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After the city gets a sense of how many buyers are interested it will issue a request for proposals from serious buyers. More...
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The Great Lakes Commission instructed its staff to conduct a 1-year study of the environmental and economic implications of plans to move more oil over and around the lakes by pipeline, rail cars and ships. More...
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A scientific team, led by University of Ottawa geologist Ian Clark, analyzed core samples to see how likely the limestone and shale are to let water flow through. More...
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Forget fantasies of gold doubloons or pirate booty -- for a veteran crew of Midwestern adventurers looking for a lost freighter at the bottom of Lake Superior, the long, isolating search is its own reward More...
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Located one mile offshore in northern Lake Huron at the entrance to the St. Marys River in DeTour Passage connecting to Lake Superior, the DeTour Reef Light Station stands as a proud icon to Michigan's maritime history since 1931. More...
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State and local officials said routine tests of drinking water showed that some of the liver toxin in water taken from Lake Erie made it through the township's treatment process. More...
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The toxin microcystis may linger in the water for weeks, possibly months, after the biggest visual, the algae bloom, is gone. More...
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Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence, has joined with state and local leaders to renew a call for dredging of Lake Ontario harbors by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after touring the harbors at Olcott and Wilson. More...
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It's no wonder why Bassmasters magazine has dubbed Lake St. Clair the best bass lake in America. The proof was in the catching. More...
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A work boat sunk in Cape Vincent, N.Y., Friday morning, spilling diesel fuel into the St. Lawrence River and delaying Horne's Ferry to Wolfe Island for several hours. More...
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Great Lakes Week 2013 is the first gathering of the organizations governing the Great Lakes since the new Great Lakes Water Quality agreement was signed between the United States and Canada. Detroit Public television will be live streaming and broadcasting Great Lakes Week events. Check the schedule and be sure to tune in! More...
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State and local officials are moving forward on a two-year initiative to remove dams in the Chicago area that have been deemed unnecessary, with several slated to be dismantled by next spring. More...
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The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority released its second booklet in a series of stewardship guides, this one for people who live in the Walker's Creek watershed in north St. Catharines. More...
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ST. CLAIR SHORES -- Our first drift, maybe 90 minutes over 15 feet of water maybe five miles off shore, resulted in seven smallmouth bass (and a couple of rock bass). Neither fast, nor furious, but solid; the fish probably averaged a little better than two pounds. More...
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HOUGHTON (AP) -- Scientists at the Michigan Tech Research Institute in Houghton are using satellite data to study harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes. More...
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Lake Superior agates are highly prized here in Minnesota. Here's how to bring home a better bounty from your next rock hunt More...
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PORTAGE, Indiana -- The site of a 1911 shipwreck off the Indiana Dunes State Park shoreline is poised to become the state's first underwater preserve, an official said Thursday. More...
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NEW YORK -- A 19th century schooner at the bottom of Lake Erie that salvagers claim played a critical role in the War of 1812 and was later an Underground Railroad freedom boat belongs to New York state rather than the salvagers who found it, a federal appeals court said Thursday. More...
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LMC has proposed a schedule of work to meet the proposed settlement. The Department of Justice has made no comment about progress toward a resolution. More...
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Prescription drugs are contaminating Lake Michigan two miles from Milwaukee's sewage outfalls, suggesting that the lake is not diluting the compounds as most scientists expected, according to new research. More...
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The county sent its first opposition letter against the plan, then called Bv7 last summer. This year, the plan was revised and so the county decided to send another letter to the International Joint Commission stating their concern for Lake Ontario water levels. More...
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A coalition of local officials led by Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence, called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wednesday to follow through with plans to dredge Oak Orchard Harbor and other Lake Ontario harbors next year. More...
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THE PENOKEE RANGE - The fight over the fate of a massive iron ore mine has moved this summer from the state Capitol in Madison to the forests of northwestern Wisconsin and the green, undulating ridges along which Gogebic Taconite wants to dig its 4-mile-long pit. More...
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LMC has proposed a schedule of work to meet the proposed settlement. The Department of Justice has made no comment about progress toward a resolution. More...
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Anyone who calls the Great Lakes home -- or a home away from home -- knows it's near impossible to beat the breathtaking surroundings of the five lakes that touch eight states and Canada. More...