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In just a few years, the gravel and white boulders that for centuries covered the bottom of Lake Michigan between Chicago and the Door County peninsula have disappeared under a carpet of mussels and primitive plant life. More...
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Pier jumping has been a popular pastime for decades at many Great Lakes piers, including the one at the state park. But because a number of pier jumpers have drowned or been badly injured over the years, some government officials have taken action to prohibit it. More...
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The number of days that state beaches were closed or placed under advisories because of water quality concerns jumped 60 percent last year, according to a report by an environmental group. More...
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Senator Charles Schumer was in central New York yesterday to discuss issues affecting the Great Lakes, including invasive species, water quality problems and boating regulations. More...
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Lakes St. Clair, Huron and Superior are at their highest levels in the last four years. More...
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Midland Mayor Jim Downer and mayors from nearly 50 other municipal governments in Canada and the United States joined in Toronto for the fifth annual member meeting and conference of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (GLSLCI.) More...
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Public forum set on plan to restore Lake Michigan lake trout
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Efforts to restore native populations of lake trout in Lake Michigan would shift to intensive stocking of the fish in deep water areas of the lake that are less affected by non-native invasive species. More... -
Federal officials are stepping up their war on sea lamprey in an effort to rein in a growing population of the invasive, parasitic fish in Lake Michigan. More...
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Jerry Hendricks usually can see the bottom of Lake Bella Vista from his dock, but the water was murky on Monday -- a day after an estimated 140,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled into the private lake. More...
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The wind that blows above Chautauqua County homes is an oil field waiting to be tapped, and Chautauqua Wind Energy wants to help area residents harness the free power supply. More...
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With the Huron River behind her, Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed copies Monday of legislation ratifying the Great Lakes Compact and providing standards for sustainable water use within Michigan. More...
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When Great Lakes water levels dropped to record lows last summer, experts feared the lakes might not recover, permanently damaging the region's economy. But today, we're awash in water. More...
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The International Joint Commission that regulates the lake is weighing changes in the water levels to ease concerns about the current policy's effect on shoreline ecosystems. More...
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Efforts to stop the spread of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia appear to be paying off. Tests conducted in 67 bodies of water this spring have shown no new occurrences of VHS anywhere in the state. More...
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An accident at an oil or gas well in Lake Erie could choke the whole ecosystem of the fresh water lake in ways that Mother Nature would not soon forgive. More...
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No launch date has been set, but the plans are still very much alive. More...
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A giant pipeline from Lexington to Flint, when complete, could ferry 150 million gallons of untreated lake water a day to more than one million people, competing with the established system run by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. More...
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The Great Lakes of North America offer some of the world's best wind resources, which are only now beginning to be exploited. Harvey Wasserman reports on a number of developments that potentially mark the beginning of a new Klondike. More...
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Congress should speed up efforts to remove toxic pollutants from the Great Lakes and pass the Great Lakes Legacy Act Renewal. More...
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The international joint commission that regulates the lake is weighing changes in the water levels to ease concerns about the current policy's effect on shoreline ecosystems. More...
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After a parched summer last year that left docks stranded and boat propellers scraping sandy shallows, the Great Lakes are blissfully -- and surprisingly -- full again this year. More...
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I believe it is time for Toledo and Lake Erie West to move forward as a team with a goal of realizing the full potential we have in this dynamic field of alternative and renewable energy. The time is now. More...
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GLUE, an on- and offline coalition comprised of post-boomer urbanists located in the "rustbelt," was founded to promote the power, aide in the positive transformation, and address the shared challenges of similarly-storied older industrial cities situated in the Great Lakes watershed. More...
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The goal of the program is to assure a safe and healthy aquatic recreational environment by informing the water-going public about risk of contracting water-borne diseases. The program collects samples from 39 Lake Superior beaches and analyzes those samples for water-borne diseases and human health risks. More...
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Great Lakes Maritime Task Force is the largest labor/management coalition ever to represent Great Lakes shipping. Members represent every facet of the industry in every State that borders the Great Lakes, and other states too. More...