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  1. As part of the preliminary 2013 budget for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as proposed by President Obama, two Michigan harbors are set to be dredged to improve navigation. More...
  2. A multidisciplinary team of Lake Superior State University faculty and students will compete this week in a challenge to develop clean-energy solutions into thriving businesses. More...
  3. Sealing driveways and parking lots with coal tar makes them look uniform and last longer, but it could also put cancer causing chemicals in the nearby environment. More...
  4. Two Grand Valley State University researchers are working to restore habitat in the Muskegon Lake area, and assist in getting Muskegon Lake de-listed as an area of concern in the Great Lakes. More...
  5. Flint emergency manager Michael Brown said he met with the state treasurer today about a plan to build a drinking water pipeline to Genesee County from Lake Huron. More...
  6. Senate Republicans on Monday unveiled a softer version of a bill to help an iron mine open in far northwestern Wisconsin, allowing challenges and creating a new tax that would help local governments pay for damage the mine might cause. More...
  7. Thanks to above-normal temperatures, the channel between Bayfield and Madeline Island was mostly open water as of Friday afternoon, and the ice road season seems to be getting shorter as years go by. More...
  8. Canada's biggest Great Lakes- St. Lawrence Seaway shipping company, Algoma Central Corporation, is on a $500-million shipbuilding binge to renew a significant number of its aging fleet. More...
  9. A mild winter has kept Lake Erie from freezing over but there is still a chance the free flowing waters could ice over. More...
  10. Proponents cling to the hope that five to seven of the colossal, 225-ton machines will be up and running sometime around 2017. But that's probably wildly optimistic. More...
  11. In 2006, a drinking water monitoring system was put in place from the St. Clair River to Lake Erie that tests the water for chemicals and many known carcinogens. Its startup cost was $3.5 million -- largely through federal funding. Now your elected city officials can decide if they have money to maintain it, including paying for affordable consultants. More...
  12. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced three upcoming public meetings to discuss Lake Ontario fisheries. The annual "State of Lake Ontario" public meetings will be held in Niagara, Monroe and Oswego counties during February and March. More...
  13. Land owners along Lake Ontario are concerned about a potential International Joint Commission plan which may allow water levels to reach higher highs and lower lows. More...
  14. Some aldermen and Waukesha Water Utility general manager set neighborhood meetings to get more information about the city's search for a water supply. More...
  15. The Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday held a nomination hearing for Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick to be the new Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., used the opportunity to press the nominee on the need for additional funding for Great Lakes dredging and maintenance. More...
  16. Determining how clean a ship's ballast water must be to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species is the goal of the latest research partnership between the Northeast-Midwest Institute and the Lake Superior Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. More...
  17. Faith, fellowship and federal funds are helping a west Michigan group restore a creek so polluted it's considered unsafe for human contact. More...
  18. Some aldermen and Waukesha Water Utility general manager set neighborhood meetings to get more information about the city's search for a water supply. More...
  19. But after a precipitous plunge in fishery quality due to a decline in forage fish, complications caused by invasive species and a floundering economy that limited fishing visits, the fishery has apparently rebounded. More...
  20. The latest issue of Eddies, the news magazine of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is now available online. This issue is devoted to the National Fish Hatchery System, and commemorates the 141st birthday of the Fisheries Program and the U.S. Fish andWildlife Service. More...
  21. Ice on the St. Clair River last year blocked water flow into the lower lakes, leading to low levels last spring. This year there has been little or no ice on the river, so the spring levels will be as much as 13 to 20 inches above last year. More...
  22. A recent study found that male walleye contain three times more flame retardant chemicals than females. The reason: the males are hanging out in the wrong places. More...
  23. Construction is expected to begin soon for a new attraction to bring Toledo's maritime history alive along the riverfront. More...
  24. The sandhill crane announces its arrival with a cry that hearkens back to prehistoric times, but the bird's blissful existence may soon be disturbed by a bill that would require the Wisconson DNR to create a sandhill season. More...
  25. The Army Corps of Engineers will allocate an additional $6.9 million to Great Lakes dredging projects that support economic development and job creation in Michigan. More...
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