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This weekend marks the start of the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City, Mich., along the shores of Lake Michigan. The festival takes place July 2-9 and celebrates the region's world-record tart cherry harvest. More...
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For all the trouble they bring, it turns out the invasive round goby might also be doing the Great Lakes a small service. In addition to being a valuable food source for numerous sport fish, the small bottom feeder also has an appetite for another, more notorious Great Lakes invader -- the zebra mussel. More...
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Last December, Gov.-elect John Kasich promised to protect Lake Erie as a "crown jewel for our state." He can live up to that pledge by rejecting a flawed bill that would open the spigot for private withdrawals of large quantities of Lake Erie water, potentially collapsing the international Great Lakes Compact. More...
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Waterfront property owners are increasingly recognized as having unique opportunities to protect and enhance shorelines. Now the Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership is giving them help. The group recently released a handbook titled, "Natural Shoreline Landscapes on Michigan's Inland Lakes: Guidebook for Property Owners." More...
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Lake Superior now sits an inch higher than the July 1 level in 2010 but 11 inches below the long-term normal for this time of year. More...
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The Pride of Baltimore II is traveling throughout the Great Lakes region this summer to promote next year's Bicentennial of the War of 1812. It will be docked at the Central Wharf through the Fourth of July. More...
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Funded in part through a grant from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's Coastal Zone Management, a local planning commission is starting the planning process for inventorying Lake Huron's recreational resources and creating a website to promote those resources. More...
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Unless state legislators and Governor Dayton reach a budget agreement by Friday, just about everyone working for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will be out of the job and go without pay until a deal is brokered. More...
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Looking for a clean beach along Lake Erie? Want to know if the water is inviting on an inland lake? Ohio has launched a website that tells you whether anything is lurking on the sand or offshore. More...
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The Natural Resources Defense Council released their annual survey of water quality and public notification at U.S. beaches. The report, which includes a section entitled "Swimming in the Great Lakes," is available online. More...
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Funded in part through a grant from DEQ's Coastal Zone Management, the EUP Regional Planning & Development Commission (EUPRP&DC) is starting the planning process for inventorying Lake Huron's recreational resources and creating a website to promote those resources. More...
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How's this for a winning strategy to create jobs and promote economic growth in Ohio? Risk dangerously low water levels and quality in Lake Erie -- the shallowest of the Great Lakes -- and its tributaries. More...
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Unless state legislators and Governor Dayton reach a budget agreement by Friday, just about everyone working for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will be out of the job and go without pay until a deal is brokered. More...
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Looking for a clean beach along Lake Erie? Want to know if the water is inviting on an inland lake? The state has launched a website that tells you whether anything is lurking on the sand or offshore. More...
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The Little Calumet River, Salt Creek, Trail Creek, and the St. Joseph River are among the waterways to be stocked with salmon by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources this fall, the state announced Monday. More...
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A survey of Lake Zurich, IL residents regarding household water use and other water related issues is under way as part of a trendsetting effort to determine how the village can best manage its resources. More...
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An underwater treasure' hunt took place at Silver Harbour, Ontario on Sunday to remove junk from Lake Superior. More...
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In a quest to become more self-reliant, reporter Emily Mathieu wanted to know if in an emergency she could, rather than fight for bottled water, safely drink water from Lake Ontario. More...
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Cleanup of dioxins, furans, and other contaminants released by The Dow Chemical Co. in local Michigan waterways remains a priority to regional EPA officials. More...
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Treatment plants continuing to fight new mercury regulations
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Ohio wastewater treatment plants are applying for a variance to a federal regulation, which would allow them to discharge mercury into Lake Erie at levels that exceed federal limits. More... -
Cameron Davis, senior adviser to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, touts the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative created by Obama that includes priority projects of mitigating toxic hot spots, invasive species, beaches, habitat and accountability and education. More...
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Because of climate change, fears of a Great Lakes dead zone'
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University of Michigan's David Scavia discusses a frightening potential climate change scenario: the possibility for each of the Great Lakes to become a dead zone -- a water body stripped of oxygen where no fish or plants can survive. More... -
The continuing battle against sea lampreys soon will come to locations in Wisconsin. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service assessment crew will conduct surveys off the mouths of the Sand (Bayfield Co.) and Brule (Douglas Co.) rivers to determine the need for sea lamprey control. More...
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Some Great Lakes business stakeholder groups may be using deceptive tactics to pitch their own interests under environmental auspices. More...
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Continuing this week's focus on fish for the series "Swimming Upstream," Dustin Dwyer traveled to the site of a former trout farm along the headwaters of the Manistee River, near Grayling, to learn about the complex world of dam removal. More...