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Shale gas exploration along the banks of Quèbec's fertile St. Lawrence River has worried residents, town leaders and environmentalists, who say projects to extract the natural resource are forging ahead in a regulatory vacuum. More...
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HMCS Fredericton will hit seven ports along the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes as part of the Great Lakes Deployment to raise awareness about the naval service and to highlight navy career opportunities. More...
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Three members of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians have been convicted of running an illegal commercial fishing operation on Lake Michigan's Little Bay de Noc. More...
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The Asian carp's arrival in Illinois a decade ago has impacted the state in a variety of ways. More...
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Report ranks the water quality of Great Lakes beaches poorly
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Great Lakes states placed in the bottom two-thirds of 30 states ranked recently by their 2009 beach water quality by the National Resources Defense Council. More... -
Double-crested cormorants are feasting on round gobies, leaving more sport fish, especially small-mouthed bass and yellow perch, for anglers. More...
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An Ontario senator said local groups who want the International Joint Commission (IJC) to adopt their favoured option for controlling St. Lawrence River water levels need to find allies in unexpected places. More...
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Authorities plan to drop about 200 trees by helicopter into a stretch of the Brule River along the Michigan-Wisconsin border to help improve trout habitat. More...
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SWAT teams are hitting the water in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. These SWAT teams, including 70 FBI agents from multiple cities, are taking advantage of the local shipping industry, using it as an opportunity to train for homeland security. More...
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Great Lakes on the Ground is a blog about Great Lakes news and issues by Andy Buchsbaum, regional executive director of the National Wildlife Federation's regional Great Lakes office. More...
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Delayed three months from its usual starting point, Minnesota's Lake Superior beach testing program is up and running, at least in some areas. More...
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The city of Ludington is seeking a $14 million federal transportation grant to "repower" the coal-fired S.S. Badger to preserve the historic cross-lake ferry service to Manitowoc. More...
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In a puzzling and poorly reasoned opinion, the Michigan Court of Appeals essentially has given its blessing to dumping raw sewage into the place where millions of state residents draw their drinking water. More...
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Huron-Bruce's MPP is supporting a plea for a longer conversation when it comes to wind turbine projects offshore. More...
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The Greece and Webster Town Boards have formalized their opposition to a potential Lake Ontario offshore wind project. But will that be enough to sway state Power Authority officials? More...
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Five states are asking a federal judge in Chicago to take emergency action to close two shipping locks and install barriers to prevent Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes. At the first hearing in the case, Judge Robert M. Dow Jr. showed no signs of rushing into a decision. He scheduled Sept. 7 and 8 to hear expert testimony in the case. More...
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Kelley's Island, one of the most popular sites for tourists in the western basin of Lake Erie, was ranked among the 10 most ecologically threatened islands in the Great Lakes, according to a new report from The Nature Conservancy. More...
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The simmering summer of 2010 is coughing up a sickly and unprecedented batch of toxic blue-green algae in western Lake Erie and nearly a dozen of Ohio's shallow, inland lakes. Many lake scientists are speculating that it's only going to get worse. More...
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It looks like cormorant harassment on Oneida Lake will begin again -- soon. Dave Lemon, an aquatic biologist from the state Department of Environmental Conservation's Cortland office, is overseeing the pilot volunteer program on the lake this fall. More...
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Opponents who hoped Monroe would become the fifth New York county to reject the idea of offshore wind farms have fallen a little short. More...
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The much-photographed arch at Tettegouche State Park, carved out of the North Shore by thousands of years of Lake Superior waves, has collapsed. More...
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A partnership of conservation organizations has created a 7.8-acre nature preserve on Middle Bass Island, Ohio, on Lake Erie. More...
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Unlike the loud and contentious public argument over a proposal for wind turbines in Lake Michigan, hardly an objection has been raised to Consumers Energy's development of its $250 million Lake Winds Energy Park in southern Mason County, Mich. More...
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The Irondequoit Town Board may be the next local political body asked to come out in opposition to the proposal for wind farms in Lake Ontario, though two board members say they've got some learning to do first. More...
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Swanson: Swift action needed to keep carp out of Great Lakes
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Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson said Monday that Asian carp pose a real threat to the Great Lakes, and she hopes a judge will order temporary measures to stop the fish from spreading. More...