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The Chicago Park District is doing away with its swim bans based on E. coli counts. From now on, it will be up to the swimmers to make their own decision about taking a dip. More...
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The only federally-protected underwater sanctuary on the Great Lakes could increase 10-fold to more than 4,000 square miles. More...
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"The city of Washburn right now has the worst effluent in the state of Wisconsin, and it's going out into the Chequamegon Bay at a rate of 175,000 gallons per day," said newly-elected Washburn Mayor Scott Griffiths. More...
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The Chicago Park District is doing away with its swim bans based on E. coli counts. From now on, it will be up to the swimmers to make their own decision about taking a dip. More...
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Muskegon Lake Effect Boating's goal is to get all levels of the West Michigan community involved and participating. The goal of "education, preservation and fun" is just not for owners of big boats, organizer Roger Zuidema said. More...
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Upcoming retirements, vacations and a tide of increasing Seaway commercial volumes are making it a challenge to find enough crew members for ships moving goods through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. More...
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Gregory Jaczko plans to speak with reporters Friday following the tour of the nuclear power plant, which sits along Lake Michigan near South Haven in Van Buren County's Covert Township. The plant has been under increased scrutiny because of a series of safety problems in recent months. More...
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Harry Leslie, park operations manager at Presque Isle State Park, said water levels that hover close to long-term averages provide good news for boaters."We still have nice wide beaches,and plenty of water in boat launches." More...
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The aluminum maker's endorsement does not come as a surprise as Alcoa had also endorsed IJC's proposed plan that was expected to reverse the damage done to the region's ecosystem with the construction of the Moses-Saunders hydroelectric dam in Massena. More...
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Thanks to various remediation efforts, five years from now people should be able to swim in the Buffalo River and eat fish from it. That was the prediction from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Monday's Buffalo River Summit sponsored by Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper. More...
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Enbridge's plan includes work on its crude oil pipeline in Wisconsin, which runs from Superior southeast through the state and into Illinois. More...
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Powered by demand for domestic steel and wind energy components from overseas, the Great Lakes shipping season is holding its own, up about 2 percent over last year. More...
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While Cleveland is not considered a top-tier destination for international travelers, seamen prefer it to other ports because the docks are close to downtown. More...
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is holding technical workshops for scientists and informational meetings for the public throughout 2012, to share data collected for Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair. More...
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Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens says emergency action is needed to stop an invasive water weed from spreading throughout the state and into the Great Lakes. More...
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Clarkson University will use $19,162 to study the ecological conditions of wetlands in places along the St. Lawrence River where water quality and biodiversity are thought to be compromised. More...
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EPA is soliciting applications for grants and cooperative agreements to be awarded as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). EPA will award approximately $20 million under this Request for Applications for about 100 projects. The application deadline is this Thurs., May 24. More...
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The light station has been closed to the public since August 2008. Officials felt it was important to reopen the station so the public could once again enjoy it. More...
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Supporters of the measure consider it a step toward freeing people to make their waterfronts more enjoyable, while opponents fear it could lead to loss of fish spawning habitat and revive a debate over people's right to stroll along Great Lakes beaches More...
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Political leadership for the separation concept needs to come from the outside the White House and it will have to include key figures in Illinois, Chicago and Indiana. More...
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The trail will eventually run from the Wisconsin-Illinois border north to the tip of the Door County Peninsula and south along the Green Bay shoreline to the city of Green Bay. More...
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When a township refuses to meet its responsibility to protect a vital natural resource from harm, government has to act. More...
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The head of the Council of Canadians has undertaken a public tour to get support for a proposal to have the Great Lakes watershed protected as a public trust. More...
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A study released this week on Wisconsin's 17 fish hatcheries says it will take $155 million to moderenize them. More...
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Enbridge Energy, which operates the pipeline that ruptured in southwest Michigan almost two years ago, plans to replace the entire pipeline, and several landowners are having trouble with the attitudes of land agents who represent the company. More...