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State Sen. Susan Garrett, D-Lake Forest, along with many other Lake Countians, has been wondering what's going on in decommissioning the former Zion Nuclear Reactor site on the shores of Lake Michigan. They received some answers at a forum held Saturday. More...
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In Lake Huron, the first match might have gone to the invasive species -- zebra and quagga mussels, sea lamprey and worse -- but now we're in the first round of the rematch. More...
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Avon Lake City Council passed a resolution April 11 urging "immediate action" from the state of Ohio and the federal government to close the locks in Illinois and put in dam structures preventing any water flow between Lake Michigan and associated waterways. More...
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A decade-old proposal to set up a scuba diving school on the St. Lawrence River has been resurrected, with its supporters insisting the time is right now that the desired property has a clean bill of environmental health. More...
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Under the terms of the transaction, Algoma has acquired 11 vessels outright and has acquired ULG's interest in four jointly owned vessels. In addition, Algoma acquired ULG's interest in a fifth vessel that is currently under construction in China. More...
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As the Canadian federal government prepares to introduce its budget, the Council of Canadians is calling for the allocation of significant resources to protecting the Great Lakes as a Commons, a Public Trust and a Protected Bioregion. More...
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Intentionally targeting lake sturgeon is discouraged and possessing one is illegal. If one is hooked, fishermen should follow guidelines on how to properly release a sturgeon to avoid harming the fish. More...
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As the Canadian federal government prepares to introduce its budget, the Council of Canadians is calling for the allocation of significant resources to protecting the Great Lakes as a Commons, a Public Trust and a Protected Bioregion. More...
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The FishAmerica Foundation, through its partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Restoration Center, has $1 million available for marine and anadromous sportfish habitat restoration projects in the coastal United States, the Great Lakes region and the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. More...
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The money can't come soon enough for Grand Marais, where the harbor on Lake Superior seems to suffer more sand erosion each winter. More...
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The bulk carrier Isolda, which loaded in the Netherlands, delivered 10,000 tons of steel coils to Cleveland. More...
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How often do most of us ever really consider our harbor? Do we really think much about our port, other than when it's briefly in the news to mark the start or end of another year of shipping activity? We should. More...
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Buffalo's fracking laws could be model for Cleveland, others
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Laws banning hydraulic fracturing in Buffalo could become a model for other Great Lakes cities. More... -
Expansion of critical dune in Saugatuck Township now on hold
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The state has put a hold on a critical dune expansion that could affect the developable land owned by Oklahoma billionaire Aubrey McClendon. More... -
The Indiana House voted 90-0 Tuesday to have the Legislature's Environmental Quality Service Council study the Great Lakes. More...
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Western New Yorkers are still waiting to hear what the state's Great Lakes Offshore Wind (GLOW) power project will look like. An announcement was originally slated to come in January, then pushed back to the end of March. Now the date could run well into summer. More...
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Where have the bighead carp been spotted? The Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) information resource for the United States Geological Survey released this interesting point map highlighting bighead carp locations. More...
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The federal program that controls invasive sea lampreys in the Great Lakes has been spared any significant cuts for this year. More...
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A group of local anglers who have dedicated decades to stocking the Great Lakes with sport fish are alarmed by the threat of destructive Asian carp infesting local waters. More...
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The Great Lakes Bay Economic Development Partnership is working to lure what could be the country's largest solar plant to build in the region. More...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this winter declined to make public a report revealing that its electric barrier system is not operating at a level strong enough to repel all sizes of Asian carp. More...
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Democrat Carl Levin of Michigan and Republican Mark Kirk of Illinois will serve as co-chairmen of the U.S. Senate's Great Lakes Task Force for the next two years. More...
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Officials in northwestern Indiana are looking at whether there is a need to regulate the maintenance of septic systems, saying septic failures could be partly to blame for E. coli contamination in area waterways. More...
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Chicago is leaning on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fast-track an ongoing study to protect Chicago's Lake Michigan shoreline - and the rest of the Great Lakes - from an Asian carp invasion. More...
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The first oceangoing vessel of the 2011 navigation season arrived in the Port of Duluth-Superior this morning. The Cyprus-flagged Federal Leda sailed beneath the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge at 7:10 a.m. and headed to Superior to begin loading durum wheat. More...