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Michigan Sea Grant will receive $642,428 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow announced today. The award will help fund research, education and outreach efforts on issues affecting the Great Lakes. More...

The 136-page tome was produced by South Nation Conservation to celebrate its 65th anniversary. More...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has $9.5 million to distribute for Great Lakes projects and is looking for takers. EPA's regional office in Chicago says it's soliciting grant proposals from states, cities, Native American tribes, universities and nonprofit groups. More...

Enbridge requests permission to increase the amount of oil moving from a southern Canadian oil field to Superior from 450,000 barrels a day to 570,000. More...

Davis-Besse is identified in a new economic report as one of a dozen U.S. nuclear reactors most likely to be closed by their utilities before their licenses expire. More...

This year's Lake Superior Days will mark the first blessing of the fleet for boats in the Superior harbor at Barker's Island. More...

A company looking to dig a huge iron mine just south of Lake Superior is expected to finish exploratory drilling within days. More...

America's manufacturing revival, which should be turbocharged by cleaner and cheaper energy, and leaner, more efficient production processes, twists in the wind helplessly as utilities cling to their old monopolies. More...

Plan 2014 -- the IJC's newest plan for regulating water levels on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River -- aims to strike a compromise between the economic interests of harbor communities and environmental concerns, but views are still split. More...

Registration is now open for the 9th Annual Great Lakes Restoration Conference. In 2013, HOW's Great Lakes restoration conference is again being held in collaboration with U.S. and Canadian federal environmental agencies, the International Joint Commission, the Great Lakes Commission, and many major funders in the region. More...

Thousands of sailors on more than three hundred yachts are sailing across the Great Lakes to Mackinac Island. The 105th Chicago to Mackinac Race started Saturday and now teams are beginning to arrive at the finish line, but so far it's been a slow start. It has been called one of the slowest races in the event's history. More...

The International Joint Commission (IJC) is inviting the public to comment on a proposal for managing the water levels and flows in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River that will continue to contribute to the economic health of communities throughout the basin while improving the long-term ecological health of Lake Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence River. More...

Biologists want to know why so many of loons die of botulism poisoning on the Great Lakes every fall. They want to learn more about environmental toxins loons face on their long annual migration. More...

Here's something to think about the next time you pick up a fishing pole and cast into one of the Great Lakes. That fish you catch might have gotten there not courtesy of Mother Nature, but rather with some help from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. More...

Paddleboarding started in Hawaii, where surfers paddled around on their boards on days with no waves just to stay in shape, he said. Then it evolved and became popular along the coasts, including the Great Lakes. More...

Thousands of sailors on more than three hundred yachts are sailing across the Great Lakes to Mackinac Island. The 105th Chicago to Mackinac Race started Saturday and now teams are beginning to arrive at the finish line, but so far it's been a slow start. It has been called one of the slowest races in the event's history. More...

The U.S. Rep's Bill Huizenga, Dan Benishek and Candice Miller, joined by two New York State colleagues, introduced a bill to have the U.S. Corps of Engineers treat the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway as one unit when it comes to dredging. More...

This week, the U.S. EPA issued a Request for Applications soliciting applications from states, tribes, local governments, universities, nonprofit organizations, and other eligible organizations for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants and cooperative agreements to be awarded as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. More...

Tipping the Scales is a report about how Canada and Ontario can prevent an Asian carp invasion of the Great Lakes. The report states that an invasion would be devastating to ecosystem of the Great Lakes, and its tourism, fishing, and boating economies. More...

The Storis, one of America's most accomplished and longest-serving vessels, was on the verge of returning home to Toledo to become the site of an educational and historical museum. Now, however, the ship seems headed to another end: The scrapyard. More...

The proposed research complex could range from 100,000 to 150,000 square feet, with 50 to 100 academic, professional and support personnel on site within three years of opening. More...

A six-year old boy is recovering after being trapped under nearly 11-feet of sand at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. More...

The Charlevoix Historical Society recently began the final phase of restoration for the Lake Michigan light on the Pine River Channel. More...

The state Department of Natural Resources is reminding boaters and property owners to take precautions to avoid spreading the invasive species, the Brainerd Dispatch reported. More...

The Great Lakes are positioned to become "ground zero" as water vanishes elsewhere. More...