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Ontario regulations make it unlawful to import live minnows into Ontario from any state or province. Ontario is trying to stop new diseases from spreading to inland lakes. More...

Friends of the St. Clair held a press conference last week to talk about protecting the lakes. At that event, it was said the price tag to clean up the lakes could hit $26 billion. But the return on that investment could be a staggering $75 billion. More...

Researchers want to know if the bottom of Lake Erie is littered with cannonballs and other ammunition from a pivotal naval battle that was part of the War of 1812. More...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has added the Eastern brook trout to the state's Wildlife Action Plan. The plan outlines several goals and identifies eastern brook trout as a Species of Greatest Concern. More...

If July mirrors the second half of June, levels may not have reached their yearly peak yet. That's welcome news for the Great Lakes, which have remained well below long-term averages since 1986. More...

A fish virus discovered at Clear Fork Reservoir near Mansfield has some worried about VHS contaminating Ohio's fish hatcheries, rivers and reservoirs and the virus racing to the Mississippi River. More...

Of the eight states that make up the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, six, have given full assent. One more, Michigan, should be in line shortly. And the last, Pennsylvania, should join ranks by the end of the year. More...

The standard photos of fish infected with Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia --dead and bloodied from the virus -- look horrific. VHS has been confirmed in Illinois fish, as has been expected for the last year or so. More...

Local environmental groups are calling on Congress to protect the Great Lakes by passing the Clean Water Restoration Act. More...

The dangers posed by future invaders of the Great Lakes and the continuing failure of Congress to do anything effective leads to only one conclusion: Close it. More...

Local environmental groups are calling on Congress to protect the Great Lakes by passing the Clean Water Restoration Act. More...

The dangers posed by future invaders of the Great Lakes and the continuing failure of Congress to do anything effective leads to only one conclusion: Close it. More...

Local environmental groups are calling on Congress to protect the Great Lakes by passing the Clean Water Restoration Act. More...

The dangers posed by future invaders of the Great Lakes and the continuing failure of Congress to do anything effective leads to only one conclusion: Close it. More...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel will apply lampricides to sections of the Sturgeon River in Otsego and Cheboygan counties to kill sea lamprey larvae burrowed in the stream bottom. More...

Michigan deserves credit for finally putting differences aside and following Ohio's lead in voting to ratify the Great Lakes Compact, designed to protect the Great Lakes against having their water diverted elsewhere. More...

The Great Lakes Legislative Caucus is a nonpartisan group of legislators from eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. Ongoing services provided to state and provincial lawmakers include state and federal legislative trackers, regularly produced newsletters, and a Web site with information on the Great Lakes and who represents it. The caucus also has been involved in specific Great Lakes issues, including the push for an interstate compact to better manage the lakes. More...

Discovery of VHS in the Clear Fork Reservoir in Morrow and Richland counties is the first discovery in a U.S. waterway that doesn't drain to the Great Lakes. More...

The president and owner of St. George's Renewable Energies LLC has a vision to not only put wind turbines throughout the region and in Lake Erie, but also to create 12,000 to 13,000 new first-tier jobs. More...

Rather than entrust the job of protecting public access to and use of Michigan water to politicians or lobbyists, it's time for citizens to fulfill this mission ourselves. More...

Discovery of VHS in the Clear Fork Reservoir in Morrow and Richland counties is the first discovery in a U.S. waterway that doesn't drain to the Great Lakes. More...

The president and owner of St. George's Renewable Energies LLC has a vision to not only put wind turbines throughout the region and in Lake Erie, but also to create 12,000 to 13,000 new first-tier jobs. More...

It wasn't easy, but Michigan lawmakers finally affirmed this state's commitment to the Great Lakes. More...

U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) will lead a nine-person Toledo delegation to Nova Scotia to tour the site of a proposed deepwater container terminal that could become a link for international freight shipments to and from Toledo. More...

The aftermath of torrential rains that flooded southern Wisconsin in early June is now plaguing some swimming beaches as the long Fourth of July weekend approaches. More...