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City officials have opened an intake pipe from the Flint River and plan to begin processing its water next week. More...

The Freighter Isolda arrived at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor on Thursday, April 17, marking the start of the international shipping season. More...

The Lake Huron Fishing Club has received $53,000 from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, which will be used to study the rivers and streams that empty into Lake Huron between Kincardine and Southampton in Ontario. More...

Have you visited GLIN's April Site of the Month yet? The honor goes to the Great Lakes Clean Communities Network, a multi-partner effort led by the Institute of Water Research at Michigan State University to create a community of environmental practitioners throughout the Great Lakes. The primary goal is to establish a long-term sustainable network of leaders to share experiences. More...

The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism launched Great Lakes Echo five years ago, with news coverage defined by proximity to and interest in the environment of the Great Lakes watershed. Here's your chance to participate: Great Lakes Echo is looking for feedback on their new website from their strong community of readers! More...

Seafaring commerce between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean can spur the local economy of Lorain, Ohio, and other midwestern cities, said St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. Administrator Betty Sutton. More...

Lower supplies and increased demand pushed wholesale whitefish prices to record levels last year, and a late start to the 2014 Great Lakes fishing season could place further pressure on prices. More...

The nation's largest steel mill in Gary, Ind., is now running at about half capacity, and iron ore sourcing problems persist because of the worst winter for Great Lakes shipping in decades. More...

Higher water levels in the Great Lakes are leaving marina operators and tourism officials hopeful about the coming season. More...

Scientific report says that subtle immune system changes may explain why some Great Lakes trout and salmon die from the lack of an essential vitamin after eating alewife, an important forage species. More...

After about 1 years in the making, a plan to guide Park Point's development could finally be nearing completion, with the Duluth Planning Commission slated to weigh in on the document tonight. More...

This winter has been tough on everyone and everything, but it could prove more of a challenge to other life, not necessarily bad challenges though. More...

Speculation about the fate of the 328-hectare property ramped up late last year after the Pittsburgh-based company announced the permanent end of steelmaking on the harbourfront site. More...

Environmental officials approved the dredging of Cleveland Harbor and the Cuyahoga River but said the sediment can't be dumped in Lake Erie. More...

A Michigan dam has failed on a man-made lake in Roscommon County, Muskegon, MI due to the rising of the Muskegon River. More...

New York Sea Grant is looking to hire college and graduate students to serve as Launch Stewards at waterfront venues in Cayuga, Jefferson, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, and Wayne counties in 2014. The Launch Stewards also participate in educational outreach, and also collect boater usage and invasive species data. More...

Plastic pollution, from the common plastic bag to the tiny microbeads found in face wash, is impacting the water quality of the Great Lakes. More...

Ohio environmental officials have approved the dredging of Cleveland Harbor and the Cuyahoga River -- but the sediment can't be dumped in Lake Erie. More...

Officials say fewer than 100 businesses in Flint, Mich.,account for $500,000 in overdue water bills. However, officials don't have a handle yet on how much unpaid residential bills are costing the city. More...

The Wetlands Initiative (TWI) will be kicking off a project in July on the Sue and Wes Dixon Waterfowl Refuge which will restore a rare oak savanna and more than double the existing hiking trail, which will allow hikers to explore the interior of the nearly four-square-mile site for the first time. More...

A fungus that has already killed more than 10 million bats nationwide has been found for the first time in Michigan. More...

Three national wildlife refuges in the Great Lakes region will expand hunting opportunities and two more will open to hunting for the first time, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. More...

Expanding proposals for more pipeline capacity by Canadian pipeline company Enbridge, as well as plans to ship tar sands crude oil across Lake Superior and other Great Lakes, are astonishing in their sheer scale. More...

As the Great Lakes slowly lose their historically large ice covers over the next few months, the domino effects could include lingering cold water, delayed seasonal shifts, and huge jumps in water levels. More...

Some materials that would be stored in a proposed underground nuclear waste facility less than a mile from Lake Huron are hundreds of times more radioactive than was told to Canadian government officials considering the site. More...