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Predicting harmful algal blooms, or HABs, in the Great Lakes is now a reality as NOAA announces an experimental HAB forecast system in Lake Erie. More...

When we think of infrastructure, it's usually bridges, roads, sewers and communication systems that come to mind. Most of us wouldn't think of the Detroit River, but in reality it fits the traditional definition of infrastructure. More...

The city of Cleveland and the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority could reap $1 billion over the next 20 years by redeveloping the roughly 100 acres now occupied by the port of Cleveland, consultants told Port Authority board members Tuesday. More...

The director of the Port of Cleveland says he held back on an application for state funds for a lakeside nature preserve - because he's still trying to clarify ownership of the land. More...

A month ago, an invasive Gulf Coast crayfish became the latest threat to the Wisconsin environment when it was found in a 6-acre pond in Germantown. More...

The Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy in Traverse City, Mich., has recently been recognized on a national level by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission. More...

Members of New York's Oswego County Legislature have agreed to earmark funds in the 2010 budget for the purpose of eradicating water chestnuts in the Oswego River. More...

Almost $79 million worth of work is needed to help the Detroit River move closer to getting off a list of toxic hot spots, says a new five-year plan for cleaning up the strait. More...

The September 2009 issue of Minnesota Sea Grant's newsletter, Sieche, is now available online. More...

Many people turned out Monday afternoon to watch the SS Badger leave Ludington's harbor for the last time in 2009. The 56-year-old carferry was towed by tugs because the Badger has already been winterized, its engines shut down until spring. More...

Due to geographic features such as the Great Lakes, the Mississippi River and the forest boundary that crosses our area, Wisconsin residents are able to witness some of the most amazing wildlife journeys to be found. More...

Members of New York's Oswego County Legislature have agreed to earmark funds in the 2010 budget for the purpose of eradicating water chestnuts in the Oswego River. More...

Almost $79 million worth of work is needed to help the Detroit River move closer to getting off a list of toxic hot spots, says a new five-year plan for cleaning up the strait. More...

A group of economists, business leaders and former federal and provincial politicians suggest that water from the Waswanipi, Broadback and Bell rivers in northern Quebec should be diverted into the headwaters of the Ottawa, to raise water levels at the Port of Montreal. More...

A half mile stretch of the St. Louis River is getting a makeover to help bring the Lake Superior sturgeon back from near extinction. More...

When it comes to explaining the lure of raising the trophy fish of tomorrow at his privately owned hatchery, Frank Orsini sounds an awful lot like a proud parent. "It's just a great experience. I like to see these little critters, just feeding them and watching them grow, and to know what they are going to do. From here they go up to the big lake, and then all the sport fishermen are able to reap the benefits." More...

Last month Ohio's 11th District Court of Appeals in Warren swept aside nearly 15 centuries of rock-solid common law, upholding a lower court's delusion that the property rights of people living along Lake Erie extend to the water's edge - wherever it might be at the moment. More...

Wasatch Wind Park City, Utah, recently signed a transaction to sell the rights to a 4,400MW offshore wind project in Lake Erie to Canadian Hydro Developers, Calgary, Canada. If completed to capacity, the project would power more than two million homes and represent the largest offshore wind facility in the world. More...

The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing a batch of new regulations to prevent overseas ships from dumping contaminated ballast water in the Great Lakes. The rules would be the toughest on the books to date, but they don't go far enough for some Great Lakes advocates. More...

A half mile stretch of the St. Louis River is getting a makeover to help bring the lake superior sturgeon back from near extinction. More...

When it comes to explaining the lure of raising the trophy fish of tomorrow at his privately owned hatchery, Frank Orsini sounds an awful lot like a proud parent. "It's just a great experience. I like to see these little critters, just feeding them and watching them grow, and to know what they are going to do. From here they go up to the big lake, and then all the sport fishermen are able to reap the benefits." More...

EDITORIAL: Last month Ohio's 11th District Court of Appeals in Warren swept aside nearly 15 centuries of rock-solid common law, upholding a lower court's delusion that the property rights of people living along Lake Erie extend to the water's edge - wherever it might be at the moment. More...

Wasatch Wind Park City, Utah, recently signed a transaction to sell the rights to a 4,400MW offshore wind project in Lake Erie to Canadian Hydro Developers, Calgary, Canada. If completed to capacity, the project would power more than two million homes and represent the largest offshore wind facility in the world. More...

Federal and state officials say they've reached a tentative deal with Dow Chemical Co. on designing a cleanup of dioxin contamination near a plant in Midland. More...

Money to dredge the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair has been included in the Energy and Water Appropriations Act of 2010, passed today by the U.S. House. More...