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When completed, the Lake Michigan Water Trail will re-create the safe, legal and adequate access enjoyed by the first paddlers, the first Europeans and the first Americans, around the entire lakeshore of America's greatest lake. More...
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There's a mystery at the very bottom of the Great Lakes food web. Phytoplankton - the algae that are food for plankton which in turn feed fish - are behaving strangely. They're surrounded by a nutrient they need to grow. But for some reason, they're not using it. More...
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The opposition from the United States continues to be loud as the Joint Review Panel continues its look at Ontario Power Generation's proposed deep geological repository. More...
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People who canoe on, or wade or swim in, the Kalamazoo River near Marshall in southwestern Michigan are not expected to suffer any long-term harm from chemicals left in the water when an oil pipeline burst in 2010, according to a state report. More...
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Our recent Indian summer is certainly drawing people outdoorsand if it's a trip to the lake, people may have noticed that the water lapping at the shore is a bit lower than what they've seen in the past. More...
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Frackings effects on Great Lakes water levels could potentially be minimal given the current level of fracking in Michigan. More...
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Two years after the Lake Erie water snake was removed from the federal Endangered Species List, its numbers are robust and holding steady. This rise is due to an invasive fish found in Lake Erie. More...
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This year the Ottawa Soil and Water Conservation District has assistance for the home gardener. The SWCD was awarded the grant through the Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control to help reduce the phosphorus flow into Lake Erie. More...
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Researchers with the Nature Conservancy in Ohio spent Tuesday collecting water samples from Coshocton County's rivers to determine if Asian carp have penetrated this far into the Muskingum Watershed. More...
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The International Joint Commission has released two reports that are part of an effort to measure the health of the Great Lakes. More...
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While many Detroiters remember the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in November of 1975 or have heard the song by Gordon Lightfoot. Very few are aware of the deadliest storm to ever pound the Great Lakes. More...
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Frog Island Restoration will consist of the creating approximately five acres of diverse habitat conditions at the site of a former island in the Niagara River consisting of coarse and fine substrate at variable depths that will support fish and wildlife More...
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While many Detroiters remember the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in November of 1975 or have heard the song by Gordon Lightfoot. Very few are aware of the deadliest storm to ever pound the Great Lakes. More...
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Two Michigan lawmakers are speaking out against a Canadian proposal to store nuclear waste underground less than a mile from the shores of Lake Huron. More...
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Tests conducted on liquid that spilled into the Huron River Saturday and Sunday indicated that it contained motor oil, Eastern Michigan University officials said. More...
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Frog Island Restoration will consist of the creating approximately five acres of diverse habitat conditions at the site of a former island in the Niagara River consisting of coarse and fine substrate at variable depths that will support fish and wildlife More...
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Travelers interested in America's War of 1812 history now have a new 72-page, illustrated guidebook to lead them to historic sites in New York and Pennsylvania. Seaway Trail Inc. More...
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Lake Erie was always greener on the other side - until this year.The lake's infamous toxic blue-green algae first made what's become an annual summertime appearance along the southern Ontario shoreline in July this year. More...
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An Ohio city that relies on Lake Erie for drinking water says an algae threat will cost $1 million in added expenses. More...
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The disposal of the City of Toledo's treated sewage sludge at a facility at the mouth of the Maumee River in Oregon is the target of unfair and untrue allegations, one man says. More...
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The Washtenaw County HAZMAT team and officials from the Environmental Protection Agency were testing an unknown fluid draining into the Huron River in Ypsilanti Saturday, officials said. More...
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A half-dozen state fisheries biologists and technicians formed an assembly line this week at Riveredge Nature Center to give 1,180, 5-month-old sturgeon an identification number and check their weight and length. More...
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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Division of Dam Safety, along with engineering firm Mannik and Smith, conducted separate inspections of the Ballville Dam this week in Fremont, Oh. More...
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When a river is as heavily polluted as the Rouge River in Detroit, Mich., it's hard to imagine how it could ever be cleaned up. Yet there is a plan to bring the river back to better health. More...
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A new interactive map showcases successful federal restoration projects in the Great Lakes states, including projects from the $475 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. More...