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Erie County residents may have only a little more than six months to either stock up on products containing plastic beads, buy them online or find a different product. More...

In Ontario, Phragmites is a problem along the shoreline of Georgian Bay where it is threatening rare coastal habitat and interfering with the view from some condos, and a new partnership has been created to try to control if not eradicate Phragmites from the area. More...

If you cross the international border between the U.S. and Canada by land, there's an official border crossing, but if you're traveling across the border on a boat in the St. Lawrence River, the process involves a set of confusing rules and practices. More...

Dozens of Ontario cities that spew raw and partly treated sewage into waterways during heavy storms will be ordered to disclose that pollution to the public as it happens. More...

As the Southwestern U.S. struggles with persistent drought, the Great Lakes region is protecting its supply of fresh water -- about a fifth of all the fresh water in the world. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports on the resource's changing social and economic influence. More...

The EPA has promised $9.5 million to restore Braddock Bay in New York. The funding will be put toward building back wetlands, removing invasive species, and creating a barrier beach to protect the bay from future storms. More...

The Clean Power Plan is an opportunity to become a cleaner, healthier state, and to take serious steps to address climate change, says Michigan state Representative Julie Plawecki. More...

The Clean Power Plan is an opportunity to become a cleaner, healthier state, and to take serious steps to address climate change. It guides our state toward what we should be doing more of already -- investing in increased renewable energy and energy efficiency, putting the health of our families before the profits of polluters, and better protecting the clean water that defines our state and drives our economy. More...

a restoration project funded by the federal government could bring the Black Tern birds back. The EPA has promised $9.5 million toward building back wetlands, removing invasive species, and creating a barrier beach to protect the bay from future storms. More...

The growing diversity of outdoor recreation in southeastern Wisconsin -- beyond hunting, fishing and trapping to bird-watching, hiking, photography and dog walking -- has prompted the state Department of Natural Resources to seek more public space for those activities in this corner of the state. More...

Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin and Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt met Monday to discuss a new bill that would use grant money to support waterfront revitalization across Wisconsin and the Great Lakes. More...

Repairs to a key Great Lakes shipping lock in Sault Ste. Marie are taking longer than originally anticipated. On Monday, Aug. 10, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers revised its projected re-opening date for the MacArthur Lock to Aug. 19. The lock was drained Aug. 1 after closing July 29 because of a faulty gate mechanism. More...

The city of Toledo reported today that the level of algal toxins near its western Lake Erie water-intake crib were down from Saturday, and that its water quality dashboard status remains at "watch." More...

Michigan scientists will conduct a trawl survey to assess fish populations of western Lake Erie. More...

More trouble as toxic algae is being blamed for triggering a public health advisory at Maumee Bay State Park. More...

More than 30 volunteers took turns Friday sitting or standing on the lighthouse's third-story balcony as part of the fundraiser, which coincided with National Lighthouse Day; more than $10,000 was raised. More...

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow plans to introduce legislation related to a planned Canadian nuclear waste disposal facility that would be less than a mile from Lake Huron. More...

As kayaking continues to grow in popularity, local waterways are becoming more dangerous to navigate at any speed. More...

For more than half a century, Underwood Creek has dropped into a concrete culvert at Watertown Plank Road and streamed south in its enclosure for 900 feet toward Wall St. Some want to free the creek flowing underground through downtown Elm Grove. More...

A canal link is in peril after an agreement to keep it running expires next year. More...

Despite pleas from shipmasters and steelmakers, not to mention key members of Michigan's delegation to Congress, it remains far from certain whether the U.S. House and Senate will authorize a new icebreaker. More...

Michigan State University is fighting the state's worst aquatic invaders with mobile lakeside education and free boat washes. More...

The Great Lakes Education Program seeks Cruise Leader Volunteers to help elementary school students explore and learn about our Great Lakes. Volunteers will learn about local Michigan river and lake resources, and then share that knowledge through hands-on activities with students. More...

According the the Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources, river safety stems from having respect for the power of rivers and waterways. Have fun, but be smart - the dangers are most often not visible to the human eye. River safety begins with wearing a life jacket, first and foremost. More...

Toledo algal toxin tests run Wednesday on a Lake Erie water sample collected the previous day showed a spike not reported by the administration of Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson. More...