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A clean-water bill recently approved by the Ohio Senate promotes voluntary action by farms to control agricultural runoff into Lake Erie, but it's no more than a partial step in the battle to control the pollution that feeds toxic algae blooms that harm fishing, drinking water, and tourism in northern Ohio. More...
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FLOW: For Love of Water and other organizations have come together over the last year to raise awareness about the 61-year-old Enbridge pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac which has increased in flow and pipeline pressure and poses a risk to our common water. More...
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Legislators working on a bill that would adjust the regulation of phosphorus in the state's waterways need to make sure it addresses the most serious source of phosphorus, pushes water utilities and communities to reduce the amount of phosphorus entering waterways More...
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Marty Weigel co-created a Facebook page called: "Drive or bike across Lake Michigan?" in hopes that he could get a group of people to ride from Milwaukee to Muskegon on the sixty-six percent covered lake. More...
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Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. on Tuesday announced it will close its Wabush Scully Mine operations in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, because the mine's operating costs are too high. More...
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Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller proposed a portion of federal funds used for Asian carp control efforts in the Great Lakes be offered to states as grants to contain or eradicate the invasive fish in their rivers and streams. More...
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The first phase in re-creating a chain of barrier islands in Green Bay features a strip of land that juts 2.5 miles into the bay for a sweeping view of the city. The $18.3 million project has quickly become an attractive stopover for migrating birds. More...
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The U.S. Navy's littoral combat ship program, which has created thousands of shipbuilding jobs in Wisconsin, may soon have a powerful ally in Washington with the nomination of Robert Work as Deputy Defense Secretary. More...
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Legislation that is scheduled to be introduced on Tuesday could make New York the first state to outlaw the tiny plastic beads used in personal care products like facial scrubs and toothpastes. More...
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators from the Great Lakes states have asked for direct additional funding for dredging and other harbor maintenance to reduce a severe backlog of projects. More...
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The heavy ice this winter will likely keep temperatures cool this summer which could be good for cities but tough for swimmers More...
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Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps) provides grants for volunteer water quality monitoring in wadable streams and rivers. The monitoring has historically included an evaluation of benthic invertebrate communities and stream habitat. Now, MiCorps is introducing an additional Volunteer Stream Monitoring component, the Road/Stream Crossing Inventory. More...
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The wind turbine set to go up in a few months has now been put to a halt because of two bird conservancy groups in order to protect migrating and surrounding area birds. More...
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Brad Bumgardner, Indiana Dunes State Park interpretive naturalist, led a group of hikers to Lake Michigan's edge of the beach pavilion for a bird's-eye view of the shelf ice during a Shelf Ice Exploration program. More...
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A bill introduced by Rep. Candice Miller, a Michigan Republican, would authorize the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct barriers in rivers and canals that were reconfigured more than a century ago to connect the two giant watersheds More...
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One of the most contentious issues in debate is over whether Minnesota should allow PolyMet Mining Corp. to build the state's first copper-nickel mine is whether the company can cover cleanup costs after it closes. More...
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The bulk of the Army Corps' $15 billion-plus estimate to restore the natural separation between the Lake Michigan and Mississippi River watersheds is yoked to projects that critics contend have little to do with directly stopping invasive species. More...
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An aging oil pipeline buried below the Straits of Mackinac is continuing to stir up environmental concerns amongst many. More...
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Community members from across western New York came together in Rochester on Thursday to address the issue of pollution in the Genesee River, which has a direct impact on the water quality in Lake Ontario. More...
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The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources is visiting lakes in order to check what kind of bait anglers are using, in an effort to prevent invasive species from spreading. More...
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Recently, U.S. Rep. Candace Miller proposed a bill that calls for the construction of a physical barrier to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. Larry Miller, MP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, Ont., announced his support for the legislation. More...
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Two research efforts are underway to have Muskegon County, Mich., and surrounding shoreline communities part of the four-state Lake Michigan Water Trail project to serve paddling visitors who would navigate the big lake and its connected lakes and rivers. More...
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For the third time since 2001, Bay City has been named Port of the Year by Tall Ships America, which organizes the annual Tall Ships Challenge-a race of tall ships across major bodies of water that includes stops at several port cities. More...
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A group of naturalists has found 21 species of flora and fauna that have never been recorded in Hamilton, Ontario, including a rare tree that can grow nine metres high with fruit that tastes like a cross between a banana and a mango. More...
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An aging oil pipeline buried below the Straits of Mackinac is continuing to stir up environmental concerns amongst many. More...