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Projects to repair and cap islands near the southern shore of Green Bay are among the first to receive federal grants from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, federal officials announced Tuesday. Grants to support projects in Wisconsin totaled $5.3 million. More...
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The LaSalle Park shoreline is threatened with deterioration by regular pounding from Lake Erie waves, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is beginning to study how to save it. More...
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Building the pipeline and pumping stations needed to convey Lake Michigan water from Oak Creek or Racine to Waukesha would cost an estimated $97 million to $148 million more than a connection to Milwaukee, Waukesha officials disclosed in documents made public Tuesday. More...
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Explore The Ohio State University's Stone Laboratory on Lake Erie during the 13th Annual Open House on Sat., Sept. 11. Visitors can learn about Lake Erie research issues and education programs at Stone Laboratory in addition to touring the historic Cooke Castle and South Bass Island Lighthouse. More...
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Three area conservation groups are ready to get to work after receiving grants to improve waterways around the Saginaw Bay. More...
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The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation recently announced changes to its Board of Directors and executive management. More...
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Aided by technology, some local sailing enthusiasts have made distant ports their destination when leaving Rochester and wandering out onto the lake. They call themselves "cruisers," and for them the getting-there is as important as the journey's end. More...
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Five of the mid-shore patrol vessels will be used primarily to support conservation and protection programs in the Maritime, Quèbec and Pacific regions. The other four will be used to enhance security along the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system. More...
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An update of Muskegon's shoreline restoration at the project's midpoint was conducted Wednesday by NOAA officials for other federal and state agencies. During a boat and walking tour, Muskegon was praised as a community actively improving its environment. More...
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Attorneys from Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Minnesota are expected to argue in court today to convince the federal government to have the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers barricade the locks on the only shipping channels between the Mississippi and Lake Michigan -- hoping to lock out the carp. More...
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The threat to the Great Lakes posed by Asian carp has been greatly exaggerated, says an Ohio State professor who claims the experience to form a learned opinion. More...
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The McGuinty government's response to wind turbine opposition at Point Pelee reveals a green-energy policy in disarray. More...
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The U.S. Coast Guard says it's shutting down its seasonal air facility in Muskegon for the year. More...
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A new travel website is helping drivers in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin navigate the highways near the shores of Lake Michigan, and it's just in time for the rush of Labor Day traffic. More...
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Great Lakes historians gather at the University of Wisconsin-Superior for three days of meetings and presentations when the university's Jim Dan Hill Library and its Lake Superior Maritime Collection host the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History's annual conference Sept. 9-11. More...
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A recent study by the Great Lakes Science Center in Ann Arbor shows virtually no lake trout are breeding in northern Lake Michigan. More...
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MTRI's goal is to map the likely extent of Phragmites in each Great Lakes coastal basin--the land occupied by a lake, its shoreline and the areas near shore that drain into the lake--by 2011. More...
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The quagga mussel has been found in all of the Great Lakes, introduced by ocean-going vessels when they dump their untreated ballast water. In addition to clinging to hard surfaces like the more famous zebra mussel, the quagga also burrows into soft lake bottoms. More...
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The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition says the grants announced this week will help 12 conservation groups participate in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. More...
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A 59-foot boat registered to the son of the late Sen. Robert Kennedy went under in June and has been there since. More...
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Enbridge Energy Partners, the company whose pipeline caused a major oil spill in the Kalamazoo River five weeks ago, said Wednesday its plan to reinforce its oil pipelines under Lake Michigan is part of a routine maintenance program. More...
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It has been the summer of salmon on Lake Superior. Anglers have enjoyed a bonanza of Chinook and coho salmon, and the average size has been the best in years, charter fishing captains say. More...
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Michigan and Wisconsin plan to work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and determine the best strategies to adapt to climate change as part of an effort to protect the Great Lakes region. More...
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Environmentalists and consumer advocates are concerned about what could happen if such altered fish were to escape or be released in rivers or off-shore salmon farms. They also worry about the health effects of eating such modified fish. The FDA will take up the issue starting Sept. 19. More...
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Tall ships that were part of the recently ended Great Lakes United Tall Ship Challenge in Chicago slipped in and out of Waukegan Harbor on their way to Kenosha, Wis. More...