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Closing event and tours for the White Lake Shoreline Habitat Restoration Project scheduled for October 20 in Montague More...
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While sitings of the Old Port beluga can be exciting but also sad, because the animals are 350 miles from their normal habitat which highlights that the lost whale may be sick and how weak the species has become because of man-made contaminants. More...
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Ontario's premier of nine years, Liberal Dalton McGuinty, stepped down Monday saying that he would stay on until a new leader had been chosen and that it's time for the party to embrace a new set of ideas. More...
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Area divers who discovered a rare 19th-century shipwreck last year in the St. Lawrence River believe they finally have uncovered the boat's origin and its violent end. More...
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Lake Michigan kissed its record low water level for October on one day last week, and federal officials now predict the world's fifth largest lake is likely going to plunge into never-seen-before levels in the coming months. More...
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The Town of Waukesha has set its price for being part of the City of Waukesha's future water service area if the city succeeds in its bid for Lake Michigan water. More...
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The cost of flushing a toilet, taking a shower or rinsing a toothbrush could be on the rise again. More...
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Crews will begin an intensive search for Asian carp in the Chicago area tomorrow after finding more DNA evidence of the fish in waterways close to Lake Michigan. More...
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A bill sponsored by Sen. Mike Green, R-Mayville, would lessen the standards and allow ships to use ballast water exchange, a method of exchanging freshwater ballast for saltwater ballast without additional treatment. More...
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Romney said if elected he would push the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to move faster to find a way to block the invasive species from establishing a home in the lakes. More...
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There was a battle between Canadians and Americans surfers for the control of Lake Erie on Sunday as they took part in Niagara-on-the-Lake Surf Club's Battle of the Great Lakes. More...
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Under fire for dumping toxic pollution into Lake Michigan, owners of the last coal-powered steamship on the Great Lakes promised four years ago they would eliminate its murky discharges in time for the 2012 sailing season. More...
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The 12th Annual Great Lakes Beach Association Conference starts today on Mackinac Island! Portions of the conference will be broadcast online - visit the conference website to sign up for the webinars. More...
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The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) has awarded the University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program $400,000 through the U.S. EPA. This funding extends education efforts that span the Great Lakes states with messages about preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species. More...
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The University at Buffalo and 20 other universities and institutions from the U.S. and Canada plan to develop long-term research and policy priorities to help protect and restore the Great Lakes. More...
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A former adviser to the United Nations told students at the University of Toronto Mississauga that the Great Lakes are under threat, and a clean water crisis is coming. More...
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Across the country and in the Great Lakes, efforts are underway to protect the piping plover, a rapidly disappearing little bird named for its distinctive bell-like whistle. More...
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An accident at the Bruce Power Generating Station in Kincardine, Ont., on the scale of Chernobyl in 1986 or Fukushima last year, could be catastrophic to the Great Lakes. More...
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Water levels in Lake Huron are nearing the historic low mark set in 1964 and are expected decline even further by spring. More...
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The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the U.S. and Canada is important but under reported. It could use some exposure in easy to understand language. More...
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Thursday he is "outraged" that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has not moved faster on a plan to permanently block Asian carp from swimming up the Chicago canal system and into Lake Michigan. More...
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The Jiimaan, which services Pelee Island in Lake Erie, got hung up on a sandbar 200 feet off shore Thursday near Kingsville, Ont., southeast of Windsor. More...
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The U.S. Forest Service is awarding nearly $3 million to improve the tree canopy and forest cover in the Great Lakes region. More...
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The Great Lakes Water Quality agreement between the U.S. and Canada is important but under reported. It could use some exposure in easy to understand language. More...
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The 12th Annual Great Lakes Beach Association Conference will be held October 16-18, 2012, on Mackinac Island, Michigan. Portions of the conference will be broadcast online - visit the conference website to sign up for these webinars! More...