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Wisconsin Sea Grant recently released a video to help anglers "avoid the trap." The video is a fishermen's guide to avoiding trap nets and gill nets in the Great Lakes - and what to do if you get caught in a drifting net. More...
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Wisconsin Sea Grant recently released a video to help anglers "avoid the trap." The video is a fishermen's guide to avoiding trap nets and gill nets in the Great Lakes - and what to do if you get caught in a drifting net. More...
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Wisconsin Sea Grant recently released a video to help anglers "avoid the trap." The video is a fishermen's guide to avoiding trap nets and gill nets in the Great Lakes - and what to do if you get caught in a drifting net. More...
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A bold plan to build a billion-dollar underwater electrical transmission line across Lake Erie has reached a crucial milestone with filings to key regulators in Canada and the United States. More...
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Survey results indicate Lake Erie experienced the greatest level of fishing participation in 12 years, while Lake Ontario anglers experienced another year of excellent trout and salmon fishing. More...
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Ice that has clogged water intake valves in Avon Lake and algae blooms that have cut off the city of Toledo's water supply are among the possible water emergencies that have local water suppliers looking at new ways to share resources in case disaster strikes. More...
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Funds can be spent on public access or habitat improvements, land acquisition, planning and coordination, education and outreach, applied research and emerging issues projects. More...
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The GLIN June Site of the Month is the Cleveland Lakefront Parks Conservatory, a nonprofit organization dedicated to partnering with and supporting community groups and stakeholders in order to enhance Cleveland lakefront park visitor experiences, and pursue a world-class lakefront. More...
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The dilapidated ship that once held Toronto's iconic restaurant Captain John's has been towed from the harbour in its final voyage to a port on Lake Erie. More...
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In 1998, when a pair of writers started work on a natural history of what they call "Minnesota's Superior Coast," they figured on a modest-sized project with maybe 16 illustrations that would take a few years to reach fruition. More...
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The Trent Port Marina in Quinte West, Ont., is already a first-class facility. The final breakwalls and slips will be installed in the coming weeks, while the showpiece marina building should be completed by the end of June. More...
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Racine County, Wis., intends to take a new approach to coaxing a developer to Belle Harbor Marina by enlisting the services of a commercial real-estate broker. More...
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Rangers at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore will give guided tours of a popular dune along Lake Michigan closed for nearly two years since an Illinois boy was trapped under sand for more than three hours. More...
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Rep. Rick Nolan and U.S. Maritime Administrator Paul Jaenichen were among those on hand to break ground on the final stage of the revitalization of Dock C and D -- a $17.7 million project. More...
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The famed Captain John's floating restaurant, a landmark on the Toronto waterfront, will be towed across Lake Ontario and through the Welland Canal into the lakeside city for scrapping. More...
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The monarch butterfly, well known for its spectacular migrations in the Great Lakes region, is in decline. Anyone with a bit of garden space to spare can help the monarch population recover. Planting milkweeds will provide food plants for monarch caterpillars and nectar sources for adult butterflies. More...
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"I respect everything they said," the governor told the crowd. "... How they did it is another story." More...
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Beaches will be tested using an old method that produces results in about 18 hours. The same beaches also will be tested, however, using a method called quantitative polymerase chain reaction that promises results in less than four hours. More...
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Michigan environmentalists praised President Barack Obama's announcement Wednesday that he would move to extend pollution rules to smaller rivers and wetlands, even as some Republican members of the state's congressional delegation denounced it as executive overreach. More...
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An environmental group is raising questions about the review of oil lines that run in one particularly sensitive area -- the Straits of Mackinac -- and calling for the lines to be shut down. More...
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Efforts are underway to raise approximately $4.2 million, allowing the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy to operate six water stops and 14 trolley stops in the downtown core; long-range plans could include a water taxi stop in Windsor. More...
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Canadian beaches and marinas receive Blue Flag certification
News posted a topic in Great Lakes News
To receive a Blue Flag, marinas and beaches must achieve high international standards in water quality, environmental management and education as well as safety and services. More... -
Coastal resort and cruise tourism are the fastest-growing sectors of the tourism industry, and uncontrolled, large scale tourism development is causing an array of environmental damage to beaches and coastal waters. A free webinar on June 11 examines some of these problems, as well as efforts by industry innovators to minimize environmental impacts. More...
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A poll of Ohio voters released this morning shows overwhelming support for federal- and state-mandated clean water laws, and for mandatory restrictions on farmers to prevent runoff. More...
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This is a good design; these wastes pose less danger in such a repository than any other human activity presently going on in and around Lake Huron. More...