologic Repository. More...

June 22 marks the 45th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River's most famous fire -- its 13th, actually -- which many credit with sparking the U.S. environmental movement and the nation's Clean Water Act. More...

Time is running out all along Lake Ontario in central New York. Groundwater draining out of the lake-side hill causes soil to erode. The dirt slides down the hill and is taken away by the powerful currents of Lake Ontario. More...

The Inland Seas Association's Invasive Species Field Course has been developed to teach educators and environmental professionals about invasive species in the Great Lakes region, and to prepare them to effectively teach others about invasive species. The course takes place June 18-20 in Traverse City, Mich. More...

The summary of public comments on the Great Lakes Mississippi Interbasin Study report says that more than 1,600 comments were submitted from more than 1,800 individuals, organizations, government agencies from 43 states, and Canadian provinces. It does not include input that was provided through letter writing campaigns by the Sierra Club and Clean Wisconsin. More...

The source of the mysterious Windsor Hum in the southwestern Ontario city is on Zug Island -- in River Rouge, Mich. -- according to a federally funded report released today. More...

Summer is almost here, but ice is still stacked up on the Lake Superior shoreline in Duluth, Minn. More...

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality plans to reject a company's request to store piles of petroleum coke at an open riverfront site in River Rouge. More...

Cargo barges are becoming a more common sight on New York state's 524-mile canal system as shippers begin to appreciate their ability to move oversize shipments or heavy items that might tax a truck or rail car. More...

Impressive video footage of a thick bank of fog that eventually descended over Lake Michigan in Holland, Mich., was captured by a fisherman this week. More...

Lake Erie Shores and Islands launched their new tourism campaign, "Lake Erie Love," with a beachfront party on the shores of Lake Erie and a unique, new theme song. More...

Ohio Sea Grant researchers are hoping a cool, dry June will spell some relief from the debilitating algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie the past four years. More...

Those who subscribe to fantastical explanations of matters where details are scarce call a particular area of Lake Michigan, home to numerous lost vessels, the Michigan Triangle. More...

Kathy Luther from the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission talks about environmentally responsible gardening. More...