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Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources has just begun to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement on the City of Waukesha's application to divert water out of the Great Lakes Basin. More...
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Torontonians and visitors to Canada's largest city will soon be able to see sharks and stingrays despite being thousands of kilometres away from the ocean. More...
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The state Department of Environmental Conservation says a four-foot-long sturgeon stocked in Oneida Lake has been found dead more than 50 miles and seven canal locks away in Lake Ontario. More...
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Those interested in the Great Lakes now have a new outlet to learn about negotiations regarding the water quality agreement between the U.S. and Canada. Great Lakes United has launched a blog, Agreement Watch. It hosts periodic updates of the binational proceedings. More...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has officially scratched the idea of expanding the St. Lawrence Seaway to allow larger, ocean-bound ships to enter the system. More...
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While Lake Michigan's commercial fishery has survived overfishing, industrial pollution and lakeshore development, the last commercially fished species are jeopardized by an onslaught of destructive invaders, many of which have arrived as stowaways aboard ocean freighters since the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. More...
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The state Department of Natural Resources will permit construction of a fish passage with a fish trapping and sorting facility at the Bridge St. dam on the Milwaukee River, Water Division Administrator Ken Johnson said Tuesday. More...
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A rail loop is under construction through the 71 acres between Front and the Maumee River. The track will be used to transfer bulk commodities, such as grain and stone, between trains and ships or trucks. More...
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A sacred Ojibwe island on the St. Louis River is now in the hands of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Spirit Island, the sixth stopping place in the migration of the Anishinaabe people from the northeastern part of the continent, was purchased by the band Monday. More...
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The Lake Erie LaMP Public Forum provides input on the Lake Erie Lakewide Management Plan (aka LaMP), which unites a network of stakeholders to restore and protect the Lake Erie ecosystem. Join in the discussions on Aug. 26 -27 at Maumee Bay Lodge & Conference Center near Toledo, Oh. More...
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Public and private interests gathered Monday at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore for an announcement of nearly $1 million in federal grants aimed at protecting the Great Lakes. More...
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Gov. Pat Quinn signed two new bills last week that hand both Illinois and Cook County more control over renewable energy projects, especially wind turbine research. More...
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A federally backed effort to wipe out the pollution and invasive species threatening the Great Lakes is finally underway, and some of the first grants are going to be spent on Lake Erie. More...
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Site work is under way for the $20 million cleanup of contaminated sediments in Lincoln Creek and the Milwaukee River. The cleanup is expected to begin by the end of the month, with work being completed by the end of November. More...
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A nonpoisonous snake that slithers among a patchwork of islands in western Lake Erie has been removed from the federal government's list of endangered and threatened species following a successful recovery campaign, officials said Monday. More...
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In Bay City, Mich., normally white sands are turning into what locals call "beach muck" -- a thick layer of washed-up algal growth and detritus that sucks at visitors' feet and makes the area close to impassable. More...
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As mussel numbers explode and fish vanish from Lake Michigan, the last in a long line of Milwaukee commercial fishermen sets course for Alaska. More...
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Although recent years have been difficult financially, some Wisconsin marina owners still benefit from a key attribute -- a reputation for excellent service, creating good word-of-mouth advertising and customer loyalty. More...
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Instead of roustabouts and oil rigs, western Wisconsin is moving big into the business of sand - a special type that's used to extract oil and natural gas from hard-to-reach subterranean deposits. More...
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In Bay City, MI, normally white sands are turning into what locals call "beach muck" -- a thick layer of washed-up algal growth and detritus that sucks at visitors' feet and makes the area close to impassable. More...
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Sturgeon have a way of getting around in our local waterways and recently a dead, 16-year-old fish that was originally tagged in Lake Oneida, NY washed up on shore in Lake Ontario. More...
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Superb underwater visibility and unique freshwater preservation mean that dozens of shipwrecks in Lake Huron's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary draw snorkelers and scuba divers from around the world. More...
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Native to Lake Ontario and present throughout many Great Lakes inland waterways, the American eel population has declined drastically in recent years. However, due to the eels' random migration routes and unique life cycle, conservation is a challenge. More...
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An angler's catch of a bighead carp in the Lower Wisconsin River and traces of silver carp DNA in the St. Croix River last month have state officials calling on the federal government to direct funding and attention to aquatic invasive species in the Mississippi River system. More...
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The race is on to restore the water levels of the middle Great Lakes. As shoreline wetlands dry up, there's more incentive to win. More...