News
-
Posts
16,064 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Store
Gallery
Everything posted by News
-
The saltie Federal Welland is a prototype of how the shipping industry is trying to fight invasive species. More...
-
Zebra mussels have sneaked into every part of Prior Lake, the first major recreational lake in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area to be infested, state officials confirmed Tuesday. More...
-
If you've been using the recently released Google Earth 5.0 to check out what the oceans look like from beneath the water surface, you'll be happy to know that the company has extended that capability to the Great Lakes. More...
-
Illegally black smoke poured from U.S. Steel's Lake Erie Works on 326 of 365 days in 2007, and the three other biggest air polluters in Hamilton and Nanticoke were almost as bad, but none has been charged by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. More...
-
One of the last coastal wetlands in Wayne County, Michigan, surrounds Carlson High School. A ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the school will commemorate the 358 acres of coastal wetlands as it is donated to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. More...
-
The Wisconsin Marina Association (WHA) is a new forum to help enhance Wisconsin's great marinas, promote boating and increase tourism to harbor towns. More...
-
This summer members of the Wainfleet Ratepayers Association opposed to municipal services are on a mission to determine if the source of groundwater contamination along the Lake Erie shoreline is human, animal or agricultural. More...
-
Residents of the coal-ash contaminated Town of Pines received a $3,500 grant to examine the extent of contamination from a landfill used by a local utility. Coal ash leaked from the landfill into groundwater but there is disagreement on how much contamination the companies involved are responsible. More...
-
Ohio has scored well in generating jobs in the budding wind power industry but is near the bottom in generation of wind power, says a report by the American Wind Energy Association. More...
-
It was a cold morning for a long walk. But more than 50 people, most from First Nations communities, faced the wind and persistent flurries for a lap around Lake Banook yesterday. It was one of nine walks and 25 ceremonies across Canada to raise concerns about the country's water supply. More...
-
The Twin Ports officially welcomed the Dutch Antilles-flagged Medemborg as the first saltwater ship of the season during a dockside ceremony Monday. Each year, the port holds a contest in which people guess when the first saltie will arrive. Zach Zutler nearly nailed it this year, missing the Medemborg's arrival by 12 minutes. More...
-
Through a cooperative effort with the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) and the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center, Google Earth now incorporates detailed bathymetry for the five Great Lakes. Check it out to view the landscape from beneath the water surface! More...
-
Without a helping hand, walleye can't get past dams on Grand River to their spawning grounds. Government staff and volunteers move about 1,000 of the game fish each spring by electrically stunning them in order to transport them upstream. More...
-
The so-called Highway H20 is the Great Lakes transportation system. It's running at only half-capacity at a time when it could be taking traffic off Ontario's busy roads and rail lines, reducing border congestion and sharply curtailing greenhouse emissions. More...
-
State beaches and campgrounds across the Empire State -- including some favorite Lake Ontario beaches -- will open for the season later and close for the year earlier than usual, the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced. More...
-
Traverse City and Grand Traverse County officials voted last week to remove three dams on the Boardman River, a project that could take at least five years to complete. More...
-
The extensive international cooperative icebreaking efforts involving U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian icebreakers on the Great Lakes are fast coming to a close for the 2008/2009 icebreaking season. More...
-
The April 2009 edition of The Compass, the online newsletter of the Council of Great Lakes Governors, is now available for download online. More...
-
The ongoing development of a linear park system along the Niagara River from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie received a significant financial boost Thursday. More...
-
How do you keep sand from creeping into places you don't want it to go? In the case of the Michigan City Port Authority, you plant dune grass - 80,000 dune grass plants to be exact. More...
-
The ongoing development of a linear park system along the Niagara River from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie received a significant financial boost Thursday. More...
-
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is considering exempting Lake Erie projects from the requirement for mandatory public hearings. More...
-
The Falcon Cam is back on in downtown Mt. Clemens, Michigan, just in time to catch the miracle of life taking place in one of the city's highest perches. More...
-
Read information from the EPA about Asian carp, their potential effects on the Great Lakes, and the newly activated Asian carp barrier in Chicago. More...
-
Harbor View Mayor Carl Stanoyevic hopes to see a couple of wind turbines on Maumee Bay's shores to help power the village's 50 houses and lower residents' electricity bills. More...