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the legal agreement between owners of the Badger car ferry and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency amounts to a compromise that will give the ship a temporary reprieve from federal clean water regulations. More...
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Paddling groups in Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana and Illinois, along with community, business and government organizations, have been working to identify launch sites, camping spots and other attractions. More...
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Muskegon and White lakes have reached important cleanup milestones and should be removed from the official list of "areas of concern" within four to five years, according to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). More...
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Weather forecasters point to a wet spring. That prediction is worrying for scientists because the rainier the weather, the worse the outbreak of algae. More...
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Even if there are estimates such a massive cleanup could cost as much as $550 million, Legault insisted it can be done at "zero cost," to the taxpayers, possibly in a private-public partnership. More...
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In Ohio, residents are hotly debating whether wind energy facilities should be located off the Lake Erie shore. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Office of Coastal Management created visualizations of a theoretical wind farm using Lake Erie photos taken from various vantage points along the Cleveland lakefront. More...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sets air and water discharge limits for sewage plants and factories, based upon the known risks to human health as those contaminants get into fish we eat. Much of that research originates in the Great Lakes region, with scientists drawing upon near-shore data. More...
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For the past 48 months, John Loomis has been launching his kayak wherever he can find open water. He set a personal challenge back in 2009 to kayak in Michigan every month -- yes, even through the cold ones. More...
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Everyone has been waiting for the other shoe to drop, this time on Lake Michigan's salmon fishery. When aquatic invasive species disrupt the food web, alewives aren't the only things that suffer. The salmon shrink and disappear. More...
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With one eye on the federal government's budget situation, the Black Swamp Bird Observatory in Oak Harbor, Oh., is hopeful there will be another radar study this spring of the flight patterns of migratory birds along the Lake Erie shoreline. More...
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Michigan's "Pure Michigan" tourism campaign is kicking off a $13 million national cable television advertising effort. The new campaign runs through the end of June, and television commercials will air nationally more than 5,000 times. More...
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While to some the idea of Michigan emerging as the next big North American transportation and logistics hub sounds ridiculous, the state is well suited to it's emerging role which could provide thousands of jobs and boost the state's economy. More...
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U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-3, Western Springs), joined by U.S. Sens. Mark Kirk and Dick Durbin of Illinois and U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (D-14), unveiled legislation last week proposing to prohibit sewage dumping in the Great Lakes by 2033. More...
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A U.S. Senate committee Thursday approved Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand's measure authorizing the Army Corps of Engineers to take emergency steps if there's an imminent threat of an Asian carp invasion of the Great Lakes. More...
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While to some the idea of Michigan emerging as the next big North American transportation and logistics hub sounds ridiculous, the state is well suited to it's emerging role which could provide thousands of jobs and boost the state's economy. More...
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Tons of waste from Michigan's lumbering boom have been pulled from the bottom of Muskegon Lake as part of on-going restoration efforts, now the question is what to do with it? More...
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Asian carp are reproducing in more places and under more varied conditions than experts had believed they could, yet another reason to worry about the greedy invader's potential to infest waterways and crowd out native species, scientists said Tuesday. More...
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Icebreaking is a crucial part of keeping commerce operating on the Great Lakes, and it's particularly key for the steel industry. In 2011, U.S. flagged freighters moved nearly 20 percent of iron ore's total annual shipped tonnage between Dec. 16 and Apr. 15, designated as the "icebreaking season." More...
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Total domestic raw steel production last week was 1.8 million tons, down 29,000 tons from the week prior. More...
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The last day of meteorological winter on March 19 brought strong winds to the Muskegon area, creating great waves for surfing. More...
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The Kohler Co. has local approval to develop about 250 acres of woodland along Lake Michigan for a tented retreat. More...
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Nik Wallenda, the highwire acrobat who in June 2012 traversed Horseshoe Falls, has announced his plan to cross the Grand Canyon on June 23. More...
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For (hopefully) one last look at the beauty that is winter, photographer Tom Gill shares his photos of the lake's lighthouses in all their icy glory. More...
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A decision on Flint, Mich., obtaining water from Lake Huron will have to wait for another day as the Flint City Council altered a proposal to purchase water from Lake Huron rather than continue to buy water from Detroit. More...
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What impact is climate change having on the Great Lakes region? One impact may be increased lake-effect snow, according to "Sensitivity of Lake-effect Snowfall to Lake Ice Cover and Temperature in the Great Lakes Region," a recent paper authored by a University of Michigan doctoral student in the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences program. More...