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Great Lakes freight haulers will continue sweeping residues of iron ore, coal, limestone, and other cargo overboard under a new federal policy that rejects environmentalists' pleas to end the practice. More...

Lake Erie's wind, geology and habitat can accommodate towering wind turbines, new studies from a local energy task force say. Cuyahoga County officials this week rolled out the first three reports from their $1 million study of erecting two to 10 wind turbines in the lake off Cleveland's shore. More...

Unionized workers and officials with the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. are scheduled to resume contract negotiations Oct. 6 in a bid to avoid a strike by workers that could bring shipping through the Seaway system to a grinding halt. More...

It will cost at least $500,000 to repair the east parking lot at the Indiana Dunes State Park that collapsed into a sinkhole during the flood in mid-September. More...

If Michigan allowed close to 100,000 wind turbines to be plopped along the shore of the Great Lakes, it would produce enough energy to power the entire Upper Midwest, according to a Michigan State University Land Policy Institute study set to be released today. More...

A global report on the state of the world's birds has implications for Wisconsin, say state conservation organizations. More...

Fall weather can't come soon enough for residents along parts of Mona and Muskegon lakes, where algae blooms in recent days discolored the water and emitted foul odors. More...

West Michigan's second proposed commercial wind farm will be the focus of two meetings this week. Residents who attend will be able to view displays and diagrams concerning the proposed wind farm in the Huron-Manistee National Forest, and provide feedback. More...

Fish that lure anglers to Ontario waters start their lives at the Ringwood Fish Culture Station, where trout and more than a million salmon get their start each year. More...

Michigan Technological University has long been a leader in research related to the Great Lakes. Now that research is going to have a new home, on the campus waterfront. More...

One commercial bait fisherman was fined $1,000 and another received a suspended sentence for moving bait fish that may have been infected with the fish disease viral hemorrhagic septicemia. More...

Finding clean energy sources is a way of the future, and that means we need to seriously investigate opportunities -- especially those in our own back yard. Most important is to make certain we do not compromise the environment as they are developed. More...

It took 53 years, but the Great Lakes states finally have a federal mandate to prevent massive diversions of Great Lakes water -- such as to states in the arid west and southwest and the corn and wheat belts of the plains. But there's a catch that must be addressed. More...

After spending the summer touring the Great Lakes, the Earth Voyager is back in Port Huron. The Healing Our Waters Great Lakes Coalition sent the Earth Voyager on the Healthy Lakes Tour. More...

Volunteers picked up an abandoned flip-flop, drinking straws, fire crackers and lots of cigarette butts along Lake Michigan at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Saturday. More...

State biologists have received reports of moose wandering around northwestern Wisconsin, with one seen near Grantsburg and possibly two young bull moose in Sawyer and Taylor counties. More...

Early indications are that the so-called "bathtub" effect under the Blue Water Bridge is not responsible for low water levels in the upper Great Lakes. More...

Barack Obama has bid $5 billion of your money to, we hope, clean up the Great Lakes and to, he hopes, clean up at the polls in the states where people most care about the health of those lakes. More...

Two exciting environmental developments have taken place recently -- and New York, to its credit, has been at the forefront of both. More...

Nearly a decade ago, Wayne DeYoung bought 1,500 acres near the eastern tip of the Upper Peninsula with the idea of developing a limestone quarry. Now, the property could be home to a $140 million wind farm that would generate energy for the Holland Board of Public Works. More...

State biologists have received reports of moose wandering around northwestern Wisconsin, with one seen near Grantsburg and possibly two young bull moose in Sawyer and Taylor counties. More...

Applications for $250,000 in grants are being accepted for projects that preserve, protect and enhance Ohio's Lake Erie coastal resources, according to the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources Office of Coastal Management. More...

A Canadian expert says climate change is real, it's getting worse faster than global experts predicted and we better start adapting to it. More...

Are you interested in learning more about the Great Lakes? Start your exploration with an Introduction to the Great Lakes. Do you have a specific question about the Great Lakes that you've been wondering about? Visit the Great Lakes Vault of Knowledge to submit questions and get answers. Teachers will find resources to teach about the Great Lakes and its fisheries in the Teachers' Corner. More...

The Holland Board of Public Works wants to put 20 wind turbines on 1,500 acres in the eastern Upper Peninsula. More...