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Another piece of Great Lakes-related legislation that needs a final push this month is renewal of the Great Lakes Legacy Act, which has provided money to clean out toxic hot spots like the so-called Black Lagoon in the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River. More...
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The Coast Guard Cutter Sundew soon could go up for auction. The vessel's current owner, the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, has quietly been shopping the Sundew around in recent weeks. More...
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For at least two years now, a virus has been ravaging the Great Lakes. Most of the eight Great Lakes states have aggressively responded to prevent the disease -- known as viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS -- from spreading. More...
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Imad Mahawili has headed the Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center in the Muskegon SmartZone for the past five years. Days before the vote for a Renewable Portfolio Standard for Michigan, Business Review asked Mahawili about alternative energy progress in Michigan. More...
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Beach managers, scientists, and policy-makers from across the Great Lakes and the nation will converge on Duneland Sept 15-17 to share new findings, advances, challenges, and opportunities to improve beach health, at the 8th annual meeting of the Great Lakes Beach Association. More...
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The Coast Guard Cutter Sundew soon could go up for auction. The vessel's current owner, the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, has quietly been shopping the Sundew around in recent weeks. More...
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For at least two years now, a virus has been ravaging the Great Lakes. Most of the eight Great Lakes states have aggressively responded to prevent the disease -- known as viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS -- from spreading. More...
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Projects in the areas of aquatic invasive species, toxic pollutants, wetlands and recreational (beach) water quality are being pursued to further the goals and objectives of the Executive Order-driven GLRC Strategy to Restore and Protect the Great Lakes. More...
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Officials with the Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources say the state has received a $141,724 federal grant to sample fish in 2009 for the VHS fish virus. More...
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An estimated 3 trillion cubic feet of untapped natural gas lie under the American side of Lake Erie, according to federal energy analysts. A 2005 U.S. Geological Survey assessment concluded there are 312 million barrels of oil and more than 5.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas under the U.S. side of the Great Lakes. More...
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Scientists have pointed to forests for carbon storage solutions, as they help stabilize the climate and are abundant sources of other ecological goods and services - such as cleansed air, fertile soil and filtered water. More...
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With the 23rd annual Great Lakes Beach Sweep slated to take place next weekend, volunteers are needed for the Sept. 20 event. More...
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Volunteers are needed to pick up trash from Lake Michigan beaches as part of the Alliance for the Great Lakes' annual Adopt-a-Beach cleanup. More...
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Officials with the Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources say the state has received a $141,724 federal grant to sample fish in 2009 for the VHS fish virus. More...
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The fight has begun over how state utility regulators will interpret the new Ohio law requiring utilities to buy or generate a portion of their power from renewable technologies such as wind turbines and solar panels. More...
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A group of local students scoured North Beach Tuesday morning picking up the remaining bits of summer debris as part of the International Coastal Cleanup, which has been coordinated worldwide each September since 1986 and in Wisconsin since 1989. More...
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Thousands of hunters and owners of small businesses are in turmoil over a ban on baiting and feeding of deer that state officials have imposed because of Michigan's first chronic wasting disease case. Critics say the ban threatens a $500 million hunter-based economy. More...
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The search for the path of an ancient river that ran through the Dundas Valley bedrock is about to get dirty. A team of scientists is about to start drilling deep core sample holes in a bid to find the valley's dimensions. More...
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SODES brings its members together by offering a forum for discussion, cooperation and joint action to agencies which activities are linked to the economy of the St. Lawrence River, whether it be in the field of goods and passenger transport, tourism, regional development or the environment. More...
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Even on regularly traveled steamer routes the Coast Guard was hard-pressed to find even insignificant amounts of residue. Quantities in the worst cases were measured in parts per million. More...
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For the first time in four years, dredging began today at the Port of Oswego where dropping water levels and rising sediment were threatening operations. More...
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Even on regularly traveled steamer routes the Coast Guard was hard-pressed to find even insignificant amounts of residue. Quantities in the worst cases were measured in parts per million. More...
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The days are numbered for the E.M. Ford, possibly the oldest freighter still at work on the Great Lakes. More...
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A massive clean-up will occur along Great Lakes shorelines on Sept. 20, if enough volunteers show up. More...
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An update Friday on the Cleveland port's plan to move east boiled into a debate over whether it will be a boon or bane for the city's moribund lakefront. More...