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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's Coastal County Snapshots is an online tool that turns complex data into easy-to-understand stories, complete with charts and graphs. Sort by state and county to learn about local flood exposure, wetlands, and economic benefits of jobs that are dependent on the Great Lakes. More...
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The rains have brought the Des Plaines River on the east side of Chicago to major flood stage, and a record flood crest is expected. Asian Carp is present in the Des Plaines River. Weather Underground analyzes the data and briefly reviews the Asian carp control measures in place. More...
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For the first time since July 2011, they opened locks and sluice gates separating the Chicago River system from the lake, allowing millions of gallons of raw and partially treated waste to flow with runoff into the water supply for 7 million people in Chicago and the suburbs. More...
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Campaigns to keep them out of the lake have been mostly successful over the years, but what happens when a flash flood tampers with previous safeguards? More...
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The overflow began early Thursday morning after heavy rains sent excess flows of water into city sewers. More...
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The Army Corp of Engineers now has the funding it needs to perform maintenance dredging in Oak Orchard, Olcott and Wilson harbours. More...
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They have a different taste, like squid. The French eat them with delight. More...
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The federal government should use the money collected in harbor maintenance taxes to increase dredging ports and waterways around the nation, Duluth Seaway Port Authority executive director Adolph Ojard told a U.S. House subcommittee Tuesday. More...
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The spring has been cold and wet not only for anglers, but for the fish they are angling for. More...
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Terence Bowles, president and CEO of the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, on Wednesday said $2 billion in improvements to the system and its ships could mean more business for Thunder Bay. More...
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The Army Corps of Engineers has committed to dredging a series of harbors along Lake Ontario in 2014, New York Congressman Chris Collins announced Monday. More...
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Lake trout populations in Lake Erie, which were never abundant, are struggling due to poor water quality and sea lamprey. More...
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As storms poured heavy rain on southeastern Wisconsin early Thursday, combined sanitary and storm sewers in central Milwaukee and eastern Shorewood started overflowing to local rivers and Lake Michigan. More...
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As last week's torrential rains overwhelmed regional sewers and the deep tunnel, combined sanitary and storm sewers spilled an estimated 594 million gallons of untreated wastewater to waterways around Milwaukee, Wis., officials said. More...
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The city of Muskegon, Mich., is facing a tight deadline to have a key Muskegon Lake waterway dredged before the fish spawning season. The Grand Trunk Dock channel serves the city, the private Great Lakes Marina and also the dock for the Lake Express cross-lake ferry. More...
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A public hearing on an application to build a house on a Lake Michigan dune, with a 1,200-foot access drive cutting across 1,000 feet of Michigan's White River Township Barrier Dunes Sanctuary, raised several issues. More...
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It is disappointing that, almost 40 years after the enactment of the Clean Water Act, it took a lawsuit to force the EPA to act to protect the nation's waterways. It is also disappointing that when the EPA did act, it did so in such a weak manner. More...
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An ongoing study of the Alpena-Amberley ridge, a 72-square mile post-Ice Age land bridge that now sits 100 feet below the water line at the bottom of Lake Huron, is revealing more evidence about our early human ancestors. More...
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In its eighth year, the Cleanup the Maumee Earth Day event has grown and changed from a day of hard grubby work to more of a festival with games, food and live music. But, don't worry, there's still plenty of chances to get dirty while cleaning up the river! More...
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With a new Michigan law that limits the ability of the Department of Natural Resources to acquire more land, more responsibility might fall on the shoulders of conservancies in the state -- a role experts say conservancies can't fill. More...
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A Cheboygan County organization is gathering volunteers to help protect one of the most valuable natural resources in Michigan, the rare lake sturgeon. More...
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A White River Township, Michigan, property owner has revived a controversial proposal to build a 1,200-foot private driveway - opponents call it a road -- across a strip of pristine Lake Michigan critical dune habitat owned by the township. More...
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Thunder Bay's Remedial Action Plan group now knows more about the contaminants that lay at the north end of the city's harbour. More...
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In it's eighth year, the Cleanup the Maumee Earth Day event has grown and changed from a day of hard grubby work to more of a festival with games, food, and live music. But, don't worry, there's still plenty of chances to get dirty while cleaning up the river! More...
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With an underlying mission to create greenways that preseve large tracts of undeveloped land while providing recreational opportunities for the public, Ottawa County Parks Commission Director John Scholtz, has lead a massive increase in parks acreage in the last 25 years. More...