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Enbridge has filed a federal lawsuit against the owners of a stretch of land along Talmadge Creek, saying the family will not give the company access to their land to assess the damage and clean it up. More...

As the tar sands industry continues to grow, a pressing issue is finding ways to transport the crude oil to midwest refineries. More...

Construction on a multimillion-dollar project to physically separate the Great Lakes and Mississippi watersheds in Eagle Marsh could begin next summer to keep invasive species from entering the lakes. More...

The fish farms, collectively known as aquaculture, are few so far, but Michigan's abundant system of inland lakes, Great Lakes and fresh groundwater means there's large potential for growth. More...

On the shores of Lake Erie, two of the most prominent natural resources - bald eagles and wind turbines - seem to be on the brink of colliding. More...

Residents of Gary and Griffith, Indiana fight for recreational areas where locals can fish from the shores of Lake Michigan. More...

A 2014 project to revolutionize pollution tests at Great Lakes beaches will take place in Macomb County. Macomb will receive $100,000 to develop a real-time beach monitoring system based on DNA testing. More...

With only about 15 or so Great Lakes coastal marshes remaining along the shoreline of the Lower Peninsula's Lake Michigan coast, the Arcadia Marsh restoration project has been good news for the more than 150 species of birds that depend upon it, for the many fish and aquatic organisms for which it is an important spawning, nursery and year-round habitat site, and for area residents and visitors. More...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has developed a video to help anglers identify young Asian carp and prevent them from getting into the Great Lakes. More...

The venerable Lake Michigan whitefish -- a favorite of ice anglers and commercial fishermen -- is turning up on inland waters where it hasn't been seen in a century. More...

U.S. Rep. Candice Miller is championing the Great Lakes as the lone Michigan representative among a group of bipartisan lawmakers seeking compromise on critical legislation that would authorize long overdue dredging and harbor projects. More...

Loons, along with other waterfowl, are at the mercy of environmental and climatological changes going on in the Great Lakes. More...

Lake Ontario was described earlier this year as the most "environmentally stressed" of the five Great Lakes, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Michigan. More...

The Stop the Drop campaign is designed to make it easy for those concerned about Lake Huron and Georgian Bay water levels to "get informed, get heard and get involved" in support of long-term action More...

GLIN's December Site of the Month is Freshwater Future. Freshwater Future works to ensure the healthy future of our waters in the Great Lakes region, and has helped thousands of community-based groups and individuals for over fifteen years via grants, training, toolkits and more. More...

Fearing the dock will be used to ship crude oil, more than 50 Minnesota residents packed the Superior Public Library meeting room to talk about a permit request through the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to shore up the Elkhorn Industries dock. More...

The feds allocated only $152,000 to monitor Michigan's waters. State lawmakers assigned two thirds of the grant money to a Macomb County project designed to speed up the process of determining whether E. coli bacteria levels are dangerous. More...

Karegnondi Water Authority officials are preparing to install a water intake pipeline more than 60 feet below the surface of Lake Huron to help to bring higher-quality tap water to Genesee County, Mich., residents. More...

The executive director of the Great Lakes Cruising Coalition made good on a promise he made in October to visit Toledo, Ohio, and talk about how the city could position itself to be a port of call for a future Great Lakes cruise. More...

Fearing the dock will be used to ship crude oil, more than 50 minnesota residents packed the Superior Public Library meeting room to talk about a permit request through the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to shore up the Elkhorn Industries dock. More...

Backers of the proposed $400 million Canadian effort to build a larger commercial train tunnel underneath the Detroit River said today that they will soon have all financing and approvals in place, and construction will begin in the second or third quarter of 2014. More...

The feds allocated only $152,000 to monitor Michigan's waters. State lawmakers assigned two thirds -- $100,000 -- of the grant money to a Macomb County project designed to speed up the process of determining whether E. coli bacteria levels are dangerous. More...

Karegnondi Water Authority officials prepare to install a water intake pipeline beneath the lake, which will be more than 60 feet below the surface of Lake Huron, will take the most time in the $274 million project, requiring about 30 months to complete. More...

The executive director of the Great Lakes Cruising Coalition made good on a promise he made in October to visit Toledo and talk about how the city could position itself to be a port of call for a future Great Lakes cruise. More...

The U.S. Forest Service is awarding nearly $2.5 million worth of grants in six Great Lakes states for projects designed to improve urban forests and tree canopies in ways that will boost water quality. More...