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A draft plan to control water levels in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River earned the wide support of Canadian and U.S. groups after Monday's release of the report by the International Joint Commission (IJC). More...

The Allegheny National Fish Hatchery in Warren County is once again raising lake trout after a hiatus of more than six years. More...

U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert (R-13th) issued the following reaction in response to the release of a study by the Great Lakes Commission examining the feasibility of severing water channels that have connected the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes for over a century: More...

International Joint Commission spokesman Frank A. Bevacqua will give an overview Saturday of the newly proposed water management plan for Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River at Save the River's 23rd annual Winter Conference. More...

A webinar entitled "The Recent Convergence of Lakes Huron, Michigan and Superior, or, Are There Only Three Great Lakes Now?" takes place Wed. Feb. 8. The webinar is presented by U.S. EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office and the Region 5 Science and Technology Council. More...

The lack of ice covering Anchor Bay and Lake St. Clair this year has helped contribute to higher water levels than years past, according to experts. More...

Environmentalists and charter fishing captains expect Lake Erie's fish population to climb with the closing of coal-burning units at a power plant near the mouth of the lake's biggest tributary. More...

Ohio's unusually warm winter is making it easier to get to Lake Erie's South Bass Island. The Miller Boat Line on Wednesday morning will begin making daily trips between Put-in-Bay and Catawba Island kah-TAW'-buh) on the mainland. More...

A new plan for controlling Lake Ontario water levels is intended to restore diversity among shoreline plants and animals by permitting greater fluctuations, a U.S.-Canadian treaty organization said Monday. More...

In a new round of water testing by the Environmental Protection Agency, half of the 29 Chicago homes visited yielded at least one sample containing more than 15 parts per billion of lead, a level that can trigger regulatory action if detected during routine screening. More...

GLIN's February Site of the Month is the Lake Erie Birding Trail. Ohio Sea Grant partnered with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife to produce this new site, offering comprehensive information for birding at 84 locations along Lake Erie. The Lake Erie Birding Trail covers the entire 312 miles of Ohio shoreline. More...

The options for stopping invasive species from entering Lake Michigan through the Chicago waterways outlined in the new Great Lakes Commission/Cities Initiative report lay the groundwork for how to address this urgent issue. More...

Raw steel production in the country's Great Lakes region was 646,000 tons in the week that ended Saturday, according to estimates from the American Iron and Steel Institute. More...

The viral disease IPN, or infectious pancreatic necrosis, was discovered three months ago in fish supplied to cooperative nurseries by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's Corry hatchery in Erie, PA. More...

Aquariums in Cleveland, Toledo, and Chicago prove to be too much competition for Windsor. More...

There is renewed discussion that Northeast Ohio could be the home for passenger ferry service across Lake Erie and into Canada. More...

Muskegon, Michigan defines itself by Lake Michigan, Muskegon Lake, and the Muskegon River, aquatic assets that add to the momentum toward creating a vibrant "blue" economy in Muskegon County. More...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is looking for people who want to work a couple of weeks as the lighthouse keeper for the Tawas Point Lighthouse on Lake Huron this year. More...

The Great Lakes Commission and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, with support from six funders, embarked on a project in July 2010 to identify engineering options for Chicago's waterway system that will prevent interbasin movement of aquatic invasive species, including Asian carp. The expedited study, now completed, also examines potential improvements to the waterway's roles in commercial navigation, recreational boating, flood and stormwater management, and water quality. More...

U.S. and Canadian scientists are reviving the formerly thriving Atlantic salmon fishery in Lake Ontario, which collapsed about a century ago due to a mix of anglers, habitat-destroying development, and dams. More...

In the Great Lakes region, an infusion of cash from foreign travelers could help clean up Lake Erie's beaches and fix the lake's worsening algae problem. More...

The world championship competition for ice and snow sailing, the equivalent of winter windsurfing, will be held February 20-26 in St. Ignace, Michigan. More...

On Wednesday 11,300 pounds of Asian carp, some of which were alive, were seized on the Canadian side of the Ambassador Bridge. That came about two weeks after 2,600 pounds of live Asian carp were seized at the border Jan. 9. More...

An Algoma University professor plans to plant microphones along the shore of Lake Superior next fall to help find migratory hot spots that could be affected by wind energy development. More...

The Assembly approved a wide-ranging bill Thursday easing the way for an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin, which supporters heralded as a way to create jobs and opponents disparaged as harmful to the environment. More...