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Continuing budget cuts forced by the federal sequester would hurt efforts to improve the quality of Michigan's lake and rivers, environmental advocates and government officials warned Tuesday. More...

Climate change is potentially the biggest environmental challenge facing this country and the world, and President Barack Obama has now acted forcefully in releasing on June 25 a Climate Action Plan that will help America address the problem. More...

Now the Tar Sands emerge as a serious threat to Earth's finest collection of freshwater: Lake Superior and the Upper Great Lakes. More...

The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority has created a seven-minute animated video explaining the agency's functions and contributions to the Toledo area. More...

The 8-foot tunnel would divert stormwater that typically drains off into the Skokie River east into Lake Michigan, providing some flooding relief for six of the village's drainage areas. More...

The 32-foot boat is currently patrolling the water surrounding Manitoulin Island and the North Channel of Lake Huron. The Gwen M. Boniface will be one of three marine units at the Manitoulin detachment, part of the 126 OPP fleet patrolling 94,000 square kilometres. More...

The 3.2 magnitude quake that hit around 3:48 a.m. Monday was felt by northeastern Ohio residents in Painesville, Mentor and Fairport Harbor east of Cleveland. More...

A tunnel connecting one side of the St. Lawrence River channel to the other could lead to more fishing in the area. More...

The 2013 Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with Great Lakes Week in Milwaukee, Wis., on Sept. 9. Online registration is now available - register by August 9 to receive a discounted registration fee! More...

A 2.3-acre wetland restoration in Ohio's Wildwood State Park is now complete. The project was funded by a $1.4 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to the Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District. More...

At the Mackinac Island Stone Skipping & Gerplunking Club championships, some believe participants are supposed to source their equipment only from the pebble-lined beaches of this Lake Huron island. More...

The vast resources of the Great Lakes should not be taken for granted. We must protect these waters and clean up the areas that have been harmed by toxic contaminants, polluted runoff, untreated wastewater and destructive invasive species. More...

Statistics show dangerous currents are the most common cause of drowning in Lake Michigan, claiming 33 lives on the big lake between 2010 and 2012. Stay safe in the water this summer by remembering to "flip, float, and follow." More...

Five historic lighthouses in Lake Superior's Apostle Islands will be closed for repairs this summer and into the fall as the National Park Service conducts repairs. More...

Senator Chuck Schumer makes a stop at a Lake Ontario Beach Tuesday to talk about water quality. The New York Democrat is coming to Rochester to make a push for nearly ten million dollars in funding that he says got eliminated in the current federal budget. More...

A group of city and county officials, business owners and residents of St. Clair County recently met for a St. Clair County Green Infrastructure Visioning Session to provide important feedback for the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments. SEMCOG leaders wanted to hear from residents and stakeholders how to move forward on projects to protect and highlight the best of Michigan's natural resources. More...

Wildwood Park, at East 174th Street and Lakeshore Boulevard, hosts a celebration of its recently completed wetland restoration project Wednesday, July 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. More...

A team of Canadian fishery biologists and technicians from Fisheries and Oceans Canada were in Central New York this spring and late last month applying lampricide in local streams to kill sea lamprey larvae in the waterways. More...

Among competitive stone-skippers, nothing makes ripples like a disagreement about regulation rocks. The latest dispute in this sport for people who skim small stones across water is over imports used in competition. More...

Whether the two most threatening species of Asian carp -- bighead and silver -- ever get a foothold in the Great Lakes is arguably less important than whether, upon arrival, they can reproduce and thrive. More...

Fish populations in Lake Superior and its surrounding fisheries are faring much better than expected a year after a major storm dumped up to 10 inches of rain in the Duluth area and sent tons of sediment rushing into the big lake and its surrounding rivers and streams. More...

Lake Superior anglers near Duluth and Superior may soon be catching a new strain of brown trout. More...

The short-term bets range from bad to worse, but, long term, Lake Erie could be restored, Jeff Reutter believes. "The agriculture industry is really taking this issue seriously," he said. More...

It normally opens on Memorial Day but was delayed this year for facility maintenance to repair damage caused by winter weather. More...

Lockheed Martin, the primary contractor working with Marinette Marine, celebrated the opening of a new 16,000-square-foot facility about a mile from the shipyard, which will be used for testing and troubleshooting. More...