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A snowy owl, found Thursday morning trapped in a commercial building in Lorain, Ohio, is now being cared for at the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center. More...
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A new $600,000 study funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative will sample sediment at the bottom of Lake Erie to track various forms of phosphorus and nitrogen believed to feed harmful algal blooms. More...
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Michigan Sea Grant partnered with National Geographic Education Programs to develop Great Lakes FieldScope, a new web-based geospatial tool for formal and non-formal educators. It's a web-based mapping, analysis and collaboration tool that engages students and volunteers as citizen scientists. More...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposes to dump contaminated dredge from the upper Cuyahoga River shipping channel straight into Lake Erie, another site just west of the drinking water treatment plants that service the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area. More...
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The Tyler Forks waterway in the Penokee Hills runs near where Gogebic Taconite proposes to pile waste from a 4 1/2-mile-long open pit mine. The company is drilling new core samples to learn more about the rock below the surface. More...
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1,300- 1,500 people sat attentively in a meeting room at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center Thursday night, January 16, 2013 for the first public hearing about a controversial open pit mine near Babbitt that has been proposed by PolyMet Mining Corp. of Canada. More...
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A snowy owl, found Thursday morning trapped in a commercial building in Lorain, OH, is now being cared for at the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center. More...
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A new $600,000 study funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative will bring in scientists from four different Ohio universities and a private firm in Michigan to sample sediment at the bottom of Lake Erie to track various forms of phosphorus and nitrogen in the Western Basin of the lake believed to feed harmful algal blooms. More...
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Congressional leaders have announced a new bipartisan compromise budget bill that includes $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative for 2014. More...
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U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) got a round of applause on Thursday when she criticized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, saying they have done "this region a disservice in failing to make a firm recommendation about the best course of action to prevent an Asian carp invasion." More...
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The U.S. Coast Guard ice cutter Neah Bay left its home port of Cleveland, OH on Dec. 14 and has spent over a month breaking through the ice encrusted St. Clair River More...
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After an 18-month study of financial, technical and engineering issues, Ottawa, Ont. said it is ready to proceed with the new bridge, though it's keeping key details secret, including an estimate of toll rates. More...
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The snow melt and rain over the weekend resulted in at least 31 million gallons of sewage overflowing into Lake St. Clair, Mich. according to health officials. More...
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On Jan. 15, Sustain Our Great Lakes hosted a webinar to share information on their 2014 grant funding opportunities. A recording of the webinar is available online. Viewers will learn about funding priorities and the application process, see examples of past projects, and receive tips for submitting competitive proposals. More...
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The most frigid weather in decades - reaching 11 degrees below zero in Cleveland, Ohio - enveloped Northeast Ohio and much of the country last week, raising a basic question among many birders: How do birds survive such killer Arctic freezes? More...
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Ohio State Controlling Board member Rep. Chris Redfern, D-Catawba Island, voted to appropriate $599,967 on Monday to protect Ohio's greatest natural resource, Lake Erie. More...
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Ice jams and sand blocked the outlet from the pond into Lake Ontario, and the pond then spilled over with rain and melting snow causing hundreds of homes and camps to flood in Oswego County, New York More...
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An Ohio environmental expert has endorsed a long-disputed plan to reduce the polluting overflows from Akron's antiquated combined sewer system. But the proposed consent decree upon which his opinion is based might no longer be on the table. More...
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Large amounts of sand, salt and even small amounts of litter mixed in with the snow are being dumped on the riverbank behind the Algonquin power dam, near the river's confluence with the St. Lawrence River in New York, which could harm walleye population More...
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A proposed iron ore mine in Wisconsin would need state and federal approval because of potential impacts to the environment. More...
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An ice jam in northern Oswego County, New York, has prompted the National Weather Service in Buffalo to issue a flood warning that includes the town of Sandy Creek. More...
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Over the last decade or so, a huge range of interests have raised the alarm over just how much the artificial connection between the Chicago Canal and Lake Michigan have created an opening for invasive species such as the Asian carp to make their way through the Mississippi and into our precious lakes. More...
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A $1 trillion omnibus spending bill drafted by House and Senate leaders will include funding for Great Lakes restoration programs and aid for initiatives aimed at stopping the spread of Asian carp, according to U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. More...
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Check this site for daily ice cover charts for the five Great Lakes. Thickness and stages of ice development are shown. More...
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In the case a dairy farmer against his neighbor, a three-judge appeals panel, in a unanimous decision, recently ruled that manure is more than a pollutant and that the farmer's insurance company must defend their client against the neighbors' claims. More...