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After months of speculation, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee today shared the location its new School of Freshwater Sciences. UWM's new program will become the first graduate school of freshwater sciences in the nation. More...

Water levels in Lake Ontario are about a foot below normal, and 1.5 feet lower than they were a year ago, portending a potentially troublesome summer for boaters. Some problems already are cropping up, but the concern is more for what lies ahead. More...

The bad news for Minnesotans worried about the Asian carp's potential spread into the Great Lakes is that their preferred method of stopping the fish -- closing the locks on the Chicago River -- seems now even more of a long shot than once it was. More...

Ohio and the Great Lakes region should be home to a half dozen federal research and development centers focused on pushing energy innovations to market, says the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. More...

Prior to the 1800s, Wisconsin contained nearly 10 million acres of wetlands. Nearly half of Wisconsin's wetlands-Milwaukee's marsh included-have been drained and filled, and the remaining wetlands face other threats. Near the top of the list are invasive plants. More...

The Muskegon River has 48 new residents thanks to a group of sixth-grade students at Fruitport Middle School who raised chinook salmon as part of the Salmon in the Classroom partnership with the MI Department of Natural Resources and Environment. More...

Jeff Scrima is demanding that water utility staff highlight all changes made in a city application for a Great Lakes water supply between the time the Common Council approved the plan and when it was submitted to state environmental officials six weeks later. More...

The Asian carp poses a major threat to the economy and jobs here in the Great Lakes. Lake Erie helps pump hundreds of millions into the economy in both Michigan and Ohio and thousands of people make their living off the water, but many say the Asian carp is threatening all that. More...

Data collected from sport anglers in 2009 shows a slight decline from the previous year in overall catch from West Michigan ports despite a significant increase in fishing efforts. But the state estimated that sport anglers for four of the Great Lakes harvested more fish and spent more time on the water compared to the year before. More...

The value of clean beaches is just one thing being singled out by the federal government as a reason for recently announced national standards for the treatment of sewage in Canada's 3,700 municipal sewage treatment plants. The proposed Wastewater System Effluent regulations will, when passed, require 949 Canadian municipalities to upgrade their sewage systems. More...

The Asian carp poses a major threat to the economy and jobs here in the Great Lakes. Lake Erie helps pump hundreds of millions into the economy in both Michigan and Ohio and thousands of people make their living off the water, but many say the Asian carp is threatening all that. More...

After a winter of next-to-no snow, water levels all across the Great Lakes are down this spring, something government and business experts say could have an impact on the environment and the economy. The Canadian Hydrographic Service issued a warning that water levels were at potentially dangerous levels on the lakes system. More...

GLIN's June site of the Month is Teaching with Great Lakes Data (www.greatlakeslessons.com), a website featuring free resources for teachers and educators. The site provides Great Lakes data that can be used as a tool for multidisciplinary learning. More...

Witnesses say there were about six people at Eagle Rock when police moved in including four campers who had spent the night and two supporters who arrived with a warning the raid was imminent. More...

The RFI seeks responses from developers interested in building wind turbines off Evanston's Lake Michigan coastline. Developers have until the end of next month to submit responses. More...

Lingering bacteria at Maumee Bay State Park didn't look like it was going to pose much of a problem at either of the park's beaches this Memorial Day weekend until late Thursday afternoon. More...

The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Thursday accepted a Broadview Heights, Ohio, company's $3.15 million bid to provide a high-rise material handler machine for Toledo's general-cargo docks. More...

Essar Steel Algoma is committing additional resources to the fight against coke-oven emissions. That was the message Thursday by Essar Steel environmental officials at a four-hour community open house at the Delta Sault Ste. Marie Waterfront Hotel into the steelmaker's environmental programs. More...

The International Upper Great Lakes Study (IUGLS) recently launched a redesigned webpage that allows the public easier access to important information and IUGLS documents. The site also provides easy access to all documents related to the St. Clair River report published last year. More...

Ontario, Canada's most populous province, is a dormant renewable energy giant lacking the investment and government support needed to awaken it, the head of a Canadian wind power developer told Reuters. Trillium Wind Power is developing four offshore wind farms in Canada's Great Lakes. More...

The province's top doctor has concluded that living near a wind turbine is not dangerous to your health, but some Essex County residents are not convinced as opposition to wind energy projects persists in the region. More...

With sails swelling, eight historic wooden ships will enter Duluth Harbor on July 28 for the seven-day Tall Ships Duluth 2010 Festival. More...

With Michigan struggling with major economic issues and unprecedented job losses, you might ask, why should we be paying attention to a fish? Unfortunately, the Asian carp threat to the Great Lakes and our inland waters is just as much a threat to a major segment of our economy as it is to the quality of our life. More...

With Gov. Tim Pawlenty's veto of the controversial Game and Fish Bill, it's back to existing regulations for use of Lake Superior ciscoes and smelt as bait. Concerns over using smelt and ciscoes taken from Lake Superior were heightened when the fish-killing virus VHS was found in Lake Superior in January. More...

A Canadian federal government plan to strengthen a ban on bulk water exports is good legislation that still needs a big loophole closed, Sault MP Tony Martin said. More...