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After meetings with assorted world leaders, Gov. Jennifer Granholm has been promoting creating jobs in a global "green economy" that cleans the environment through alternative energy. More...
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The Duluth Seaway Port Authority reported this year that transportation of wind turbines was the single largest factor in making fiscal year 2007 its most profitable. More...
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The Sheboygan River Basin Partnership and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are hosting a public input session on the Restoration Goals (Delisting Targets) for the Sheboygan River and Harbor Area of Concern (AOC). More...
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The North Shore Sanitary District board on Wednesday agreed to let Highland Park dump collected ice and snow at NSSD's Clavey Road sewage treatment plant at no charge. The melting snow will run off into the nearby Skokie River, since it is no longer allowed to drain into Lake Michigan. More...
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The New York State canal system officially closed at 5 p.m. Saturday Nov. 15, ending the 183rd navigation season. During the winter months, Canal Corporation employees conduct a variety of maintenance work to prepare the system for opening the following spring. More...
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The North Shore Sanitary District board on Wednesday agreed to let Highland Park dump collected ice and snow at NSSD's Clavey Road sewage treatment plant at no charge. The melting snow will run off into the nearby Skokie River, since it is no longer allowed to drain into Lake Michigan. More...
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Consumers Energy took a first step this week for potential wind generation development in Mason and Tuscola counties. Construction started Tuesday on meteorological towers in Mason County and Tuscola County that will test the wind-generating potential on more than 28,000 acres of easements. More...
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A recent two-day conference on the Lake Huron-Georgian Bay watershed showed local waters are still troubled. According to Georgian Baykeeper Mary Muter, "a wide range of stakeholders met at Blue Mountain to discuss action needed to protect the valuable resources." More...
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The New York State canal system officially closed at 5 p.m. Saturday Nov. 15, ending the 183rd navigation season. During the winter months, Canal Corporation employees conduct a variety of maintenance work to prepare the system for opening the following spring. More...
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The Sandusky River Watershed Coalition has some major plans for the next several years and two grants to help pay for their projects. A coalition partner, the National Center for Water Quality Research, has received two grants that will be implemented during the next five years More...
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In the next several months, the City of Waukesha will make an application to obtain Lake Michigan water. The most important thing all sides can do is keep an open mind to the potential benefits. More...
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The latest issue of the Aquatic Sciences Chronicle is now online. The online Chronicle delivers the latest news from the Aquatic Sciences Center, the administrative home of the Sea Grant and Water Resources institutes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. More...
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Because natural reproduction among fish is so low in Lake Ontario, the coho salmon all but disappeared when the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) stopped restocking the game fish in 2005. Fortunately, the popular game fish will be soon welcomed back to the waters. More...
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Environmental groups and people who live near the only commercial hazardous waste landfill in the Northeast are speaking out against a New York state plan that could allow the landfill to grow bigger. More...
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Lake Erie Biofuels is ready to ship another 600,000 gallons of biodiesel overseas from the Port of Erie this week. The biodiesel plant made history earlier this month when a jet used its fuel to complete the first biodiesel-powered flight across the U.S. More...
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Ontario Power Generation says bore hole drilling so far supports arguments in favour of locating a Deep Geologic Repository at the Bruce site. The solid rock samples show the site is stable and will isolate nuclear waste from ground water supplies and from Lake Huron. More...
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In the next several months, the City of Waukesha will make an application to obtain Lake Michigan water. The most important thing all sides can do is keep an open mind to the potential benefits. More...
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With annual dredging costs piling up, the town of Cobourg, Ontario, is considering buying its own dredging machinery to maintain the depth of the in-filling Cobourg harbour. More...
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Officials with the MNR and the U.S. Geological Survey have been trawling the north shore of Lake Superior in the middle of the night, trying to find out just how many lake herring, or ciscoes, there are in this area. More...
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The Centre for Sustainable Watersheds in Canada recently published a best practices document aiming to facilitate the exchange of water quality data information between organizations. More...
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Eighty-Sixth District Judge Michael Haley sentenced Joseph Moffa to one year of probation on Tuesday. Moffa, an owner of the Cherry Tree Inn on U.S. 31 North in East Bay Township, had a bulldozer drive more than 120 feet into the bay behind the hotel in November 2006. More...
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Lake Erie Biofuels is ready to ship another 600,000 gallons of biodiesel overseas from the Port of Erie this week, and the local company also is getting some new attention. More...
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Annual dredging costs piling up - The town is considering buying its own dredging machinery to maintain the depth of the in-filling Cobourg harbour. More...
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Officials with the MNR and the U.S. Geological Survey have been trawling the North Shore of Lake Superior in the middle of the night, trying to find out just how many lake herring, or ciscoes, there are in this area. More...
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The Seaway hopes to receive more vessels originating from Italy in the future after signing a cooperative partnership recently. More...