News
-
Posts
16,064 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Store
Gallery
Everything posted by News
-
Workers along the Illinois River are hunting for invasive fish to turn into organic fertilizer, fillets, and other commercial products. More...
-
A recent surge of mining activity and several proposals to streamline Wisconsin's mining code could pose threats to the state's water resources. More...
-
Five states asked the U.S. Supreme Court last week to hear their plea for quicker federal action to prevent Asian carp and other invasive species from moving between the Great Lakes and Mississippi river watersheds. More...
-
GLIN's November Site of the Month is the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (GLSI). GLSI was launched in 2007 to develop knowledgeable and active stewards of the Great Lakes through hands-on learning in the community. This month, GLSI hosts the Place-based Education Conference, Michigan's first Great Lakes Basin-wide gathering about place-based education. More...
-
A state official says Michigan fisheries are doing fine, but the number of anglers dropping hooks into the water is headed down, threatening funding for fisheries programs and hurting revenue for a billion-dollar industry in the state. More...
-
The Ministry of Natural Resources says a test conducted at the University of Guelph has confirmed that botulism is to blame for the dead birds and fish washing up on shore at Wasaga Beach Provincial Park. More...
-
The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH)issues the Michigan Fish Advisory to help people choose fish that are low in mercury and other contaminants. More...
-
Dozens of businesses in Marinette, Wisc., are benefiting from the Marinette Marine Corp's shipbuilding program, which could pour billions of dollars into Wisconsin's economy over the next 15 years. More...
-
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency is slated to finalize a long-overdue Utility Air Toxics Rule in November that for the first time will require controls on mercury emissions from major U.S. coal-fired power plants. More...
-
A Republican bill that would overhaul Wisconsin's water permitting process is designed to force state environmental officials to operate under real-world deadlines, not clear the way for a northern Wisconsin iron mine, the bill's author told legislators Wednesday. More...
-
For those who don't speak surf, it may come as a surprise to learn the words above express that Lake Michigan, and all the Great Lakes, are perfect for surfing for thousands of enthusiasts in the Midwest, if the conditions are right. More...
-
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Thursday that a herpesvirus is to blame for thousands of dead fish that were found in Oceana County's Silver Lake. More...
-
Republican Matthew A. Doheny wants border agents to be able to ignore environmental laws on federal lands, but his Democratic opponent in November 2012, Rep. William L. Owens, doesn't think it's necessary. More...
-
Border state representatives in Congress should work to kill these customs fees -- or show reason why they should stand. More...
-
Canadian, Mexican, and certain Caribbean travelers entering the United States by sea or air must now pay a $5.50 tax after the recently ratified Colombia-US free trade agreement removed exemption from the tariff. More...
-
The environmental department of New York State has announced the intention to enforce new rules for ballast water after 2012. Revised shipping rules required that ships exchange ballast water prior to sailing upriver to points upriver of Montreal. More...
-
Top researchers and decision-makers from government, industry, academia and environmental groups will meet Oct. 26 and 27 at the ninth State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference (SOLEC) at the Erie Sheraton Hotel on the West Bayfront Parkway. More...
-
Michigan reported a 38 percent drop in cormorant nest counts last year while Wisconsin reported an 18 percent decline on islands where control efforts were conducted between 2009 and 2011. More...
-
According to a long-awaited health study published Wednesday, boating and fishing on the Chicago River is no riskier than doing so on other local waterways. More...
-
Environmental advocates say a wide-reaching bill that eases air and water regulations in Wisconsin will serve as a way to clear approval of a new iron ore mine near Lake Superior. More...
-
There's renewed concern over the approach of Asian carp into Minnesota waterways, prompted by environmental DNA tests that showed traces of the species' DNA in several locations in the Mississippi River in the Twin Cities. Two species of the carp, bighead and silver carp, are considered invasive species and a threat to the Great Lakes. More...
-
The head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says he expects the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes to come off the endangered species list by the end of this year. More...
-
The yearly push of steelhead into Michigan rivers is starting: the run that will primarily determine how many fish winter over, and how many fish will remain in the river for the spring spawn. This year, the steelhead, like the salmon, look like they'll be a little bit bigger than usual. More...
-
The Muskegon County Public Works Board and Muskegon County Board each approved a proposed lease agreement that gives Muskegon Wind LLC exclusive rights to research and investigate the suitability for constructing a wind farm on the Muskegon County wastewater site. More...
-
The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, put on a great display unusually far south this week, all the way down to Mississippi. The bright dancing lights of the aurora are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere. More...