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The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently announced that it will resume its practice of raising and releasing young walleye in light of recent research. More...
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Quèbec Superior Court Justice Bernard Godbout began hearing opening arguments in a landmark case that has pitted residents from a small Quèbec town against the federal government and a munitions manufacturer. More...
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Minn. natural resource officials now have a plan to at least try to slow the spread of zebra mussels, fish-killing VHS virus, jumping Asian carp and other aquatic invasive species. More...
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Milwaukee officials are considering another high-profile project on the lakefront - one to three wind turbines near the Lake Express car ferry terminal. More...
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Those notorious leaping Asian carp now appear to have inland-waterway access to Western New York waters. More...
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Communities in Ohio's Lake Erie watershed interested in acquiring land for preservation and recreation have two new opportunities for funding assistance. More...
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The mayors of Lakeshore and Chatham-Kent, Ont. are blaming shallow waters for the flooding near Lighthouse Cove this week, and want the province to dredge the mouth of the Thames River. More...
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A potential iron mine in northwestern Wisconsin is causing environmental concerns. More...
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In the days of Richard M. Daley's reign as Chicago's mayor, there's a palpable sense of appreciation among local environmental advocates for many of the mayor's green accomplishments. And yet many of the city's environmental challenges weren't adequately addressed. More...
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While Detroit and Hamtramck wage a simmering tax dispute in court, some costs from the case are likely to show up in an unpopular place: suburban sewer bills. More...
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The annual winter migration of the tomcod, from their normal St. Lawrence River habitat near Isle aux Grues, produces a significant tourism spinoff in Quèbec, attracting more than 75,000 fishermen to the area from late December through the middle of February. More...
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A potential iron mine in northwestern Wisconsin is causing environmental concerns. Danielle Kaeding of gitchegumeegamut.com has the final part on the Penokee Range project. More...
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Many northwestern Ohioans like to build homes along the lake. This may not be a good idea, since currently many homes built on the Lake Erie waterfront were further from the bluff when they were built. More...
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State officials say they've received a $2,850,000 federal grant to pay for wildlife habitat restoration and other environmental work at Sterling State Park near the River Raisin. More...
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Chicago is exceptionally prone to the problem, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency knows it is exacerbated to greater or lesser extent by runoff from cities and communities of all sizes lining the shores of the Great Lakes. In response, they have asked engineers to propose ways to fix the problem. More...
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Regional Director Tom Melius recently announced an award of $250,000 to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to conserve coastal wetlands along the northern Door Peninsula. More...
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EDITORIAL: Science takes a backseat in the Asian carp debate
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It has become abundantly clear that until some kid with a fishing pole can stand on a breakwater in Frankfort and haul in a 100-pound Asian carp (or maybe get hauled in himself) the federal government will continue to deny the big fish have gotten into Lake Michigan. More... -
Cathy Stepp, a former Republican state senator and outspoken critic of the state Department of Natural Resources, was named Thursday to head the agency by Gov.-elect Scott Walker. More...
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A top manager at The Nature Conservancy in the Twin Cities, Landwehr terminated his lobbying designation on Wednesday, signaling that he had been appointed to the DNR job. More...
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Wisconsin Wetlands Association's 16th Annual Wetlands Conference, Wetlands in the Landscape, takes place Feb. 16-17, 2011 in Baraboo, WI. Register by Jan. 14 for a reduced rate! More...
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The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is conducting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS). GLMRIS will explore options and technologies that could be applied to prevent ANS transfer between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins through aquatic pathways. More...
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Sustain Our Great Lakes is currently inviting applications for competitive funding through its Stewardship Grants Program and its Community Grants Program. The Requests for Proposals are available online at www.sustainourgreatlakes.org. The application deadline is February 14, 2011. More...
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Production levels in 2010 were just below those during the peak year of2008 and more than double those recorded in the recession year of 2009, and a new era in iron mining is becoming established on the Range. More...
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It's still not clear what the total costs will be and who pays for sand dredging along the Lake Erie shoreline of the new North Perry Park beach and marina. More...
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A ship that went down in Lake Michigan over 140 years ago has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. More...