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The Michigan Office of the Great Lakes has released a draft Water Strategy that provides a roadmap to achieve a 30-year vision to ensure that Michigan's water resources support healthy ecosystems, citizens, communities and economies. The draft Water Strategy is titled "Sustaining Michigan Water Heritage, A Strategy for the Next Generation." Comments on the draft are due by August 28. More...

The American Great Lakes Ports Association in partnership with the Lake Carriers' Association, Fednav Limited, and the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation have jointly sponsored a new bi-national public affairs program called the Great Lakes Seaway Partnership. More...

Port Stanley's, Ont., main beach has earned the Blue Flag for the sixth year in a row, and is the only beach on Lake Erie to have achieved the flag this year. More...

Enbridge has joined fight against Phragmites along the Lake Huron shoreline, by donating $100,000 to get rid of it, starting at Brucedale Conservation Area. More...

The spread of contaminated water from a spill at the Lac des Iles mine, Ont., could eventually reach Lake Superior. More...

Clites examined Lake St. Clair water-level data and compared the results to same time a year ago. The results: about six inches higher this week, most likely due to recent heavy rains. More...

A wind energy company looking to build in Lake Ontario near Kingston claims Ontario government officials allegedly destroyed or hid documents related to its $500 million lawsuit. More...

Crews from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fanned out across the Detroit River, scouring the water for the presence of sea lamprey larvae, which burrow into river bottoms until they become parasites that use their suction-cup mouths to prey on Great Lakes fish. More...

Dozens of public servants belonging to a volunteer Coast Guard flotilla that patrols the St. Lawrence River from the Ogdensburg to Sackets Harbor, participated in a joint training with Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary members from across the border. More...

An endangered bird, the piping plover, last seen nesting on the shores of Lake Ontario more than 80 years ago has returned to the Toronto Islands, Ont. At least one pair of was confirmed near Hanlan's Point at the end of May. More...

A new rule issued by the Obama Administration will provide these safeguards and promote the restoration of the Great Lakes, if partisan and special-interest obstructionism aren't allowed to block it. More...

A trail at the eastern end of Lake Ontario in northern New York is among 10 local and state trails being added to the National Trails System in advance of National Trails Day on Saturday. More...

The foundation system has been getting a lot of attention in Europe because its design saves money and time and is thought to be less environmentally disruptive. More...

Officials in Oakland County on Wednesday also advised against swimming and recreational activities in parts of another body of water, the Clinton River, where an apparent oil spill was reported Monday. More...

Even as mussel populations begin to contract, scientists are looking to a pesticide to beat them back them further. More...

All the Atlantic salmon in the upper Great Lakes can trace their roots back to an egg that came from Lake Superior State University's Aquatic Research Lab, which each year raises and releases tens of thousands of tiny yearling fish into the St. Marys River. More...

Mariners on Lake Superior in the Thunder Bay, Ont., area can no longer radio a city-based operator for help if they run into trouble. More...

Lorian County, Ohio, is lengthening the Black River Trail, the most heavily used trail in the county's Metro Parks system. There are also plans to run new trails to the shores of Lake Erie. More...

While no Asian carp have been found in Lake Michigan to date, the fish have been swimming in waters on Wisconsin's western border for more than a decade, largely without notice. A recent finding in the St. Croix River has changed that. More...

A group of experts has prepared an overview of important factors driving harmful algae blooms in Lake Erie. In cooperation with the Soil and Water Conservation Society, the Great Lakes Protection Fund has made this paper available online for no charge. The paper was a feature article in a recent issue of the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. More...

Lakefront strollers in Milwaukee, Wis., have been keeping an eye on a large, seemingly out-of-place cargo vessel with curiosity as it remains anchored in open water -- now for more than a week. More...

After a couple snowy winters coupled with decent rainfall amounts in warmer months, Muskegon, Mich., river, stream and lake levels are the highest they've been in many years. More...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has hired a company to have dogs patrol Maumee Bay State Park at least once a day, seven days a week, this summer to control geese on the beaches. More...

The International Joint Commission seeks public comments by July 31 on its newest air quality progress report, which champions recent efforts to meet emissions targets in the United States and Canada. More...

A long-discussed dream of lakefront development in Cleveland, Ohio, will become much more solid this month, as developers take a big step toward controlling the land and seek early design approvals More...