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Michigan City, Ind. plans to implement three of Racine's beach management practices for this summer's beach season: revised beach grooming, revised trash handling and wildlife feeding prohibitions. More...
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This spring and last, several dozen volunteers spread out across 10 counties in eastern Wisconsin to get a close look at hundreds of depressions on the landscape that hold water for a short time. More...
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Federal environmental officials announced this week that they have finalized a plan to cap a Kalamazoo Township landfill along the Kalamazoo River, part of the federal Superfund cleanup of the river. More...
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How are we faring as stewards of 20% of the world's freshwater? It may become more valuable than oil in the future. More...
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The U.S. EPA and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant recently launched a campaign and new website for environmentally-sound computer electronics management, which includes reuse, recycling and sensible disposal of used electronics. More...
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The reality of 2009 is that the 6.7 billion humans who inhabit the Earth - twice as many as in 1965 - are not just part of an emerging global economy. We're also part of a global ecosystem. We always were. It just took a little longer for that to become painfully obvious. More...
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Scrambling for cash simply to fund basic city services - and less than a year after the passage of the Great Lakes compact designed to protect the system from being drained by profiteers - Milwaukee is looking into turning its state-of-the-art water treatment system over to a for-profit company. More...
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Water, water, everywhere. But is it fit to drink? One big headache is the ever increasing amount of pharmaceuticals and personal care products that are finding their ways into our lakes and rivers. More...
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Remember those massive wind turbines shipped through Windsor last spring? The 44 turbines were made in Europe. But they could be made here, in our shrinking factories, by our laid-off skilled workers, providing jobs and revenue and diversifying our economy. More...
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Rapid climate change is forcing scientists to consider for the first time whether to help wildlife relocate to places where they are not currently found, says a group of international researchers who have created a tool for evaluating such relocations. More...
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn recently outlined a "Doomsday scenario" should the General Assembly not endorse tax and fee increases in his proposed budget. Drastic repercussions mentioned include closing 60 state parks and laying off one-third of the staff at parks run by the Department of Natural Resources. More...
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Thirty Hamilton students are part of a historic effort to return the Atlantic salmon to Lake Ontario, releasing 200 Atlantic salmon with Oakville and Mississauga students into Bronte Creek in Burlington. More...
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Commonplace rodents such as opossums and white-footed mice are migrating rapidly northward in Michigan, suggesting climate change is taking hold in the upper Great Lakes region, says a newly released scientific report. More...
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The first record of European rudd in Ohio waters was recorded this week. European rudd, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, is a medium-sized fish native to Europe and Western Asia, where it is a popular food and game species. More...
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You can't be too safe swimming in Lake Michigan. That's the message South Haven officials are sending to residents and visitors of this popular resort town. More...
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The theme for the International Day on Biological Diversity (IDB) for this year is Invasive Alien Species (IAS)-one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and to the ecological and economic well being of society and the plant. More...
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Bring Back the Salmon is the online home of the effort to restore Atlantic salmon to Lake Ontario. It offer news on the recovery efforts, the fascinating history and biology of Atlantic salmon and more. More...
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Once consigned to Scandinavia, wind turbines have suddenly blossomed into a U.S. growth industry. And now Ohio projects -- from Lake Erie to western Ohio -- are proposed or planned. More...
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In the southeast corner of Sheboygan County, Wis. sits 323 acres of rolling sand dunes, forest and wetlands representing one of the last major expanses of undeveloped -- and unprotected -- wilderness on the western shores of Lake Michigan. More...
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Lake Erie ports in Conneaut and Ashtabula could benefit from funding earmarked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in President Obama's budget, said U.S. Rep. Steven LaTourette, R-Bainbridge Township. More...
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After four years of talks about acquiring Port Stanley harbour, Central Elgin has decided it needs to see if the idea is feasible. The harbour has not been dredged since 2001 and ships can no longer visit the only deepwater port on Lake Erie's north shore. More...
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A municipal water utilities lobbying group is raising concerns about new fees Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle is proposing to fund staff to oversee the implementation of the Great Lakes water compact. More...
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When is it safest to swim in Lake Erie beaches? The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) and Nowcast -- a system to provide the public more immediate water quality information for safer swimming -- is up and running for the season at Edgewater Beach. More...
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When is it safest to swim in Lake Erie beaches? The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) and Nowcast -- a system to provide the public more immediate water quality information for safer swimming -- is up and running for the season at Edgewater Beach. More...
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Dark and swift, flocks of cormorants soar above Lake Ontario before hundreds of them finally dip down to the diamond-flecked water. It's a stirring sight on a bright spring day. But cormorants are less beautiful on land. More...