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The St. Lawrence Seaway shipping season concluded its 50th navigation season on Dec. 30, with the last ship going through the Welland Canal Dec. 31. More...
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Governor Granholm has signed legislation meant to protect the Great Lakes that would significantly reduce the amount of phosphorus contained in household dish and laundry detergents sold in Michigan. More...
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A winter snowstorm didn't discourage a pair of bird enthusiasts from journeying from Toronto to Ottawa in the hopes of glimpsing a rare northern hawk owl in Ottawa's west end. More...
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The spread of invasive species to Wisconsin lakes last year slowed to the lowest rate since extensive tracking began in 2000. Those results come with a combination of coercion and education and a bit of fear. More...
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The Michigan City Board of Public Works approved two grants Monday that will enhance preservation sites within the city. More...
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A crucial stretch of sewer pipe buried 10 stories underground is cracked and could fail at any time, a hastily assembled city report revealed in detail for the first time today, prompting the public works committee to grant the general manager of Toronto Water extraordinary emergency powers and sign off on a $30-million repair job. More...
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This EPA report predicts the spread of aquatic nonindigenous species into the Great Lakes to help resource managers focus monitoring activities on particular species at the most vulnerable U.S. Great Lakes ports. The report also demonstrates the use of a habitat suitability model and ballast water discharge data to predict invasion potential. More...
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The Michigan-based chemical giant Dow Chemical Co. is being billed by federal and state regulators for time spent on a dioxin cleanup process - including time spent talking to reporters. More...
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Gov. Jim Doyle might not sign expected legislation that would restore the Natural Resources Board's power to appoint Department of Natural Resources secretaries, a spokesman said. More...
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MICHIGAN CITY - The Michigan City Board of Public Works approved two grants Monday that will enhance preservation sites within the city. More...
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A crucial stretch of sewer pipe buried 10 stories underground is cracked and could fail at any time, a hastily assembled city report revealed in detail for the first time today, prompting the public works committee to grant the general manager of Toronto Water extraordinary emergency powers and sign off on a $30-million repair job. More...
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An economist once told me the best thing to do with all our water is protect it. Why? Because of situations like that in California and other places that will eventually drive manufacturers and other employers back to the Great Lakes region, where winters may be cold but you don't have to worry about "water police." More...
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A larger facility to focus on Great Lakes issues opened today following a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) in Pittsfield Township, Mich. More...
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A Port Stanley environmental activist said yesterday he's pleased the Ontario Environment Ministry is reviewing the extent of contamination in the village harbour. More...
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A bill that would return authority to a citizens board to appoint the secretary of the Department of Natural Resources stands its best chance of passage in more than a decade. But whether Gov. Jim Doyle would sign the legislation is another matter. More...
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The Montreal Port Authority - which had a record-breaking 2008 - said it hopes "to beat" the current recession by focusing on strategic investment and a plan for when the economy rebounds, the agency's CEO said this morning. More...
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When it was finally over, 2008 was a good year for the Great Lakes. But work remains. More...
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AsianCarp.org is an official web site established to coordinate the implementation of control and management of Asian carps in the United States. Development and maintenance of this web site is supported by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service through a partnership with the University of Texas - Arlington. More...
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Cuyahoga County is receiving a $2.1 million environmental cleanup grant from the state of Ohio to help rehabilitate the Cuyahoga River channel. More...
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Oberlin College has secured an $812,000 grant from the Great Lakes Protection Fund for a four-year pilot project to monitor and display personal and community water consumption. More...
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It's well-known that a meteorite colliding with Earth is considered the most likely reason why dinosaurs died off 65 million years ago. Now a team of scientists says it has found new evidence that a comet triggered a similar extinction 13,000 years ago, at a time when humans were around. More...
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The state Department of Justice likely will fine the City of Waukesha, Wis., for failing to completely rid its drinking water of potentially cancer-causing radium, Mayor Larry Nelson said. More...
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The company that built a 321-mile, $2 billion oil pipeline across Wisconsin has agreed to pay $1.1 million for environmental violations, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Friday. Houston-based Enbridge Energy Co. will pay the money to settle a lawsuit accusing it of violating state permits. More...
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GLIN's January Site of the Month is the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS), a newly redesigned site dedicated to providing wide internet access to real-time and historic data on the hydrology, biology, chemistry, geology and cultural resources of the Great Lakes, its interconnecting waterways and the St. Lawrence River. More...
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Capturing the wind and turning it green are the goals of city and school officials, who are mapping plans to build a wind turbine. More...