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How many rivers have burned in the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem? What has happened to these infamous rivers since the river fires? Find out the answers to these questions and more in the new book, "Burning Rivers: Revival of Four Urban-Industrial Rivers that Caught on Fire." More...
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The environmental assessment of shale-gas development in Quèbec demanded by the province offers industry "a second chance" at public credibility, an industry CEO said Tuesday. More...
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The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program has received a private foundation grant of $170,000 for invasive species prevention and control in 2011, it announced Monday. More...
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In 1970, speaking from badly polluted Los Angeles, Bob Hope cracked, "I don't trust air I can't see." Most Americans could see too much of their air. So they demanded that Congress and the president do something about it. More...
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Environmentalists on Tuesday called on the Obama Administration to impose a moratorium on nuclear power plant construction and relicensing of existing plants while conducting a comprehensive safety review of all 104 operating U.S. reactors. More...
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The Ninth Coast Guard District has begun restoring the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway aids to navigation system, following the re-opening of the Soo Locks and St. Lawrence Seaway Friday and the resumption of the shipping season. More...
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Lake Michigan's water level is forecasted to be down this summer, leaving coastal property owners with larger beachfront areas but forcing boaters to navigate shallower water. More...
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Indiana's waterborne shipping industry plays a vital role in the state's position as a logistics powerhouse. However, recently adopted regulations in New York governing the discharge of ballast water have threatened to cut off one of Indiana's key gateways -- the Saint Lawrence Seaway. More...
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Advocates from the Natural Resources Defense Council and other organizations rolled out information on 42 clusters in 13 states, including the Great Lakes State, places where high incidences of cancer and other diseases were linked via decades worth of research to the presence of toxins in water, soil and air. More...
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An organization that documents shipwrecks says it's found the wreck of a 60-foot, single-masted sloop in Lake Michigan that may date back to the 1830s. More...
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Bruce Power says it will delay its controversial plan to ship 16 school-bus-sized steam generators through the Great Lakes so the power company can consult with First Nations, Metis and others who have expressed concerns. More...
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Bruce Baker, a veteran water regulator with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, has resigned from the agency. Baker was appointed water division administrator by DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp - the same post he held at the end of the administration of former Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat. More...
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Tighter regulations have been placed on a type of Asian carp to prevent it from spreading from the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes. More...
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Before summer starts, Holland Harbor will be dredged for the season -- but don't expect to see the King Company barges in the channel next year if the latest federal budget plan passes without changes for Great Lakes harbors. More...
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The National Park Service is planning to prepare an environmental assessment for a Great Lakes Invasive Plant Management Plan for 10 parks in the Great Lakes region, including the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. More...
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Michigan Sea Grant and the Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER) are sponsoring a panel discussion on Great Lakes Restoration. Area experts with a role in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative will share their perspectives on the initiative and related activities on Wed., Mar. 30. More...
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Despite Ontario's decision to pull the plug on its offshore wind program last month, offshore wind development on the U.S. side of the Great Lakes may be about to move forward. The results of a New York RFP for offshore wind projects in the Great Lakes may be announced in the next week More...
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Capt. Thomas R. McMullen,a Livonia, MI resident, was recently elected grand president of the International Shipmasters' Association in downtown Detroit. More...
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The state of Indiana says it plans to stock Lake Michigan with 35,000 brown trout I hopes of improving the diversity of fishing along the state's 45 miles of shoreline. More...
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The first-of-its-kind wind-assessment buoy planned for Lake Michigan waters is on a company's drawing board. More...
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Officials with the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SSMC) say a seven per cent increase in activity is expected this year, with a projected 39.1 million tonnes of cargo expected to be shipped. More...
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NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory's GLANSIS - Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System - received funding for several improvements in support of early detection and rapid response, including the addition of high priority "watchlist" species. More...
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Almost 25 years after the St. Marys River was identified as an Area of Concern because of heavy pollution, it remains a contamination hotspot in the Great Lakes basin. More...
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This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule that bighead carp are an injurious species, an action that arose from requests from the Great Lakes region. Details are available in the Federal Register. More...
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U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., says a law banning the transport of live Asian carp across state lines is unfair to fish farmers. More...