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White Lake in Muskegon, MI is moving closer to removal from a list of toxic hot spots in the Great Lakes region. More...
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Four men walked from Glen Arbor, Mich., to North Manitou Island, a journey decades in the making. More...
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After $475 million in its first year, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative has had an annual budget of roughly $300 million, but the President's Budget for 2015 proposes $275 million. More...
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Hundreds of anglers have ventured out on a foot or so of Lake Superior ice to jig for lake trout in recent days and this is the first time in several years that they have found ice conditions they consider reasonably safe for foot travel. More...
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There are spectacular ice caves along the Lake Superior shoreline, but there are amazing ice caves to explore in Northeastern Wisconsin too. More...
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As searchers continue to look for the Malaysia Airlines flight, there's an eerily similar mystery that's much closer to home -- the unsolved fate of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501, which crashed into Lake Michigan in 1950. More...
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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is looking into reintroducing breeding populations of sturgeon to Lake Erie. More...
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A petition sent recently to the United States Coast Guard would allow river barges to operate on Lake Michigan's eastern shore as far north as Muskegon. More...
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This week U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the University of Toledo will receive $500,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency in order to help protect Lake Erie from the threat of invasive species like Asian carp. More...
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The "Bodies on the Ice" effort brought people together in Washburn, WI to spell out a message they say is in defense of the area's surrounding water bodies. More...
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The harsh winter this year caused the death of many ducks and other waterfowl because they were not able to get to a decent food source. More...
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Research recently published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society by NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory scientists shows dramatic and unexpected changes in the seasonal water-level cycle of Lake Erie and in the Great Lakes regional water budget. More...
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He said all three of Cliffs' Minnesota operations -- Hibbing Taconite, United Taconite and NorthShore Mining -- will be at virtually full capacity with stable employment in 2014. The company's Upper Michigan operations, Empire and Tilden, also will keep producing. More...
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Many problematic septic systems were found in the first year of South Bruce Peninsula's septic re-inspection program in Owen Sound, Ont. More...
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Critics were dismayed but not surprised by the National Energy Board's approval of a plan to increase the flow of oil through the Line 9 pipeline carrying crude across Toronto, Ont. More...
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Ice cover on the Great Lakes is now the second highest on record at 91%, and scientists are warning we can expect the the vast ice cover that now blankets the lakes to have consequences for spring flooding and summer weather. More...
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The vast Great Lakes ecosystem is historically home to 210 species of fish. An updated University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Fish of the Great Lakes poster is home to 35 species of fish, many suggested by Wisconsin residents who wanted to see their favorites immortalized. More...
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Another month of snow, ice and freezing temperatures has led government experts to project water levels in the Great Lakes will rise more in the coming months than earlier estimated -- and possibly get one lake back to its historic average. More...
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The Boating Industries Association of Upstate New York, and New York boat dealers and marina operators are optimistic about the 2014 boating season and taking advantage of trends to attract buyers of all ages and lifestyles. More...
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Critics were dismayed but not surprised by the National Energy Board's approval of a plan to increase the flow of oil through the Line 9 pipeline carrying crude across the Greater Toronto Area, Ont. More...
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Ice cover on the Great Lakes is now the second highest on record at 91%, and scientists are warning we can expect the the vast ice cover that now blankets the lakes to have consequences for spring flooding and summer weather. More...
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The 2013 Annual Summary is now available from the Detroit District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Included in this report are analyses of Great Lakes water levels and the meteorological and hydrologic conditions that led to substantially higher water levels in 2013 compared to those experienced in 2012. More...
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How does all the winter salt runoff affect Lake Michigan's water? Is there really a wall of brine heading to Lake Michigan and, if so, should we be worried? More...
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Ice cover on Lake Michigan continues to expand, covering 92.2 percent of the lake -- close to a record. More...
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Low lake levels and wood loss are causing some fish to binge until they run out of food, according to recent research. More...