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Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and Ohio's attorney general called for immediate construction of a physical barrier in the Calumet River in Illinois to fight the threat of Asian carp entering the Great Lakes. More...
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About 7,000 spectators came to see the stately procession of 18th and 19th century-era ships that paraded across Cleveland's lakefront for the opening of the 2010 Cleveland Tall Ships Festival. More...
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The future is getting closer. Just 80 miles from Chicago on I-55, an army of windmills has risen in the middle of Illinois' cornfields. More...
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The 2010 Pure Michigan Bayview Mackinac Race, which begins on July 17, 2010, is a Great Lakes mid-summer classic. The race takes boats from a grand start in Port Huron to a spectacular finish on Mackinac Island. More...
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Parks Canada is going to show us what sits at the bottom of the Sault Canal as preparations get underway to drain the canal for the first time in 10 years. More...
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Parks Canada is going to show us what sits at the bottom of the Sault Canal as preparations get underway to drain the canal for the first time in 10 years. More...
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The Tall Ships Challenge brings to life the era when wind-powered vessels dominated the seas. It's also a chance for the crews to show-off their seamanship in the first of a series of Great Lakes races. More...
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More than two years after ArcelorMittal applied, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management has issued a landfill permit for the company's Burns Harbor plant. More...
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Michigan's governor believes that not cutting down trees on top of sacred Eagle Rock "appropriately addresses" Ojibwa concerns about a sulfide mine being built in northern Michigan near Lake Superior, while opponents call the changes an "empty gesture." More...
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At Turkey Point, located at a 70-year-old pine forest near Lake Erie, photosynthesis took in about 1,400 grams of carbon dioxide per square metre, while respiration was measured at around 1,250 grams of carbon dioxide per square metre. More...
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Park Canada is going to show us what sits at the bottom of the Sault Canal as preparations get underway to drain the canal for the first time in 10 years. More...
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State legislation is moving forward to limit phosphorus in household products. U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins, D-South Buffalo, said that he is encouraged to see state legislation move forward, calling it a means to protect New York's fresh water. More...
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Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. doesn't need a federal permit to build a nickel and copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a letter to the company made public Friday. More...
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Updates to the list of Minnesota's most vulnerable species seem as rare as some of the plants and animals under protection. More...
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The weather's great and the fish are biting, but what are you biting into when you eat the fish you catch in New York State? More...
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Wisconsin and Illinois have a long history of fighting over how each treats Lake Michigan, dating back to the 1920s when Wisconsin sued over Chicago's river reversal that sucked billions of gallons away from the lake. More...
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State legislation is moving forward to limit phosphorus in household products. More...
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Our beach is back in business, and that's welcome news not just to Erie, Penn., residents but for thousands of tourists who know, like we do, that Presque Isle State Park is a jewel of a destination. More...
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The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $1.4 million grant to Grand Valley State University's Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center for an assessment project to collect offshore wind and related research data. More...
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For decades, exotic species have been invading the Great Lakes and mixing up the ecosystem. A few years ago the constant changes led to the collapse of the food web in Lake Huron. That event has spurred on interest in restoring native fish, with the hope that they'll provide more stability. More...
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Conservation officers are intensifying enforcement of regulations to combat the spread of invasive species by Minnesota boaters over the July 4th weekend. More...
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Michigan Sea Grant and Michigan State University Extension present a series of Summer Discovery Cruises on the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair. The cruises are offered in partnership with Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority. More...
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As Lindenhurst, Ill., officials wait for an allocation of Lake Michigan water, they agreed Monday to designate $50,000 to help finance the next steps in switching from well to lake water. More...
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Muskegon, Mich., officials and property owners are bent on striking the perfect balance, one that allows a healthy Lake Michigan shoreline people can live near and enjoy, and still provide opportunities for commercial shipping and economic development. More...
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Businesses that depend on the waterways connecting Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River on Wednesday lambasted a push by Midwestern lawmakers to look at permanently separating them to avoid the invasion of Asian carp. More...