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The Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting is less than a month away. Registar now and plan to participate in the meeting as well as other Great Lakes Week 2011 events being held in Detroit, Mich., the week of Oct. 11-14. More...
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his weekend marked the 10th annual Underwater Cleanup in the Thousand Islands. Divers pull tons of debris from St. Lawrence More...
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Monday night, a group called the Great Lakes Concerned Citizens will talk about the economic and environmental issues of wind farms. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at Roger Robach Community Center at Ontario Beach Park. More...
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The Ohio Supreme Court last week dealt a well-deserved 7-0 rebuke to two lower courts that let peevishness crowd out common sense and legal precedent in deciding where to draw private property lines along Lake Erie. More...
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Gov. Scott Walker and several other governors are joining the federal government and Canada in demanding New York reconsider shipping regulations that protect waters from invasive species but could damage Wisconsin's economy. More...
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In the end, the head winds were just too strong for the huge Great Lakes offshore wind farm. The project, likely to cost upward of $1 billion, was too expensive in an economy still struggling to rebound from the recession. More...
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An Indiana University professor has been tapped to lead a detailed study of Lake Erie's potential for offshore wind farms. More...
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Lake County Port Authority wants to get the ball rolling on the Planned Waterfront Overlay District in Fairport Harbor to promote the development of tourism, marine, retail and recreational uses while enhancing public access to the Grand River and Lake Erie. More...
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Development of Brockville's prized waterfront is now official but provokes various reactions among the population. More...
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An ambitious plan for what was to be the nation's first freshwater wind farm with as many as 150 large turbines in Lake Erie off Buffalo's shoreline is being halted, a state lawmaker with firsthand knowledge said Thursday. More...
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The political will is waning for Mayor Rob Ford's vision for the Port Lands as members of his inner circle work to broker a deal before next week's council meeting, and public opposition mounts to the plan that would put a Ferris wheel and mega-mall at the mouth of the Don River. More...
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On Friday and Saturday, the nonprofit group is holding "visioning sessions" at the property, 2.5 miles south of the city of South Haven, to gather ideas and input from area residents and other stakeholders. More...
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An Indiana regulatory board has given preliminary approval to new rules aimed at protecting the quality of the state's rivers and streams. More...
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A corner of the town of Delafield may be serviced by Lake Michigan water as the Town Board on Tuesday agreed to allow a roughly 1,200-acre area of the town be included in the City of Waukesha water service area. More...
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The Ohio Supreme Court ruled yesterday that landowners own property until it meets water when it is without disturbance, not as the state claimed where the high tide mark is set. More...
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The Thruway Authority plans to place five turbines along the highway between Buffalo and the Pennsylvania state line in an effort to have wind provide one-third of its power needs in the region. More...
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Openlands, a Chicago-area metropolitan conservation organization, saves 77 acres of lake frontage from private development. More...
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Several proposed plans are in place that outline how to remove one of five structures, once used to raise water levels to ease shipping or to power paper mills long since shuttered, along the Kalamazoo River. More...
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Openlands, a Chicago-area metropolitan conservation organizations, saves 77 acres of lake frontage from private development. More...
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The Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve (Lake Superior NERR) announces their first community event, a Kayaking Cook Out on Barker's Island, Wisc., to celebrate National Estuaries Day on September 24. More...
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An adventure travel company, Adventure Life, is unveiling a series of new Great Lakes cruise options for next year that include viewing the Lake Superior south shore and the Apostle Islands. More...
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High levels of a toxic chemical have been found in sediment in a canal in Indiana, researchers say, a concern because it is scheduled for dredging in 2012. More...
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Michigan's tourism and fishing industries will discuss how to form a united front against Asian carp during a conference Tuesday in Lansing. More...
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With moves borrowed from a gondolier, stand-up paddleboarding -- the fastest-growing water sport -- is catching on in the Great Lakes. More...
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In what officials say is the first substantial steel export since 2008, Indiana-made steel is headed from the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor to the Republic of Macedonia. More...