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The discovery of pharmaceutical byproducts in Lake Michigan, and more recently Lake Erie, is raising concerns about the potential health risk to the more than 40 million who rely on the Great Lakes for drinking water - as well as concerns about what else might be circulating in the water. More...
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Ship Officers and Stewards, who are part of the American Maritime Officers Union, had been picketing since Monday when their contract with American Steamship Co. expired. More...
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The City of Waukesha will begin negotiating Aug. 25 with Oak Creek and Racine for purchase of Lake Michigan water, officials said Thursday. More...
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A Merrill teacher is back from a week-long trip on Lake Superior and is excited to share what she learned. More...
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U.S. Coast Guard crews stationed near an upstate smuggling hotspot aren't adequately prepared to chase speedy, rogue boats they regularly encounter, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press. More...
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Water levels on Lake Superior are getting closer to normal. Officials said the big lake rose three-inches in July - more than usual, due to heavy rains. More...
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A bill that prohibits the director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources from issuing a permit or lease agreement to remove oil or natural gas from Lake Erie has been introduced in the state legislature. More...
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Next week, the public gets a chance to weigh in on a five-year international study undertaken to review regulation of Lake Superior outflows and assess the need for improvements to address changing conditions of the upper Great Lakes. 2011 More...
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On Lake Michigan, beach-goers are being pestered by one of the biggest alewife die-offs in many years. On this side of the Straits of Mackinac, beach-goers have only rocks and kids anchoring powerboats to complain about. More...
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A new smartphone app provides beach advisories and other environmental information in real time. More...
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David Bearrs and Ryan Deering found a ship more than 100 feet long and about 25 feet wide at the bottom of Grand Traverse Bay. More...
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Authorities hunting for Asian carp in waterways near Chicago say they didn't find any during four days of intensive monitoring. More...
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that could greatly limit the EPA's ability to continue to regulate programs which have, for nearly four decades, helped clean up our Great Lakes. More...
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Five cargo ships in the American Steamship Co. Great Lakes fleet are laid up in Sturgeon Bay, WI after a strike that began at midnight Sunday. More...
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SS Badger car ferry wants to dump coal ash in lake till 2017
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The operator of the Great Lakes region's last coal-fired ferry is asking officials in Michigan and Wisconsin to support its bid for an additional five year exemption from federal rules against dumping coal ash in Lake Michigan. More... -
A 40-year struggle symbolizes growing conflicts throughout the Great Lakes over who can do what where a public road stops at a lake. More...
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New Chinese-built self-unloading bulk carriers are showing up in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system. More...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has pinpointed numerous deficiencies in Wisconsin's management of water pollution and has directed the state Department of Natural Resources to fix the problems in the next two years. More...
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For fifty years Canada and the U.S. have been battling an eel-like creature across the Great Lakes. Sea lampreys are parasites that drill holes in fish to feed on blood and body fluids. More...
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Crews are searching for invasive Asian carp near Chicago following several recent discoveries of their genetic material in Lake Calumet. More...
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The International Lake Superior Board of Control, under authority granted to it by the International Joint Commission, has set the Lake Superior outflow to 1,750 cubic meters per second for the month of August, effective August 3, 2011. More...
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Things have not gone as scheduled for the Lake Express this season. The car ferry resumes service Wednesday, after more than a week out of commission, and it plans to continue its round trips across Lake Michigan through the fall. More...
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Dive teams that spread underwater mats to smother invasive Asian clams in an Adirondack lake this spring are now sifting the sandy bottom of a lake in New York's Finger Lakes wine country to determine how widely the water-befouling mollusks have spread there. More...
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The discovery of genetic material from the invasive Asian carp in waterways near Lake Michigan is cause for concern. More...
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It has stood on the Lake Huron shoreline for more than 150 years, steering sailors away from a treacherous shoal. And it's showing its age. The limestone lighthouse at Point Clark has been closed to the public for two seasons now, after deteriorating stone on the face of the 26-metre tower became a safety hazard. More...