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Improving water quality for fish and other wildlife is the goal of a one-million dollar project to remove two river dams in the city of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio this summer. Removal of obsolete dams is increasing across the Great Lakes region. More...
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"If you look around here, you don't see cigarette butts here. It's because there are no storm drains here. We're here at Presque Isle but if you go into town like McCarty's Cove where the storm drains come in, that's where you'll see the cigarette butts," said Natasha Koss, program manager for the Superior Watershed Partnership. More...
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Thom Holden, retired director of the Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center in Duluth, will present the fascinating Great Lakes history, focusing on Lake Superior shipwrecks over the past four decades, including the Cartiercliffe Hall, USCGC Mesquite and Frontenac. More...
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Persistent toxic algae blooms are wreaking havoc on Ohio's multi-billion dollar lake tourism industry. Now elected officials and state agencies are fighting back with new tools to better help them monitor the blooms and reduce the nutrients feeding them from Ohio farms and cities. More...
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While Grand Valley State University's specialized research buoy collects data at a site in Lake Michigan about six miles offshore between Muskegon and Whitehall, the school has yet to identify further funding to keep the program running beyond this year. More...
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Congress has agreed for four years that Great Lakes water is a priority that must weather economic and political storms. Now is no time to backslide. More...
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Barely a day goes by when certain economic trims don't appear to be politically-motivated and arbitrary, especially without explanation. The most obvious recent example is cuts to Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. More...
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Those looking to learn how to fish Michigan's inland and Great Lakes can get free lessons this summer at Holland State Park.The state's Hook, Line and Sinker program, originally called Fishing in the Park, was revamped this summer. More...
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The Buffalo River got good news on Thursday, as the Environmental Protection Agency said it had the money in place to continue its cleanup of the waterway. More...
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The deep geological repository (DGR) debate, like the water debate, needs to be something that starts from the ground up. More people need to make a stand within Saugeen Shores, Ont., and people worldwide need to start looking at water in a profoundly different way. More...
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The N.Y. State Dept. of Environmental Conservation's Great Lakes Action Agenda is a draft plan to support programs and partnerships involving state and federal agencies, municipalities, academic institutions, non-profits, and other stakeholders in New York's Great Lakes basin. The deadline for public comment on the draft plan is Sept. 1. More...
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The Mich. Dept. of Natural Resources is conducting a study of the population of juvenile lake sturgeon in Black Lake (Cheboygan County) for approximately three weeks in mid-August. The study's goal is to assess how well recent stocking efforts for lake sturgeon have fared in Michigan's Black Lake. More...
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Great Lakes Week 2013 is only a few short weeks away! Register now for the many conferences and events of Great Lakes Week, Sept. 9-12 in Milwaukee, Wis. The gathering attracts people from around the eight-state Great Lakes region, as well as across the United States and Canada. More...
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Learn to recognize invasive species online at www.seagrant.umn.edu/ais or by picking up FREE aquatic invasive species (AIS) identification cards from venues throughout the Great Lakes region. The wallet-sized cards are available so that you, your friends and your family can help fight the spread of AIS. More...
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Have you checked out GLIN's Site of the Month yet? Michigan's Great Lakes Water Trails is a new website that makes it easy to find great places to kayak or canoe throughout Michigan. An interactive map provides instant information on local water trails and their associated amenities. Visit today and plan your next adventure! More...
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The GLIN August Site of the Month is Michigan's Great Lakes Water Trails, a website that makes it easy to find great places to kayak or canoe throughout Michigan. An interactive map provides instant information on local water trails and their associated amenities. More...
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Enbridge has begun a new round of dredging in Michigan's Kalamazoo River to clean up oil from the company's July 2010 pipeline spill. The cleanup work is required by EPA's March 2013 administrative order, which requires Enbridge to complete additional dredging by the end of the year. More...
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Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow say they oppose the deep cuts. Kyle Bonini, communications director for Congressman Dan Benishek, said Benishek will examine the legislation after it comes through the House Committee on Appropriations. More...
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While the subcommittee did retain some funding for the initiative, cutting it by 80% doesn't leave anywhere near enough money to meet the cleanup challenges still in the lakes. More...
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With roots in the Indiana Dunes region, degrees in geology and education, a fascination with history and decades of teaching experience, Schoon, who recently retired from Indiana University Northwest, begins his first book with a story about "Acquiring a Sense of Place." More...
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The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a resolution marking the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie, a key point in the War of 1812. The resolution, offered by Ohio senators Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, was approved Monday. More...
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Channels and harbors naturally fill in with sediment and the Army Corps is supposed to conduct regular maintenance dredging using revenue generated by taxes on the value of shipped cargo. More...
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The plan has 10 goals, including to eliminate discharges of persistent toxic substances and to restore fish and wildlife. More...
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Every time dredging widened and deepened the hole at the bottom of the lakes, the federal government was supposed to engineer a fix to maintain water levels - but it never did. More...
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The resolution commemorates the bicentennial anniversary of the battle in which an American naval force commanded by Oliver H. Perry defeated the British on Sept. 10, 1813. More...