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Public hearings will be held in Kankakee and Herscher next week on the Kankakee County portion of a 307-turbine wind farm proposed across portions of Kankakee, Iroquois, Ford and Livingston counties. More...
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The first reported nest in Butler County, Oh. in modern times has been confirmed on Martin Marietta Materials property in Ross Township, according to state wildlife officials. More...
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Even the Great Lakes aren't great enough to sustain North Americans' reckless water use in the event of a continentwide water shortage, according to a new report. More...
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A water expert and members of Erin Brockovich's environmental consulting firm had strong warnings tonight for residents living near the Birds Eye plant in Fennville, Mich.: Don't drink the water from their wells. More...
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The Saginaw Valley's three economic development groups have forged a partnership to shine light on the region's potential as a solar energy hot spot. More...
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1,320 popped balloons are setting off red alerts with Indiana beach cleanup volunteers. They found the balloons littering 18 Indiana beaches last year. More...
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The town's beach needs nourishment, but any sand or sediment placed along its shores through the dredging of Burns Waterway needs to be tested again to ensure it won't pose a health hazard to residents. More...
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Sand will be dredged from the Washington Park Marina basin and placed on the beach again this year, the Michigan City Port Authority announced Tuesday. More...
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If it grunts, has horns, weighs hundreds of pounds and likes to root around in your potato garden, it's likely you've met one of Ohio's latest most obnoxious and objectionable invasive species -- the wild boar. More...
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OGDEN DUNES, IN - The town's beach needs nourishment, but any sand or sediment placed along its shores through the dredging of Burns Waterway needs to be tested again to ensure it won't pose a health hazard to residents. More...
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A six-acre island on Long Lake in Liberty Township, Ind. and six additional surrounding acres of wetlands will be protected as a nature preserve through the Woodland Savanna Land Conservancy. More...
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MICHIGAN CITY, IN - Sand will be dredged from the Washington Park Marina basin and placed on the beach again this year, the Michigan City Port Authority announced Tuesday. More...
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The greatest threat to the Great Lakes is aquatic invasive species coming to the region in ballast water from ocean going vessels. To date, more than 185 aquatic invasive species can be directly attributed to this cause, and the biological invaders' economic cost has been estimated at $5.7 billion per year. More...
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If your business is shipping, there is little to celebrate in a moored boat. Adolph Ojard, executive director of the Duluth Seaway and Port Authority, could measure the depth of the recession last fall by how early some of the Great Lakes' ore carriers called it a season. More...
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Our feathery visitors are arriving in Michigan earlier and leaving later. The National Audubon Society released a study Tuesday showing that more than half of 305 bird species in North America -- including robins, gulls, chickadees and owls -- are spending the winter about 35 miles farther north than 40 years ago. More...
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The momentum of the cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls from the Kalamazoo River within the last two years may have hit a financial dam. A law firm advised LyondellBasell Industries that it does not need to continue to finance cleanup projects at sites the company does not own. More...
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Oak Lawn's proposal to install a major new water pipeline affecting many Southland communities would cut a line right through Frankfort's busiest intersection, but the village wouldn't be receiving any of its water. That's because Frankfort's residents are currently served by a well water system. More...
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If your business is shipping, there is little to celebrate in a moored boat. Adolph Ojard, executive director of the Duluth Seaway and Port Authority, could measure the depth of the recession last fall by how early some of the Great Lakes' ore carriers called it a season. More...
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New state guidelines have been issued for determining commercial wind farms' potential impact on birds and bats. The guidelines will help evaluate any present or future environmental impacts. They'll also be used to help make recommendations for avoiding or minimizing any bad effects. More...
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Located just west of Kingston on Lake Ontario, Amherst has long been noted for its large concentrations of wintering hawks and owls. Numbers are most spectacular in years when a lack of small mammals in the north forces birds of prey southward in search of food. More...
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The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. has scheduled a session to start public dialogue on the $325 million Canal Side project that includes a Bass Pro Outdoor World store, plus nearly one million square feet of hotel, restaurant, residential, office and public space. More...
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MSU's Land Policy Institute has a two-fer in mind for tackling both the state's alternative energy push for the future and redeveloping old factory sites: place wind turbines and solar panels on those old "brownfield" sites scattered across the state. More...
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Michigan began protecting wetlands in 1979 and is one of only two states delegated by the federal government to administer wetlands permits instead of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. More...
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The city of Muskegon is poised to accept the donation of two more Swift wind turbines for two of its buildings. The turbines will likely be placed some time this year on the city's new Central Fire Station and at the city's water filtration plant at Pere Marquette Park on Lake Michigan. More...
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Superior Outdoors is an outdoor lifestyle magazine that covers outdoor adventure, conservation and outstanding photography from the rugged north shore of the world's largest lake. For Superior Outdoors, every issue is a green issue. More...