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Federal grant money is being used to restore wetlands and habitat in both the Erie State Game Area and Petersburg State Game Area in Monroe County. More...
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Lake Gogebic is Upper Peninsula's largest inland lake, which in early 2012 was one of the few water bodies in Michigan with safe ice. More...
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Steps are being taken to improve the culture of safety at Palisades nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan amid concerns from federal regulators about its operations, representatives of the facility said. More...
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The public agency overseeing redevelopment of Buffalo's Lake Erie waterfront has approved a plan to extend canals to the former site of the Memorial Auditorium. More...
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Budget cuts expected in the spring will only weaken the ability of the government to respond to environmental threats, Ontario's environment commissioner warned Tuesday. More...
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Drastic cuts to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' budget means Hollanders will have to pick up the $210,000 annual cost of dredging the Holland harbor. More...
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The Ministry of Natural Resources has established a new management zone around the Lake Simcoe watershed to address the potential spread of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia to other inland waters and the spread of invasive species from Lake Simcoe. More...
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The Poe Lock at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., will remain open an extra three days, extending the Great Lakes shipping season. More...
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From late December 2011 (including the famed New Year's Eve celebration) through March 2012, Sea Grant and the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) are informing audiences on the issue of medicine disposal on the CBS JumboTron "Super Screen." More...
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When the quality of our water and productivity of our land are compromised, everyone loses. Whether or not you live near or far from a stream or Great Lake, you can help protect our valuable ecosystem and economy. More...
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The latest issue of Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant's newsletter, The HELM, is now available online. This issue includes information about research on the abundance of pharmaceuticals in Lake Michigan, a study on the Karner blue butterfly, an update on the Great Lakes Legacy Act, and more. More...
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The bluff failure and landslide at the Oak Creek power plant sent less coal ash and dirt into Lake Michigan than was first projected, but officials say what did end up in the lake cannot be recovered. More...
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Indiana may need legislative assistance in finding innovative ways to fix issues contributing to the 24 billion gallons of combined untreated sewage and stormwater that is dumped annually into the Great Lakes. More...
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When the quality of our water and productivity of our land are compromised, everyone loses. Whether or not you live near or far from a stream or Great Lake, you can help protect our valuable ecosystem and economy. More...
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A bill in the state Senate would require all Great Lakes beaches, such as Lighthouse Beach in Port Huron, Mich., to display flags indicating swimming conditions. More...
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The Lake Superior region of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula has "the most stable region of granite outcrops in the U.S.," making the area perfect for entombing nuclear waste. More...
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The recovery of a mysterious wooden pole at the bottom of Lake Huron is fuelling excitement among U.S. and Canadian researchers that they have found more evidence of a "lost world" of North American caribou hunters from nearly 10,000 years ago. More...
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The lake is at 39 degrees, and temperatures are above normal, but history shows that's no reason to write off ice and snow. More...
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Dan Heath begins was recently chosen for a five-year appointment as director of the prestigious Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Windsor starting in May 2012. More...
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Two major tour operators are including itineraries for the Great Lakes USA for the first time in 2012. Both North American Travel Service (NATS) and the Vacations Group have joined Virgin Holidays and Complete North America in covering this exciting and diverse area of the mid-west of America. More...
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Saturday brought a surprise reversal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which halted without explanation a shipment of water en route to the Northeast Pennsylvania town of Dimock, Ground Zero of the national debate over the impact of natural gas extraction on drinking water supplies. More...
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With leaping Asian carp moving up the Mississippi River and zebra mussels spreading across the state, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials Friday said they will redouble their efforts to thwart the spread of aquatic invasive species More...
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Using information and education, staff at the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve hope to positively impact the area and help people understand the consequences of their actions. More...
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Indiana paddlers had done their part to complete a 75-mile segment of the Lake Michigan Water Trail, a highly noteworthy project, but only a fraction of a 1,600-mile paddling route being developed around Lake Michigan. More...
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A partnership project will develop a Rural Stormwater Management Model between 2011 and 2013. This innovative new water-quality project will improve knowledge of how agricultural and rural drainage function in a rural landscape. More...