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An Ohio Lake Erie lighthouse is on the auction block for anyone looking for a distinctive property that includes a lamp visible for 11 miles. More...
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Continuing engine problems have caused the Lake Express Muskegon-to-Milwaukee ferry to cancel service for 10 days -- during the heart of the summer tourist season -- while the ship undergoes an engine replacement, company officials said. More...
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As part of the overall Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) $2.1 million will be invested toward restoring the shoreline of White Lake near Muskegon, Mich. More...
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Staying hydrated in this current heat wave is not only a good idea, it is critical to maintaining good health. And keeping Lake Erie and the other Great Lakes "hydrated" and healthy is something Ohio lawmakers need to heed as well. More...
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The sight and smell of thousands of dead alewives on Lake Michigan beaches, although unpleasant, might be a sign of health for the lake. More...
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The 2011 State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference (SOLEC 2011) will be held in Erie, Penn., Oct. 26-27, 2011. SOLEC is the premier binational science-based conference on environmental conditions in the Great Lakes for stakeholders, decision-makers and scientists. This year, the theme is Linking Land to the Lakes. More...
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A federal court has rejected a shipping industry challenge to a government permitting system designed to prevent the spread of invasive species that have disrupted ecosystems and cost billions in the Great Lakes and elsewhere. More...
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The Alliance for the Great Lakes has teamed up with Barefoot Wine to clean up another West Michigan beach as part of Barefoot's Beach Rescue Project, a nationwide effort to keep beaches "barefoot-friendly." More...
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Legislation enacted in 2008 to diversify Michigan's energy supply with clean, cost-effective renewable energy and to offer economic development opportunity for Michigan manufacturers and businesses is now being questioned by some state representatives and decision makers. More...
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The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which began in 2010 as an unprecedented $475 million annual commitment to protect and restore the planet's largest freshwater ecosystem, dropped to $300 million this year and may be in need of some restoration itself. More...
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In the midst of summer beach season, some Great Lakes states are having to pick which beaches they'll monitor for contamination with what critics say is an unfair distribution of federal funds. More...
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For Lake Ontario shipping companies, the most significant commodity to move across the Great Lakes this summer may be optimism. In 2011, the industry has resurfaced in calmer waters, under sunnier skies. More...
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More than 20 young scientists and their families climbed aboard the W.G. Jackson research vessel July 11 to learn how to collect and analyze data from Lake Michigan. More...
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Over 250 public and private leaders from both the United States and Canada have concluded that the regions on both sides of the Great Lakes international border need to team up to strengthen their highly integrated economies. More...
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A host of enterprising energy developers believe they can squeeze more energy -- much more -- from Lake Ontario. More...
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The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority unveiled a strategic plan today that calls for sprucing up the Cuyahoga River, keeping shipping channels open and attracting new business to the port. More...
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A new alliance between shipyards in two of the country's biggest provinces was sealed Thursday as the newly purchased Davie Shipyard was given the green light to enter a heated race to lure potentially lucrative federal shipbuilding contracts. More...
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15 educators were selected to work with scientists on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's R/V Lake Guardian for the 2011 Lake Superior Shipboard and Shoreline Science workshop beginning this week. More...
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In the U.S., some entrepreneurs see places such as China as a solution to the Asian carp infesting domestic waters. These businesses are trying to flash-freeze wild bighead and silver carp from the Illinois River and ship the fish overseas. More...
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If you say "Arkansas fish farms" and "Asian carp" in the same sentence, you can almost hear the boos and hisses. They're the ones who let the fish escape into the wild, right? Maybe not. More...
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When his hometown of Buffalo, N.Y. became only the second city in the nation to ban hydrofracking, councilman Richard Fontana seems pleased -- but not satisfied. Since the Buffalo City Council unanimously passed the resolution in February, Fontana has been lobbying other Great Lakes cities to follow suit. More...
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Small communities across the North Country, from Burke in the east to Hammond in the west, have been deeply divided over wind power development. That's the case in Cape Vincent, situated just where Lake Ontario flows into the St. Lawrence River. More...
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Now that the Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources has determined the city of Waukesha's application for Great Lakes water is complete, a public hearing has been scheduled July 27 in Wauwatosa. More...
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Video and still photographs shot from another sailboat during the Chicago-to-Mackinac sailboat race show the horrific conditions early Monday that led to the capsizing of a Saginaw-based vessel and the death of its skipper and a crew member. The deaths were the first drownings in the Chicago-to-Mackinac race history. More...
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A coalition of Great Lakes conservation groups went on the attack Wednesday for a federal spending bill they claim "guts funding" for the world's largest freshwater system. More...