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Despite hundreds of oil and natural-gas pipeline accidents in the last decade, there are no federal regulations governing how far major pipelines should be from homes, or schools or businesses. More...
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A stretch of Detroit River shoreline is going back to nature, with the re-flooding of a tract of land drained for farming a century ago. Officials held a dedication ceremony Saturday for the 67-acre wetland restoration project. More...
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State conservation leaders say the Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area is one of the premier conservation success stories in Indiana. Sunday afternoon the Goose Pond FWA was formally dedicated in a ceremony hosted by Ducks Unlimited at Triple H Gun Club. More...
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A fight over failed septic tanks near Lake Huron is headed to the Michigan Supreme Court. The state appeals court in August said Worth Township could not be forced to install a sewer system, despite the environmental mess. More...
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Commercial and sport fishers agree on very little in their long-running dispute over their respective rights on Lake Michigan. Battle lines have been drawn since Sheboygan and Manitowoc-Two Rivers were opened to full-time trap netting in May 2003 by the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board. More...
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For the nearly 50 years since the Michigan Ohio Navigation Co. shut down the luxury ferry that ran between Cleveland and Detroit across Lake Erie, transportation planners and business visionaries have been trying to resurrect the idea of a cross-lake ferry to Canada, without success. More...
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New York's Genesee, Wyoming and Monroe County Soil & Water Conservation Districts will share $536,000 of EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding for conservation projects in the Black Creek and Oatka Creek watersheds. More...
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With plans in place for the proposed low-level St. Lawrence River bridge, it appears any move to retrofit the old Cornwall Canal for renewed vessel use are dead. More...
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Trash -- including syringes, used blood vials and a City of Milwaukee garbage can -- washed up on Lake Michigan beaches along Michigan's Mason, Manistee and Oceana counties in August. More...
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Join tour guides for a half-day, on-the-ground tour of projects underway in the Wisconsin portion of the St. Louis River Area of Concern (AOC). Tours take place on Tues., Oct. 5, but you must RSVP by Oct.1.
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Thursday, Sept. 30, Dr. David F. Reid, senior physical scientist at NOAA-Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, will deliver a public lecture: "Ballast Water Discharge Standards in the Real World - the Verification Sticky Wicket" at the Lake Erie Center, Oregon, Ohio. More...
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A lawsuit that pits the rights of private landowners on the Lake Erie shoreline - against the rights of the public - took another turn this week when groups on both sides filed briefs with the Ohio Supreme Court. More...
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The 25th annual International Coastal Cleanup is on Saturday. In past years, more than half-a-million volunteers in 100 countries have removed millions of pounds of trash from beaches and waterways. More...
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A prominent water expert says it's difficult to persuade Canadians to conserve water when most of the population lives near the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, home to 20 percent of the planet's freshwater. More...
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Between 600 and 1,000 people, some from as far away as Kincardine, Ont., crammed into an equine arena to share concerns about wind farms, a cause that has them on a collision course with Huron-Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell. More...
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Flowering plants top a list of extremely rare species groups in an analysis of endangered, threatened, extinct and special-concern animal and plant species in Michigan. More...
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Local Illinois officials and members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers broke ground during a ceremony this month at the Lockport Stage II Controlling Works, beginning a $7.2 million rehabilitation. More...
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With lower than normal water levels throughout the seaway except in Lake St. Lawrence, few boaters and homeowners along the river are happy. More...
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Due to the degree of latitude, global warming is occurring faster in Ontario than the global average. This threatens to dramatically alter the landscape of the province, wiping out familiar plant and animal species, and introducing alien species that have never been seen here before. More...
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday restarted its review of Waukesha's historic application for a Great Lakes water source, a process that stalled in June after Waukesha's newly elected mayor raised questions about the city's proposal. More...
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Just a week after word of who will lead construction of a $100 million wind farm in Lake Erie, a proponent of Nuclear Energy calls the project a waste of resources. More...
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The battle continues in Washington over the amount of money to spend next year on restoring the Great Lakes. More...
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The Ohio Division of Wildlife's popular put-and-take fishing program for rainbow trout in inland waters across the state will get a boost next month with the scheduled stocking of some 25,000 rainbows of 10 to 13 inches in length. More...
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The battle continues in Washington, over the amount of money to spend next year on restoring the Great Lakes. More...
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Enbridge Energy Partners, owners of the underground pipeline that spewed oil into the Kalamazoo River near Battle Creek in July, have until Sunday to submit their plans and timelines for long-term fixes to the line. More...