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Phillip Foss, the executive chef at Lockwood restaurant, knows just what to do with the Asian carp, an invasive fish species that is threatening the ecosystem of Illinois' waterways. Just cook it. Dice it into a fine, lime-cured ceviche. Or wrap it in a crispy potato shell and serve it over braised leeks and beurre rouge. More...
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After 25 years as a Great Lakes area of concern, Wheatley Harbour has been given a clean bill of health. The once heavily-polluted harbor has now officially been removed from the list of environmental hotspots, announced at the harbour on Friday. More...
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Following an official denial Tuesday of its petition demanding the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. disclose its rulemaking process for determining the St. Lawrence Seaway's shipping season, Jennifer J. Caddick, executive director of Save the River, said the group will find another way to force the Seaway to become more transparent. More...
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The Clayton Local Development Corp. has been awarded a $1.1 million federal grant to build 50 boat slips and a shower facility at the Frink site along the St. Lawrence River. More...
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The crew of a Coast Guard helicopter that crashed in southern Lake Huron late Tuesday night was able to escape the aircraft before it sank. More...
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The Traverse City based Conservation Resource Alliance (CRA) has been awarded a grant for $625,000 through the Sustain Our Great Lakes (SOGL) program to improve habitat and restore connectivity along tributaries to the Upper Manistee River. More...
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Bay City received word on Monday that it was a recipient of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant dedicated to clean-up of brownfield sites. More...
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The Traverse City based Conservation Resource Alliance (CRA) has been awarded a grant for $625,000 through the Sustain Our Great Lakes (SOGL) program to improve habitat and restore connectivity along tributaries to the Upper Manistee River. More...
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About $4.3 million of dredging is planned this year on the Upper Saginaw River and at the entrance to Saginaw Bay. More...
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Windsor has joined the ranks of local municipalities voicing concerns over private-sector proposals for hundreds of power-generating windmills built off local shorelines. More...
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Zebra mussels have reached the Indianapolis area, state wildlife officials said Monday. A fisherman discovered the invasive freshwater mollusk last week in Geist Reservoir. More...
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Bay City officials hope a $1 million environmental clean-up grant can help spur development at the Uptown at RiversEdge site. The city is a recipient of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant dedicated to clean-up of brownfield sites. More...
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The New York Power Authority wants developers to place electricity-generating turbines a few miles off the shores of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. In five years, officials say, the waters off Rochester or Wayne County could be home to dozens of turbines. More...
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Illinois researchers recently tossed out a harrowing number -- $4.7 billion -- to demonstrate the economic impact if the Chicago area locks were closed to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. Of course, what they didn't say was that their number is computed over 20 years, and that roughly half of it would be spent on flood prevention systems. More...
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Fishing Lake Huron will be different this year. The differences begin with what might be good news for Lake Huron's predator fish: The gross weight of prey fish doubled from 2008 to 2009. The bad news? All the prey fish are tiny. More...
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Congress would make it easier for estuary conservation programs established by the Environmental Protection Agency to monitor for invasive species across the country under a bill passed by the House last week. The invasive species language was included as an amendment authored by Wis. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee). More...
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Registration is now open for the The Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Cities Initiative Conference, Greening our Blue Border. The conference takes place in Milwaukee, Wis., June 16-18, 2010. More...
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A Lake Erie harbour designated an area of concern for more than 20 years is no longer an environmental hot spot. The ecosystem at Lake Erie's Wheatley Harbour has been restored, and is now home to a diverse community of fish and wildlife. More...
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The ceremonial Ice Boom Ball Drop kicked off the eighth annual Boom Days Thursday, as dignitaries dumped an orange 7-foot-diameter ball over the Peace Bridge and into the Niagara River. The Boom Days celebration begins each year with the lifting of the Lake Erie-Niagara River ice boom. More...
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Storm water runoff from agricultural fields, failing residential septic systems, and discharges from municipal and industrial sources continue to contribute to water quality problems in the Portage River watershed, according to a study by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. More...
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The nine major sponsors of this summer's Tall Ship Celebration: Bay City turned out Wednesday night to select the ships they will represent. The event is part of the Tall Ships Challenge, a race across the Great Lakes organized by the American Sail Training Association. More...
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Thanks to remedial efforts over the years, Wheatley Harbour will be removed from a list of environmental hotspots. More...
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The state Department of Environmental Conservation wants the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. to publicly explain how it determines an opening date for the shipping season, which the state now contends is beginning too early. More...
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Windstream Energy was awarded the largest and the only approved 'offshore' wind power project, by the Ontario Power Authority, (feed-in-tariff) FIT program, a 300 megawatt power-purchase contract initiative in Lake Ontario. More...
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For more than 150 years, fish in the Cass River in Michigan have been unable to swim past the Frankenmuth Dam. Now, with a $200,000 federal grant, the city of Frankenmuth is closer to its goal to open up the waterway. More...