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Life rings hang at every public pier along Michigan's west coast. This year, Ottawa County Sheriff's Office put the life rings out at Holland State Park as soon as the weather warmed up. Already two have disappeared. More...
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The Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority said the platform will increase public access along the bayfront with 300 feet of water's edge access. More...
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NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is taking public comments on expansion plans for the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron. More...
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The Michigan Maritime Museum will open its new exhibit "War on the Great Lakes" May 4. The exhibit is based on the War of 1812 in commemoration of its 200th anniversary More...
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Scientists who study Lake Superior's fish in Ashland work a mile and a half away from their boat. They want a new facility to bypass the inconvenience. More...
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NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is taking public comments on expansion plans for the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron. More...
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The proposed regulations state that boats cannot be anchored, moored, adrift or joined together with any other vessel within 450 feet of the area of the Lake Ontario shoreline running west from the Irondequoit Bay Outlet Pier. More...
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The International Joint Commission (IJC) has made additional information available online about Plan Bv7, a plan under consideration for regulating water levels and flows in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. More...
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The Lake Michigan high-speed ferry Lake Express will host a special event and tour in May to recognize and raise funds for the Muskegon-based Grand Valley State University Annis Water Resources Institute. More...
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Having completed a 1,000-mile hike around the Lake Michigan shoreline, a Michigan author will next take on portions of the coasts of each of the five Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair, and the St. Clair River. More...
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At least six of the 29 loons that have had radio and satellite telemetry devices placed in them by researchers have returned to their breeding lakes in Minnesota as of April 11, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. More...
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A new version of a bill that was vetoed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich last year has moved one step closer to passage. The bill's sponsor, State Rep. Lynn Wachtmann, reached a deal with the Governor on legislation that sets limits on how much water can be pumped out of Lake Erie by industry. More...
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A decision will be made this week about whether or not to reopen sections of the Kalamazoo River that were closed because of 2010's massive oil spill in Marshall, Michigan. More...
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Two "blue economy" organizations are teaming up May 5 to teach about and celebrate Lake Michigan. More...
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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) will expand its knowledge of wild rice and sulfate interactions with the help of a University of Minnesota research team. More...
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Having completed a 1,000-mile hike around the Lake Michigan shoreline, local author Loreen Niewenhaus now will take on portions of the coasts of each of the five Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair, and the St. Clair River. More...
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Thirty years after vanishing from the Midwest, peregrine falcons are thriving in smokestacks, skyscrapers and cliffs around the region. More...
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As world this weekend remembers the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking, researchers recall how far technology has come in helping to explore ships underwater. More...
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If you build it, or at least keep dogs and gulls away, they will come. That's the hope along a swath of Lake Superior shoreline in Douglas County this summer under a federally funded program to restore piping plovers, Wisconsin's rarest bird. More...
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Lake Michigan is stocked annually with 2.5 million hatchery-raised Chinook fingerlings. But the Michigan DNR and other states are considering cutting that by 30 to 50 percent. More...
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One of the best things John Kasich has done as Ohio's governor was veto a bad bill last year that would have allowed excessive water withdrawals from Lake Erie and its tributaries. The governor now must be equally vigilant about new legislative threats to the letter and spirit of the Great Lakes Compact. More...
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While Georgian Bay's water level has been low for about 10 years, that isn't expected to get worse; instead, a rise to levels similar to those as in the 70s is expected. More...
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The fate of the Brule Hatchery will be the subject of a public meeting in Brule, Wis., on April 26. More...
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Zebra mussel shells hindering boat traffic on Wisconsin lake
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The shells of an invasive mollusk are piling up in staggering numbers around Wisconsin's Lake Winnebago, choking off at least one small inlet and frustrating residents who say they can't get their boats through the channel. More... -
Since it began, the Lake Erie Waterkeeper-Save Maumee Chapter has cleaned up 22,000 pounds of trash from rivers, streams and other riparian areas. More...