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Despite occasional flare-ups of opposition from elected officials and conservation groups over the potential effects on the Great Lakes, the proposal has continued to move through the approval process in Canada. More...
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Conservation groups hoping to establish a preserve along the Lake Michigan bluffs and Port Washington city officials have reached an agreement that keeps the proposal alive. More...
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A resolution that raised concerns about a proposed nuclear material dumping ground passed the Michigan Senate unanimously Wednesday afternoon. More...
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For more than half a century, Larry Davis made a living from the wide waters of Lake Erie and the remnants of the Black Swamp, a fertile marsh once covering much of Northwest Ohio. More...
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President of Waterkeeper Alliance walked the blue carpet with Mark Mattson, President of the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper at Lake Ontario Waterkeeper's Second Annual Gala at Corus Quay in Toronto. More...
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The Toronto Port Authority is putting off plans to fill in an area of Lake Ontario near Billy Bishop Airport because it's unclear if the material would be able to support a proposed runway extension. More...
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When you dig your hands and feet into the sand of one of Michigan's towering dunes, you're participating in thousands of years of history, and people flock to areas like Warren Dunes State Park to revel in the natural beauty. More...
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Cleveland 2030, an organization dedicated to making Cleveland more environmentally sustainable, has won a $175,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation of Detroit and is making great strides towards meeting the goal of a 50%reduction in energy and water from participating properties by 2013. More...
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As piles of petroleum coke pile up along the Detroit River, Congressman Gary Peters urged his colleagues to reject a measure expediting the permit approval for the Keystone Pipeline, and instead investigate the health and environmental implications of coking byproducts. More...
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A group of property owners in northern Michigan have filed a $6.3 million lawsuit alleging the botched removal of a Boardman River dam last fall has lowered their property values and exacerbated recent spring flooding. More...
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A sick lake in the west metro has been restored by chemical treatment of invasive weeds and reduced manure runoff. More...
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Groups of scientists are urging federal officials not to remove protections for gray wolves across the lower 48 states. More...
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The proposed reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act now making its way through Congress will finally move projects on the Great Lakes from the back of the funding line. More...
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With hundreds of shipwrecks scattered across the bottom of the Great Lakes, divers have access to an unrivaled underwater playground. The freshwater environment lends itself to preserving shipwrecks so well, some ships look ready to board. More...
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Groups of scientists are urging federal officials not to remove protections for gray wolves across the lower 48 states. More...
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While climate change may have some impact on the level of the lakes, we cannot throw our hands up and leave it all to Mother Nature to fix. We need to explore man-made options for normalizing water levels. More...
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A couple of scientists looking to learn all they can about Lake Ontario visited the beach near the Oak Orchard Creek Lighthouse in Point Breeze, NY, and gathered data using an AUV -- autonomous underwater vehicle. More...
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The Department of Natural Resources has announced all four of its research vessels are back on the water, conducting annual surveys of Great Lakes fish populations. More...
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A new study shows that climate change could mean better conditions for some Lake Superior fish species, but worse for others. More...
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Kite enthusiasts and curious onlookers stopped by Grand Haven State Park on Saturday for the second day of the 25th Annual Great Lakes Kite Festival. More...
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A nine year effort to clean up an old Chrysler manufacturing facility that is located adjacent to Humbug Marsh, the last mile of natural shoreline on the US mainland of the Detroit River, has been completed! More...
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A three-story pile of petroleum coke that covers an entire city block is continuing to grow along the banks of the Detroit River. Detroit's ever-growing black mountain is the unloved, unwanted and long overlooked byproduct of Canada's oil sands boom. More...
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The order was to sink the UC-97 in deep water. In June of 1921, the sub was towed 20 to 30 miles off of Highland Park. The USS Wilmette was brought within range, and fired her four inch guns. More...
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The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers has usually been involved with dredging in the harbor. Dolce said their involvement again depended on several variables that were discussed at a recent meeting. More...
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Isle Royale and other national parks all absorbed a five percent budget cut this year. In Michigan, that also affects Keweenaw National Historic Park, and Sleeping Bear Dunes and Pictured Rocks national lakeshores. More...