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Experts believe a majority of the drowning deaths in the Great Lakes likely happened because people panicked when a rip current pulled them from shore. Learn about rip currents and what you can do to stay safe in the water. More...
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded funding to New York-based Stony Brook University for a project to determine how different kinds of phosphorus, a nutrient required by all plants for growth, trigger toxic blooms of blue-green algae in the Great Lakes. More...
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64 Great Lakes Seaway Trail geocaches are now in place, with another 11 to follow soon, for those who enjoy exploring with their GPS (Global Positioning System) unit in hand. Geocaching.com reports there are as many as 4-5 million geocachers worldwide. More...
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A new report has been released which attempts to determine the life history of the bighead carp captured on June 22, 2010, in Lake Calumet, just 6 miles from Lake Michigan. This factsheet unravels the science and clears up some of the misconceptions behind the bighead carp found in Lake Calumet. More...
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees plan to poison Muskegon River tributaries in coming days to rid them of larvae from invasive sea lamprey. More...
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When netting crews hunting for Asian carp above an electric barrier on the Chicago canal system in June pulled a three-foot long, 20-pound mature bighead carp from Lake Calumet - just six miles south of Lake Michigan - the question was: How did it get there? More...
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Maumee Bay State Park on Friday became Ohio's second along Lake Erie to have a swimming advisory issued in response to this summer's algae outbreak. More...
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The state of Michigan, France and private divers have reached an agreement to finally determine whether a Lake Michigan shipwreck is the Griffin, which sank while loaded with furs in 1679. More...
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Alarming bird and bat mortality rates at the Wolfe Island wind farm have an international group calling for a three-year moratorium on wind energy projects on the Upper St. Lawrence River and east end of Lake Ontario. More...
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Some sportsmen say wild boar and Asian carp have no business in Michigan. Thursday morning, the Natural Resources Commission Policy Committee on Wildlife and Fisheries heard the latest on the two invasive species. More...
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A plan to deal with 1.4 million gallons of a water/oil mix coming to Lake County from a Michigan oil spill is still in the works, environmental officials say. More...
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Wolverine Power Supply of Cadillac is going to court in pursuit of a new coal fired power plant in Rogers City. The company filed the action against the state in Missaukee County Circuit Court this week. More...
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East Harbor State Park in Ottawa County Wednesday had what is believed to be the first algae warning for swimmers posted along Ohio's Lake Erie shoreline since at least the 1970s. More...
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Milwaukee is one of just two Great Lakes seaports that saw an increase in international cargo last year. More...
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Some sportsmen say wild boar and Asian carp have no business in Michigan. Thursday morning, the Natural Resources Commission Policy Committee on Wildlife and Fisheries heard the latest on the two invasive species. More...
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Oceana County commissioners became the latest board to reject a request from Scandia Wind Offshore for a nonbinding show of support before the private company spends millions of dollars on extensive studies for placing turbines in Lake Michigan. More...
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"BP made a promise in 2007 and we will stick to that commitment," BP spokesman Brad Etlin told the Post-Tribune on Thursday. More...
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Surface waters of Lake Superior recorded at three buoys across the lake this week reached their highest average temperature in the 31 years records have been kept. More...
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Sixty-four - count em - 64 Great Lakes Seaway Trail geocaches are now in place, with another 11 to follow soon, for those who enjoy exploring with their GPS (Global Positioning System) unit in hand. More...
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The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is known for its beauty, but recently some tourists received more then they bargained for. A landslide fell off the cliff and into the surrounding water. Park Rangers say that the splash caused by the landslide reached up to 110 feet. More...
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The Pentwater-based Lake Michigan P.O.W.E.R. Coalition gave an hour-and-a-half presentation Wednesday night, detailing their opposition to a proposed wind project by Scandia Wind LLC. More...
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Garbage washing up on Lake Michigan beaches has some in western Michigan wondering if it's a return to the summer of 2008, when Wisconsin trash rolled in. More...
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Environmentalists and some lawmakers say oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico and a southern Michigan river are reason to put protections against drilling in the Great Lakes in the state constitution. More...
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Scientists studying oxygen levels in the bay of Green Bay were awarded $348,037 from the federal government for the first year of an anticipated four-year $1.37 million project. More...
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Once, the primary menace was industrial pollution. Today, it is land-use practices that threaten to leave us paved from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron and from Lake Erie to Lake Superior if we don't get serious about preserving our natural heritage. More...