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The Legislature's budget-writing committee voted Tuesday to approve a plan to end counter service at two dozen state Department of Natural Resources field offices. More...
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Michigan cherry blossoms now appear seven to ten days earlier than they did three decades ago, leaving them susceptible to potentially devastating spring frosts. More...
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More than nine out of every ten tons of coal shipped on the Great Lakes in 2008 was mined in a state or province that does not border the waterway. More...
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A series of loud horn blasts from Duluth's Aerial Lift Bridge welcomed two boats Sunday afternoon in a 50th anniversary re-creation of the first ocean vessel to reach the Twin Ports through the St. Lawrence Seaway. More...
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The North of Superior Tourism Association launched their new website today, offering a wide range of information on attractions in the area. More...
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A huge conference focusing on renewable energy -- wind, in particular -- takes over Chicago's McCormick Place this week. More...
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Better promotion of Great Lakes beaches and shorelines as marquee tourist destinations in Ontario might help protect them from further deterioration, a report released Tuesday suggests. More...
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Two years ago, viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS virus, was first discovered in fish in Lake Michigan and the Lake Winnebago system. Biologists are cautiously optimistic the deadly virus isn't spreading, and efforts continue to make sure Wisconsin's thousands of inland lakes remain VHS-free. More...
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COMMENTARY: Time to stop dumping manure into the Great Lakes
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The feds say Ontario and Quebec together produce as much manure as 100 million people would produce. And it's sprayed, mixed with water, on fields near the Great Lakes, especially Lakes Huron, Erie, and St. Clair. More... -
If Cleveland wants a big future commensurate with its big industrial past, it needs to start thinking bigger. The multimillion-dollar wind-energy pilot project in Lake Erie outlined last week by local officeholders, foundation officials, professors and developers would be a great start. More...
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May 3rd - 9th is National Drinking Water Week. It's a unique opportunity for both water professionals and the communities they serve to join together to recognize the vital role water plays in our daily lives. More...
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A hawk-watching blind sits on the edge of a vast field near Lake Ontario. It's the only hawk-banding blind in North America open to the public, offering a front row seat to one of nature's greatest shows: the spring migration of thousands of hawks, falcons, eagles and vultures. More...
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A new study led by an Army Corps of Engineers employee says it has gotten to the bottom of the thorny question of whether a botched Army Corps dredging project can be blamed for permanent and growing water losses on Lakes Michigan and Huron. Its answer is no. More...
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The findings of a two-year international study, which says there is no need for man-made changes in the St. Clair River, probably won't end the controversy. More...
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Two former managers of a Dearborn industrial waste treatment plant will be spending time in a federal penitentiary for their roles in polluting area waterways. More...
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The president of an Erie environmental group thinks the science of the $370 million tires-to-energy plant is on his side. He has talked at length about microns, ultrafines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emissions, which he says will raise cancer and asthma rates if the facility is built in Erie. More...
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Just in time for egg-laying season, the common tern's fortunes have taken a turn for the better with the completion of man-made nesting habitats on harbor breakwaters. The habitats are expected to bolster what is already the largest common tern colony on the Great Lakes. More...
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Energy researchers say the winds blowing across Lake Erie can power wind turbines, but the project won't be cheap. A study released Friday showed it will cost $77 million to $92 million to build several turbines and a nearby wind research center to be run by Case Western Reserve University. More...
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New York Sea Grant will fund several studies that could help organizations boost outdoor recreation and tourism on the Great Lakes and along the St. Lawrence and Niagara rivers. More...
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Lori DeJardin of Sturgeon Bay has never met Mike Woods, who works for an iron ore mining company in northern Minnesota. Neither have met Peter Walton, a Great Lakes mariner who lives in Suttons Harbor, Mich. But they are connected in a sluggish economy by the common thread of Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay. More...
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One of the benefits of electing a president with an ecological agenda who has lived in a Great Lakes state is the commitment to lakes restoration in the 2010 budget that Congress approved Wednesday. More...
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Millions of people who live near the Great Lakes will soon learn whether President Barack Obama and Congress are committed to spending billions on restoring the lakes to a thriving ecosystem. More...
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The Army Corps of Engineers this week released a $41 million list of navigation projects in the Great Lakes region that will receive stimulus funding this year. More...
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Given the economic morass we are slogging through, how could anyone consider 2009 to be a "Golden Year?" Well if you are turning 50 years old this year, 2009 is a golden year. More...
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Levels of flame-retardant compounds in wildlife are declining in northern countries, suggesting that curbs on the chemicals are working, according to new studies which include research on Lake Ontario trout. More...