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The bill builds on the Minnesota delegation members' bipartisan legislation to fight the spread of Asian carp in Minnesota's waterways. More...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District, working under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is partnering with Erie County, the City of Buffalo and the Friends of Times Beach to implement the $500 thousand first phase of an aquatic invasive plant species removal project. More...

The Department of Defense is funding its most expensive munitions dump cleanup on American Indian territory -- along the North Shore of Lake Superior, an area ceded by northern Wisconsin tribes to the U.S. government in the 19th century. More...

Wisconsin leaders recently passed a controversial bill allowing people to hunt wolves starting this fall. The move came shortly after the federal government removed the animal from the endangered species list. More...

The Senate Agriculture Committee passed a farm bill Thursday that would reduce spending by $23 billion, in part by ending automatic subsidies to farmers who don't need them or for crops they're not growing. More...

Cost savings on waterfront restoration on a dozen sites along Muskegon Lake's south shore will allow for more environmental work to be done this summer. More...

Wisconsin leaders recently passed a controversial bill allowing people to hunt wolves starting this fall. The move came shortly after the federal government removed the animal from the endangered species list. More...

Sea lamprey may be one of the most hated species in the Great Lakes, but it's a key ingredient in a traditional English pie that will be given to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II for her Diamond Jubilee in June. More...

Brookhaven Lake contains a healthy stock of Artic grayling. It also is private and closed except when Jeff Johnson opens it to youth groups for free, emphasizing education about fly fishing and trout conservation. More...

Located 145 kilometers from the nearest airport, and 300 kilometers from any large Canadian city, Apostle Islands National Park is a secluded Great Lakes gem, offering camping, fishing, paddling, and diving activities on Lake Superior. More...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is floating so many ideas of how to keep the voracious Asian carp out of the Great Lakes that we wonder if the federal agency is committed to any of them. More...

A group of 18 organizations in the St. Lawrence River community are urging the International Joint Commission to adopt the proposed "environmentally friendly" water regulation plan for Lake Ontario and the river. More...

The Canadian government will consider including an expanse of land stretching from Lake Ontario to the Oak Ridges Moraine in a new national park. More...

Eggs collected from sturgeon spawning are now on their way to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan under a cooperative effort between Michigan and Wisconsin to boost a naturally reproducing lake sturgeon population in Lake Michigan. More...

Toxic algae is still a problem at Grand Lake Saint Mary's in northwest Ohio, and may be impacting local wildlife. More...

Rainbow smelt were running Monday night in Lake Superior, though the runs are still a mere shadow of those in the 1970s and 1980s due to the lake's changing ecology. More...

The 30-acre Sugar Island was bought by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding and is now part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. More...

Despite the fact that they live in a city with such a significant historic role as a Great Lakes port, many of Buffalo's public school students are lacking in knowledge and hands-on experience with the natural resource just outside their door. More...

Online registration closes this Fri., April 27, for the 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR). This year's conference is being held in Cornwall, Ont., on May 13-17. The theme is From Great Lakes Flow Mighty Rivers. More...

The historic Soo Line oredock in Ashland will soon disappear from the horizon on Lake Superior's South Shore. The first phases of demolition are already underway. More...

Arrows on the 52 signs in Macomb County show the way to places of interest. Work to install the signs along roadways including Interstate 94 began in January and wrapped up last week More...

The official kickoff for the Perry 200 Commemoration, a two-year party marking the bicentennial of the Battle of Lake Erie, will take place Monday at -- where else? -- Perry Elementary School. More...

A Klondike-type fever is gripping this port city facing a spectacular, semi-circular bay located more than 900 kilometres east of Montreal on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence River. The great catalyst, however, is not gold but a dramatic increase in domestic and foreign investments in iron ore projects, notably with a view to supplying the vital commodity for steel mills in China. More...

After years of neglect, one of the world's most popular tourist destinations has the full attention of New York State. That means $25 million in much-needed improvements to Niagara Falls State Park, the oldest in the nation. More...

The "office harbor" is a small but striking piece of Cleveland's $2 billion, 90-acre lakefront development plan, one envisioned to entice the creative class. Companies drawn to an uncommon location would work from barges, with staffers strolling up a gangplank, if not clambering off a jet ski or a water taxi. More...