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The latest issue of Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant's newsletter, the HELM, is now available online. The Fall 2008 issue contains a variety of informative articles concerning coastal issues. More...
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An archivist who was digging through old documents in the basement of a Harrow church says she has unearthed a 19th century ledger that provides a rare glimpse into Great Lakes shipping history. More...
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Despite some choppy waters, business in the shipping lanes has been very good this season, stakeholders say More...
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The U.S.S. Freedom is what the Navy's future might look like. It's a first of its kind ship built in Marinette, Wisconsin. It could be a big boost for Wisconsin's economy and it's sitting on the lakefront. More...
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An archivist who was digging through old documents in the basement of a Harrow church says she has unearthed a 19th century ledger that provides a rare glimpse into Great Lakes shipping history. More... Try this URL. The one above doesn't work. http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=b1368220-9023-4ba9-9b15-a58b183bb106
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Some ships may be laying up early in the Duluth/Superior port as the slowing economy impacts steel production in the region. More...
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Sen.Obama has been a strong supporter of the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration and co-sponsored the Great Lakes Environmental Restoration Act in the 109th Congress. In September 2008, he released The Obama-Biden vision for the future of our Great Lakes More...
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A slowdown in the steel industry is producing a ripple effect on the Great Lakes -- or perhaps it could more properly be called a diminished-ripple effect. More...
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Region this October received the first of a series of automated fish tagging trailers -- an initial step in the development of a mass marking program that will eventually mark or tag all salmon and trout stocked into U.S. waters of the Great Lakes. More...
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Regulators are preparing to draft rules for the development of offshore wind projects in the Great Lakes, even though no official projects have been proposed just yet. More...
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The images are blurred shapes of dark and light and they have undefined lines and portions shaded out. But even to the untrained eye the photos that emerged from the sidescan sonar that pierced into the waters of Lake Erie were unmistakably boats. More...
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Ohio voters approved two constitutional amendments. Issue 3 strengthens landowners' rights to make "reasonable use" of water that runs on or through a property. More...
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A slowdown in the steel industry is producing a ripple effect on the Great Lakes -- or perhaps it could more properly be called a diminished-ripple effect. More...
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How many of us could spot a red-tailed hawk a quarter-mile away? It's second nature for the people who hang out at the Illinois State Beach Park Hawk Watch near Zion. About 25 volunteers spot, identify, and count a variety of raptors as the birds fly to warmer climates. More...
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A longtime dream was realized Sunday with the dedication of the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk site of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The site provides access to a fishing pier, riverwalk, trails, hike-bike paths and a 1,200-square-foot pavilion. More...
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How many of us could spot a red-tailed hawk a quarter-mile away? It's second nature for the people who hang out at the Illinois State Beach Park Hawk Watch near Zion. About 25 volunteers spot, identify, and count a variety of raptors as the birds fly to warmer climates. More...
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Onita Basu is trying to make sewage treatment in Niagara smell like french fries. Actually, the vinegary odor is probably more of a side benefit. The Ottawa professor's real goal is to eliminate chlorine from municipal sewage treatment using an organic replacement called peracetic acid. More...
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The rusty blackbird's predicament is one of the saddest stories in a bird world filled with sympathetic causes for species in decline. The bird appears to be the victim of a double-barrel whammy: loss of nesting habitat in Canada and predation by one of the unlikeliest of hunters, the boreal owl. More...
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The decision to delay the implementation of proposed federal VHS rules to contain a deadly fish virus is the right one. These rules would have required the testing of farm-raised sport fish and baitfish within 72 hours of shipment, which turns out to be impractical for fish farmers. More...
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They may dwell at the bottom of the food chain, but algae are drawing the attention of top scientists. But scientists caution that while the possibilities are interesting, the unintended consequences of cultivating algae on a large scale must also be considered. More...
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A sailor would call it a squall, an engineer would call it noise. The only way to make sense of the sudden fury that has greeted a modest plan to consider a wind farm on Lake Ontario is to tune it out. More...
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Together the Great Lakes are the largest source of fresh surface water in the world. Sport fishing is a big hobby in the region, and plenty of fish are caught and brought home for dinner. More...
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They may dwell at the bottom of the food chain, but algae are drawing the attention of top scientists at companies such as Boeing, Chevron and ConocoPhillips. More...
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Asailor would call it a squall, an engineer would call it noise. The only way to make sense of the sudden fury that has greeted a modest plan to consider a wind farm on Lake Ontario is to tune it out. More...
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What about fish from the Great Lakes? For those who live in this region, fish from these fresh waters is about as local as it can get. I More...