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Each year, Healing Our Waters' Great Lakes Restoration Conference brings together a diverse group of more than 350 people from throughout the Great Lakes region. Registration is now open for this year's conference, to be held Sept. 11-13, 2012, in Cleveland, Ohio, in conjunction with Great Lakes Week. More...
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Last week two Sturgeon Bay police cases were solved with the help of surveillance cameras on the Michigan Street Bridge. More...
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The weather is hot, the sun is beaming, no better place to go than the beach, right? Well, it depends as some of Niagara's beaches are often posted as unsafe for swimming. More...
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A Chinese wind tower manufacturer is opening its first North American plant in Thorold, investing $25 million and reinvigorating the Niagara job market More...
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The MV Yorktown is one pretty ship: blue hull, gleaming white above, with 69 cabins and balconies. More...
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Creekwatch, an iPhone app designed by IBM to help average citizens monitor waterways, could help Cronk and other Great Lakes researchers short on staff and resources. More...
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The World Fishing Network's recent appointment of Olcott, New York, as the "Ultimate Fishing Town In America" makes public what many residents have known for years: the region is home to arguably the best fishing in North America. More...
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The re-enactment of a battle in the War of 1812, brought to life by the Detroit Historical Society, is one of many maritime-themed amusements at the Detroit River Days festival. More...
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A professor and researcher at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research is evaluating the effects of climate change on waters of the Arctic and the Great Lakes. Some of the things he's seen have him pretty concerned. More...
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Local groups are questioning whether invasive phragmites could be spread if a new bill allowing Michigan property owners to mow their shoreline is signed by Gov. Rick Snyder. More...
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The first five months of 2012 were the warmest on record for many Great Lakes cities. Thirty-eight cities in the Great Lakes region knocked out serious long-standing heat records, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Across the U.S., 104 cities set records. More...
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The city wants to encourage everyone to have the proper pass when using the launch ramps because violation fines will be enforced. More...
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Muskegon County Sheriff's Office Marine Division officials conduct more inspections on Muskegon Lake and Lake Michigan to reduce the number of boating accidents. More...
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The World Fishing Network named Olcott, NY the "Ultimate Fishing Town in America." This article includes a video. More...
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The re-enactment of a battle in the War of 1812, brought to life by the Detroit Historical Society, is one of many maritime-themed amusements at the Detroit River Days festival this weekend. More...
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Local, state and federal agencies responding to the Enbridge oil spill announced today that an additional 34 miles of the Kalamazoo River and the entire 2 miles of Morrow Lake are now open for recreational use. More...
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Every Monday Great Lakes Echo runs video clips of people answering questions that experts believe environmentally literate citizens should understand. In the last clip an expert explains the correct answers. This week's question: "Where does your water come from?" More...
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The DEQ announced $3 million in grants statewide to improve water quality in Michigan's lakes and streams. More...
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A New York Sea Grant Coastal Education Specialist will lead a four-day workshop using curricula developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). More...
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PT 728, a World War II-era PT (patrol torpedo) boat formerly based on the Hudson River is making its way westward along the Erie Canal, headed to its new home on the Great Lakes. More...
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This Friday, Stephen Brede will start in on his third Great Lake. He plans to leave from the Detroit area to begin paddling around Lake Erie. More...
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On June 23, the S.S. Keewatin will arrive at Port McNicoll, Ont. - one hundred years to the day that it first docked there. More...
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Major exporter CHS Inc said on Thursday it resumed grain loading operations at its Superior, Wisconsin terminal, a day after it halted loadings. More...
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Federal regulators say they agree with an Ohio utility company's assessment that cracks found in the concrete shell of a nuclear plant along Lake Erie can be traced to a blizzard nearly 35 years ago. More...
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Michigan will have another bridge linking the state to neighboring Canada; a project that will create thousands of jobs. More...