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Algoma Central Corp. of St. Catharines says it's investing close to $400 million in Great Lakes shipping-- mostly through a new, locally-developed vessel design. 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 Water Basin. More...
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New environmental DNA tests show Wisconsin's Great Lakes waters remain Asian-carp free. More...
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A new Michigan Senate bill would prohibit the state from imposing mitigation requirements on some road projects that damage wetlands. More...
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The Nature Conservancy released the results of a new poll that shows an overwhelming majority of Americans don't know where their water comes from Why? And why does it matter? More...
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EPA is soliciting applications for grants and cooperative agreements to be awarded as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). Up to $40 million may be awarded under this request for applications, for about 150 projects. The application deadline is April 11, 2011. More...
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It's been more than a century since the Great Lakes first were connected to the Mississippi River system, an engineering feat that helped boost commerce and connect a growing nation. More...
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Are a couple of American icons making babies in a Hamilton marsh? If successful, the pair of bald eagles nesting in a tall white pine in Cootes Paradise just might be breeding the first homegrown young on Lake Ontario's north shore in 50 years. More...
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Former prime minister Jean Chrtien says it is time for Canadians to debate whether they should share their water with the rest of the world, noting the country exports other natural resources such as oil and gas. More...
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No traces of Asian carp DNA have been found in water samples collected from major Milwaukee waterways, according to the University of Notre Dame researchers who did the sampling. More...
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Stephen R. Carpenter, professor of zoology and limnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will receive the 2011 Stockholm Water Prize. This announcement was made in connection with UN World Water Day. More...
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"Each community contributes to the overall success of its region," reads the message. "People, companies and talent do not move to specific communities - they move to regions." More...
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The federal government is making it illegal to bring live bighead carp into the U.S. or transport them across state lines. More...
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Michigan's tourism industry should continue to rebound this year, reflecting the state's slow recovery from the depths of a long, painful recession, according to a forecast released Monday. More...
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A company outlined a proposal Monday to conduct test drilling for a proposed open pit mine near the border of Ashland and Iron counties - a move that could lead to the first such mine in Wisconsin since 1997. More...
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March 22 is World Water Day, an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The theme for 2011 is Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge. More...
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For the past three months, a growing chorus of people from across the Great Lakes basin has demanded that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers speed up a study of how best to keep Asian carp and other invasive species in the Mississippi River system from storming the lakes. More...
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources plans to raise Great Lakes (spotted) muskellunge at its Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery this year, a change of direction from the northern muskies the department has raised in the past. More...
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Canadian officials should be commended for halting three attempts to import Asian carp into Canada. One wonders whether others slipped through. More...
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Billed as an engineering marvel and national model, Chicago's Deep Tunnel was designed to protect Lake Michigan from sewage overflows and put an end to the once-frequent practice of dumping human and industrial waste into local rivers. More...
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For the past three months, a growing chorus of people from across the Great Lakes basin has demanded that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers speed up a study of how best to keep Asian carp and other invasive species in the Mississippi River system from storming the lakes. More...
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Ontario's energy minister has asked the federal government to weigh the atomic crisis in Japan and make any necessary changes to the environment review of a proposed nuclear plant expansion on the shores of Lake Ontario. More...
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Associated Press reports that Great Lakes shipping companies say their industry would be hit hard by an Obama administration proposal to cut funding by one-third for dredging the region's ports and waterways. More...
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Tuesday is World Water Day, so designated by the United Nations and so meaningless to Michigan, where we have water, water everywhere, good enough to drink. But here is where it should be most meaningful, on two peninsulas that sit in the middle of about a fifth of the world's fresh water. More...
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Despite high, muddy water and ice sheets floating around Lake Erie, walleyes have been going about their procreational business in the Maumee River, among other places. More...