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No longer needed by the U.S. Coast Guard, the historic Superior entry lighthouse is being offered free to any eligible entity for educational, recreational, cultural or historic preservation purposes. 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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A workshop titled "Sharing Agricultural Science, Technology and Data to Improve Great Lakes Water Quality" will be held June 13-14 in London, Ont. The workshop is aimed at Canadian and American water, soil and agricultural scientists and engineers who want practical solutions to common challenges. Registration is required and limited. More...
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The funding will support a project this summer called "AlgaeAlert" that will involve homeowners and volunteers in tracking occurrences and causes of excess algae in waterways between Cornwall and the Quèbec border. More...
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Investigators detected a crack around a nozzle on one of the tanks of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Michigan, confirming that the rupture has led to radioactive water being drained into Lake Michigan. More...
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"Wisconsin Harbor Towns--Lake Michigan" premieres May 18-19 and will reach more than 250,000 viewers across the upper Great Lakes region, including Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Northern Illinois and Upper Michigan. More...
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The point where the Kalamazoo River flows into the great lake has proved a sandy battlefield pitting Aubrey McClendon, co-founder and former CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp., against an active group of locals intent on stopping his residential development plans there. More...
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The 210 tons are about 75 percent more agricultural chemical than the norm, but considerably less than the estimated 473 tons that washed into the lake during the rainy spring of 2011. More...
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We've been learning about temperature and lake level changes, but sometimes it's also great to bask in the raw beauty of nature. More...
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The 58th Annual Meeting of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission will take place May 29-30, 2013, in Montreal, Quèbec. Keynote speakers include Grand Rapids, Mich., Mayor George Hartwell, and Michael Cahall of the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program. There is no charge to attend, but you must RSVP. More...
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There are serious concerns that the well known, world class fishery at Mille Lacs Lake is suffering through a walleye shortage right now. More...
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An unsuspecting Lake Ontario boater apparently cut the rope holding a pricey, floating research buoy to the bottom of the lake earlier this month. The buoy was recovered in Oswego Harbor last week. More...
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Calumet-area stakeholders gathered Tuesday for the first of a two-day summit aimed at making connections on environmental issues across the Illinois/Indiana state line. More...
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With Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding, a new filter system at East Bay Park is being built to help keep the popular swimming beach clear of a main culprit for E. coli contamination. More...
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We've been learning about temperature and lake level changes, but sometimes it's also great to bask in the raw beauty of nature. More...
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Quèbec government legislation imposing a moratorium on shale gas drilling and fracturing in the Lowlands of the St. Lawrence River was denounced by the opposition, but received mixed reviews from the industry and environmentalists alike. The moratorium could last five years until a law establishing new rules for hydrocarbon and exploration is adopted. More...
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An unsuspecting Lake Ontario boater apparently cut the rope holding a pricey, floating research buoy to the bottom of the lake earlier this month. The buoy, laden with sensory equipment, drifted into the Oswego Harbor area last week with its sensors unharmed, according to an official from the U.S. Geological Survey office in Oswego. More...
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Ontario's oldest fish hotel just got a makeover. And with the new digs the plan is to continue reintroducing Atlantic salmon into Lake Ontario at record numbers almost a century after they disappeared. More...
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Researchers are set to launch a pair of robot submarines to check the health of Lake Ontario. The state and federal program will send the remote-controlled "autonomous underwater vehicles" just off shore this week at Sodus Point, Oswego, Rochester and Oak Orchard. More...
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Saad Jasim, director of the Great Lakes Regional Office of the International Joint Commission, is stepping down, with the commission planning to announce an interim director this week. More...
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As part of a long-term management effort, a prescribed burn has reduced the quantity of standing dead Phragmites along White Lake Road. More...
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The Great Lakes formed thousands of years ago when a glacier moved across the region and melted. The film "Project:Ice" depicts the important role ice continues to play in the Great Lakes Basin. More...
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Round gobies were discovered in Lake Michigan in 1994. Since then, the invasives from the Black and Caspian seas have altered the lake's natural balance and changed fishing. More...
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A bill that lays the groundwork for offshore wind development in Lake Michigan has received preliminary approval in the Illinois state senate. More...
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Even while the Great Lakes are in the middle of a multiyear federal restoration program, water quality remains an issue, according to a new report on how the health of the world's largest freshwater system has changed over the past 25 years. More...