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Minnesota is spending clean-water funds from the 2008 state Legacy Amendment without clear evidence that they're producing the most dramatic improvements in water quality, a nonprofit environmental group said in an analysis released this week. More...
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Carp: It's what's for dinner, under a broad strategy aimed at preventing a newly invasive species from colonizing the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. More...
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Government agencies in Washington and Illinois seem to be moving with all the speed and alacrity of an ice floe on the Milwaukee River when it comes to dealing with the threatened invasion of the Great Lakes by the Asian carp. More...
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Richard Honig is upset about the slow cleanup progress of the dioxin and furans in the Tittabawassee River. More...
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A key player in the development of shale gas extraction in Quèbec is holding off on two major projects in the province's St. Lawrence lowlands, citing uncertainty over environmental and regulatory issues. More...
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Shipments of bulk cargo such as iron ore on the Great Lakes jumped by one-third last year, a hopeful sign for a region battered by the recession, an industry spokesman said Wednesday More...
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Utility officially asks to build turbines near Lake Michigan
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Consumers Energy has now officially put in an application for a permit to build the first large wind farm along the coast of Lake Michigan. The utility wants more than 50 wind turbines on land south of Ludington. More... -
Sanilac County officials are part of an ad hoc group of municipal leaders from across Michigan's Thumb urging the state to go slow on legislation calling for offshore wind turbines in Lake Huron. More...
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The cancer-causing chemical made famous in the movie "Erin Brockovich" is finding its way into drinking water in Northwest Indiana -- likely at many times the level California scientists consider safe, according to a new report. More...
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A Milwaukee philanthropist is giving $2.6 million to launch a water policy think tank at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, adding an additional dimension to a broad raft of metro-area initiatives in the area of water engineering, entrepreneurialism and global water economics. More...
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Every decade or so, someone threatens to re-open iron ore mining in the Penokee Mountains near Mellen, Wis. Environmental concerns are being voiced since this project would drain north toward the Bad River Ojibway reserve and Lake Superior. More...
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"Too little, too late," is what local fishermen and environmentalists are saying about a $25 million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study of the possible separation of the Mississippi River and Great Lakes watersheds. More...
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The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay is underway in support of Operation Taconite, the Coast Guard's largest domestic icebreaking operation, encompassing Lake Superior, St. Marys River, the Straits of Mackinac, and northern Lake Huron. More...
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Years ago the Ajax waterfront was a prime spot for taking a dip in Lake Ontario and town officials are hoping to bring that tradition back with an ambitious plan to upgrade the waterfront. More...
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Ice coverage over Lake Erie is now at around 70 percent. More...
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GLASS is dedicated to improving communication and collaboration between science vessels, and helping to best match the capabilities of all vessels with the needs of research and educational programs throughout the Great Lakes. More...
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Chef Jimmy Wade isn't transforming his Heaven City Restaurant near Mukwonago into a house of flying carp just yet. But the adventurous chef is planning an "invasivore" dinner menu in February as part of his Tapas Tuesday series. More...
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An agreement to form a group to oversee the Saugatuck harbor sailed smoothly through two city councils but hit a snag in Saugatuck Township this month. More...
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Many West Michigan waterways are slated to again receive an infusion of walleye fingerlings or fry following several years of slowed hatchery production because of the deadly fish virus Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia. More...
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Mount Baldy, Northwest Indiana's most rebellious dune, is fleeing south, away from Lake Michigan. And the latest scientific research shows it's happening much faster than researchers initially thought. More...
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Charges have been filed related to an oil slick that briefly closed a stretch of state park beach in Cheboygan this past October. More...
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ACT is a partnership dedicated to supporting innovation to better understand, predict, & manage coastal and ocean environments. The Great Lakes node of ACT also has an online presence. More...
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It was July 3, 1911, and Joseph Gregg was excited about joining the U.S. Navy.So excited, in fact, that the Terre Haute, Ind., native didn't just walk through the gates of the facility then known as Naval Training Station Great Lakes. He ran -- and thus became the newly opened facility's first recruit. More...
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Scientists have identified a new weapon to ward off two troublesome Great Lakes invaders: A bacterium strain that destroys their guts. More...
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St. Lawrence Seaway traffic rebounded last year. It may signal economic recovery while helping Wisconsin farmers. More...