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Environmentalists and municipal leaders from around Northwest Indiana gathered on Friday to hear how cooperative efforts have resulted in cleaner water quality in the region. More...

As invasive species turn Lake Huron's food web on its head, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is cutting its salmon stocking efforts by more than 50 percent. More...

Ozaukee County, Wisc., has offered to spend up to $650,000 in federal grant money to remove the dam on the Milwaukee River in 2012 and restore the natural riverbed. More...

Through Bring Back the Salmon (BBTS), also known as the Lake Ontario Atlantic Salmon Restoration Program, approximately 75,000 Atlantic Salmon eggs will soon be arriving at the school's educational hatchery.The school's fisheries students will raise the emerging fish until they will be released into the Cobourg Brook, near Cobourg. More...

Ohio Reps. Dennis Murray, D-Sandusky, and Randy Gardner, R-Bowling Green, will hold a subcommittee field hearing of the House of Representatives Agriculture and Natural Resource Committee on the health of Lake Erie from 10 a.m. to noon Friday at the Lake Erie Islands Regional Welcome Center, 770 S.E. Catawba Road. More...

Through Bring Back the Salmon (BBTS), also known as the Lake Ontario Atlantic Salmon Restoration Program, approximately 75,000 Atlantic Salmon eggs will soon be arriving at the school's educational hatchery.The school's fisheries students will raise the emerging fish until they will be released into the Cobourg Brook, near Cobourg. More...

When the subject is hydraulic fracturing and injecting oilfield brine -- including the water and chemicals used in "fracking" operations -- the safety of groundwater resources in the area is a natural question. The city of Mount Vernon, in meetings with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, is already asking those questions in order to maintain the safety of its water supply. More...

As students enjoy the annual tradition of jumping into Mirror Lake the week of the Ohio State-Michigan game, it comes at a cost to the university. OSU Landscape Services and Facilities Operations and Development paid nearly $25,000 to clean the area and repair and fix damages from the jump. More...

Advocates who want to keep the natural-gas drilling industry out of New York state are sending clean water to a northeastern Pennsylvania village. About a dozen households in Dimock, Pa., have been scrambling after a gas driller blamed for polluting the aquifer halted daily water deliveries. More...

The latest issue of Wisconsin Sea Grant's Aquatic Sciences Chronicle is now available online. The Chronicle delivers the latest news from the Aquatic Sciences Center, the administrative home of the Sea Grant and Water Resources institutes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. More...

New York regulators are holding public hearings this month on new permit rules for withdrawals of large amounts of water. More...

Reverse Effect, Jeanne Gang's new book, is a prescription for the healthful future of Chicago and the region's waterways, and an effective way to marry growth with stewardship. More...

A new method of visualizing data developed by Purdue University is helping the Coast Guard reduce deaths on the Great Lakes. More...

Kraus, manager of conservation science and planning at the Nature Conservancy of Canada, worked on a report called Islands of Life, which measured the biodiversity of Great Lakes islands and the things that threaten it. More...

It appears Ohio - the state that only months ago came within hours of unraveling the crucial 2008 regional compact for safeguarding Great Lakes water - will likely implement the agreement without making unreasonable concessions to industry lobbyists. More...

The U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) hosts the 2nd annual GLRI Quality Technical Conference this week, Dec. 6-8, in Chicago, Ill. The conference is free; all GLRI collaborators and interested parties are welcome to attend in person or via webinar. Registration is required. More...

Congress has proposed cutting the state revolving loan program in half, money that is needed to meet community needs for municipal water and sewer system upgrades. More...

The Ohio General Assembly could be headed for an imperfect, but workable, compromise on the contentious issue of Great Lakes water withdrawals. More...

The author of "Great Lakes Water Wars" says the next battle over water diversion will test the Great Lakes Compact. More...

Enbridge Pipelines, Inc. recently presented a cheque for $7,000 to the St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences in support of its educational workshops for students in grades 7-12. More...

Dredging work around the 350-foot-long Keewatin should begin any time as part of the prep work on the ship before it leaves Douglas, Mich., in June. More...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says a week-long shut-down of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in September was of "substantial safety significance." The plant is located in South Haven about 55 miles southwest of Grand Rapids. More...

Last evening at 8 pm, global water rights activist Maude Barlow delivered a free public lecture in 120 Clemens Hall on North Campus to discuss issues of Great Lakes water security in the context of water rights issues across the globe. More...

The Senate of Canada today unanimously backed a motion by Senator Bob Runciman calling on the province of Ontario to institute a moratorium on wind-farm development along eastern Lake Ontario until the impact on birds and bats can be studied. More...

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has issued a reminder that the deadline of January 1, 2012 is approaching for submitting new applications to the St. Lawrence River Research and Education Fund (SLRREF). More...