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The folks who live and work near Fisherman's Cave in Erie Township Michigan are reminiscing about just how close yesterday's marsh fire came to burning homes and businesses. More...
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Some of this nation's most pristine ancient forests, glacial wetlands and fresh water lakes are under threat from large, multinational mining companies. More...
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Michigan is poised to be a top-tier wind energy producer in the United States. But standing in its way is a "vocal minority" who are concerned about how commercial wind farms look, sound and affect wildlife. More...
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Some Michigan county health departments are looking forward to a new way to track the source of beach contaminants using an experimental low-powered laser. More...
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A $10,000 grant will help fund the development and launch of a water trail along Lake St. Clair. More...
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The bluish-green beads look like pearls scattered across the floor of Lake Superior. But this is Great Lakes treasure -- iron ore pellets, discolored by water and age since they went down with the SS Edmund Fitzgerald 35 years ago Wednesday. More...
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The executive director of the Ann Arbor-based Great Lakes Commission told a University of Toledo audience Friday he remains optimistic about Great Lakes restoration. More...
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A framework for keeping communities nationwide safe from pipelines that carry hazardous liquids and gases is to be released soon. More...
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National Geographic Channel's Great Migrations is a seven-part global television event that takes viewers around the world on the arduous journeys millions of animals undertake to ensure the survival of their species. The series premieres this Sunday, November 7. More...
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The Navy's proposal puts Wisconsin on the threshold of a huge new shipbuilding project that is expected to create thousands of jobs in the state. More...
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The fish-killing virus VHS may not be spreading in Lake Superior. It was discovered for the first time in Lake Superior last year, but so far researchers aren't finding any more of it. More...
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Mich. State Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop said again Thursday that there will be no legislative action on the proposed Detroit River International Crossing project before the Legislature adjourns for the year. More...
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The State of Wisconsin is completing work on key portions of major land deals in the north that eventually could have a price tag of about $11.5 million. More...
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The village of Bolingbrook filed a lawsuit this week in Will County Circuit Court against Illinois American Water, claiming that the residents of Bolingbrook were overcharged for Lake Michigan water from 2003 to 2008. More...
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We don't need the city to spend money on the waterfront -- the private sector is now lining up to do that. We do need some strong-willed planners who will set guidelines for a beautiful waterfront and stick to their guns. More...
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Marinette Marine Corp. may build 10 Littoral Combat Ships, U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said Wednesday. Sessions, a senior member on the Senate Armed Forces Committee, said the U.S. Navy would like to purchase 10 each of two competing designs. Ten would be built in Mobile, Ala., and 10 in Marinette. More...
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) GLRI effort is being coordinated and managed in accordance with the USGS science strategy - one that is driven by cross-disciplinary science and conducted in collaboration with partners to provide information and decision-making tools to help restore the Great Lakes. More...
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The International Joint Commission (IJC)has directed the Upper Great Lakes Study Board to explore what the effects would be of raising the average levels of Lakes Michigan and Huron. More...
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For those of us living in a maritime community, it's easy for our thoughts to gravitate toward Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes when we have a windstorm like the one we experienced last week. More...
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When Toronto compares itself to Chicago, it suffers from waterfront envy. Torontonians who visit the Windy City often marvel at the swath of parkland that graces its Lake Michigan edge. Why can't Toronto do something like that? More...
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By 2015, Quèbec's wind energy industry will have created more than 1,300 new permanent jobs and 37,000 jobs during construction phases, an industry-commissioned study says. More...
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The fight against climate change, invasive species and contaminated water in the Great Lakes was taken to the Lake Superior shoreline in Wisconsin last week. More...
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A study of what cargo is - and isn't -flowing into the Port of Erie is under way. More...
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The Coast Guard decommissioned the Bramble in 2003, and state officials approved giving the ship, which at the time was valued at nearly $2 million, to the museum. More...
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The Lake Erie Coastal Zone Program is a way for public and private partners to work together. In joining forces, all stakeholders can better manage the coastal zone for people and nature. Improving business, research and conservation opportunities is a key goal of the Coastal Zone Program. More...