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The Coast Guard station in Milwaukee is getting a sleeker, faster boat to use for search-and-rescue efforts. More...
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Marquette is one of two recipients in the U.P. to receive the Michigan Great Lakes Keeper Award from the office of the Great Lakes. More...
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During a dig in the Port Dalhousie park last week, Jon Jouppien, a local history aficionado, heritage consultant and archeologist, uncovered the Lake Ontario entrance to the original Welland Canal - timber beams and supports and fragments of a lock wall from the 1829 canal. More...
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Marquette is one of two recipients in the U.P. to receive the Michigan Great Lakes Keeper Award from the office of the Great Lakes. More...
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Wisconsin Sea Grant and Coastal Management officials are getting together with folks from the National Park Service and friends of the Apostle Islands to develop a real-time wave climate observation system to inform lake enthusiasts about wave conditions. More...
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Geologists are searching for a buried treasure: a suspected untapped drinking water supply slowly flowing through the sand along the route of an ancient river bed. More...
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In 2006, property owners on this St. Joseph Island lake first noticed the appearance of blue-green algae. And, in 2007, it was still there. So, the 26 property owners there have banded together to study the situation and implement ways to stop the problem. More...
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Ontario's environmental commissioner said Tuesday the province's water policies seriously undervalue the resource and don't reflect its importance to the ecosystem and the economy. More...
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The voters should accomplish what leaders have failed to do and approve the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment on Nov. 4. More...
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The State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference (SOLEC) 2008 will be held October 22-23, 2008, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. This year, emphasis will be on "The Nearshore." More...
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Scientists say, it is a near-certainty that global warming will drive significant increases in waterborne diseases around the world. Rainfalls will be heavier, triggering sewage overflows, contaminating drinking water and endangering beachgoers. More...
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Residents on Boardman Pond are upset about the water level dropping after the pond was drawn down because of safety concerns at a nearby dam. More...
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It may have been raining outside this morning, but inside the Port of Oswego Authority, grey clouds were parting as prospects for the future brightened. More...
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Ontario's environmental commissioner said Tuesday the province's water policies seriously undervalue the resource and don't reflect its importance to the ecosystem and the economy. More...
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Indiana farmers are being squeezed by high fertilizer prices while the value of their grain crops declines amid the global economic crisis. More...
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State legislators should have done their jobs last spring and set up a dedicated funding stream for preserving Minnesota's treasured landscapes More...
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Sewer diving: A journey inside Milwaukee's deep water tunnel
News posted a topic in Great Lakes News
Since 1994, a more than 26-mile-long tunnel has kept Milwaukee's sewage from spilling into Lake Michigan. For the last 14 years it has kept 74 billion gallons of wastewater out of Lake Michigan, according to spokesman for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District More... -
For Michigan, these federal funds have helped beautify the riverfront, fought lead poisoning, bought scenic land, and more. More...
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Sewer diving: A journey inside Milwaukee's deep water tunnel
News posted a topic in Great Lakes News
Since 1994, a more than 26-mile-long tunnel has kept Milwaukee's sewage from spilling into Lake Michigan. For the last 14 years it has kept 74 billion gallons of wastewater out of Lake Michigan, according to spokesman for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District More... -
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has drafted a Great Lakes restoration plan that calls for cleaning up 14 toxic hot spots, reducing pollution from industries, cities and farms and closing the door on invasive species. More...
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For more than 200 years, we have dried up our oozing swamps, drained messy marshes and paved over bothersome wetlands in the name of suburban progress. Not anymore -- at least not in South Euclid. More...
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The line had hoped to develop a feeder business up the St. Lawrence River for the major ocean carriers calling on the Port of Halifax. However, building that business is going to take time, the president of Great Lakes Feeder Lines said. More...
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Michigan cut its Lake Michigan salmon stocking effort by 30 percent in 2006, reducing the number of planted salmon from 2.3 million to 1.6 million per year. Fish managers hoped to establish a fishery more in balance with a declining alewife population, the forage salmon eat. More...
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On Thursday a team of diggers set out to uncover the Lake Ontario entrance to the first Welland Canal. They quickly hit the bull's-eye -- twice -- exposing timber beams and supports of the east and the west walls of the channel. More...
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The city of Erie's Zoning Office has denied approval for the construction of the $300 million scrap-tires-to-energy plant. More...