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The Michigan Farm Bureau and its more than 47,000 member farm families support the Great Lakes Compact and oppose diversion of water from the Great Lakes. More...

In the Northwoods, a region blessed by its abundance of pristine water, the arrival in recent years of a suite of aquatic invasive species has presented a clear and present danger to the delicate environment that supports the area's robust recreational economy. More...

A new exhibit is allowing visitors to experience first hand some of the history of some 200 shipwrecks found in Lake Huron. More...

More than 200 shoreline property owners crowded the Crossroads at Big Creek auditorium in Sturgeon Bay on Thursday night looking for answers to low water levels on Lake Michigan. More...

A German maker of offshore wind turbines that sees huge potential for wind development on the Great Lakes has targeted southern Ontario as the location for its first North American manufacturing plant, an initiative that would inject hundreds of millions into the province's struggling economy. More...

The Lake Carriers' Association says shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 4.2 million net tons in May, a decrease of 3.4 per cent compared to a year ago. More...

Road closures from flooding have some truckers taking an alternate route -- across Lake Michigan. More...

The Petoskey and Harbor Springs city marinas, along with Irish Boat Shop in Charlevoix and Walstrom Marine in Harbor Springs, have applied for permits for the chemical treatment of aquatic nuisance plants including Eurasian milfoil and Phragmites. More...

German firm that makes turbines sees province as central hub to supply wind-power projects More...

The Lake Carriers' Association says shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 4.2 million net tons in May, a decrease of 3.4 per cent compared to a year ago. However, May stone cargos were nearly 11 per cent off the month's five-year average. More...

Road closures from flooding have some truckers taking an alternate route -- across Lake Michigan. More...

Any possible large-scale engineering project that might help raise water levels on Lake Michigan and Lake Huron is decades away, a representative of an international study group says. More...

Evaporation, ice retardation cited as possible causes.More than 200 shoreline property owners crowded the Crossroads at Big Creek auditorium in Sturgeon Bay on Thursday night looking for answers to low water levels on Lake Michigan. More...

A virus found in muskellunge fish eggs at Clear Fork Reservoir poses no threat to human health, according to the State Fish Hatchery Administrator Elmer Heyob, of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. More...

Ontario Power Generation applied for regulatory approval to construct a Deep Geologic Repository for the disposal of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste that is currently generated at the Bruce Nuclear Site in Tiverton, as well as waste imported from other nuclear facilities in Ontario. More...

The Ohio General Assembly's vote last week to ratify the Great Lakes Compact is an important step in protecting an important natural resource. OK, Michigan. OK, Pennsylvania. If Ohio can do it, you can. More...

Wind-mills represent a controversial development in the populated rural countryside in southern Ontario. Nevertheless I would be very surprised if wind farms didn't become a normal feature as one drives through country roads over the next few years. More...

Live and learn on Lake Superior, the world's largest freshwater lake! Immerse yourself in the Lake Superior environment. Explore estuaries, kayak to sea caves, and investigate the lake's critical issues from social, environmental, and economic perspectives. Pathfinders is an environmental leadership and social justice program, July 26 - August 2, for grades 9-12. More...

Trillium Power and the First Nations Technical Institute will work together with St. Lawrence College to train First Nations students in developing and maintaining offshore and onshore wind power facilities. More...

Michigan legislators taking their lead from the Farm Bureau are being way too liberal with their proposed water giveaways. More...

The two new nuclear reactors to be built in Clarington by 2018 will bring $1 million more in tax revenue to the township, as well as 1,000 new permanent jobs to run them. More...

An estimated 15 million gallons of raw sewage (about 5 million in actual sewage and 10 million in stormwater) was released into Pere Marquette Lake and eventually Lake Michigan as a result of the washed-out force main at Ludington's South Madison Street. More...

The Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) and Purdue University Extension are cosponsoring six free Summer Aquaculture Workshops. They are bringing together public and private industry partners to provide information on how to start or expand a fish farm to meet the demands of this growing food market. More...

A fish that once inhabited almost every major Ohio tributary, including the Ohio River and Lake Erie is making a comeback, according to one local researcher. More...

Unusually large fish deaths in neighboring Midwest states have Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials calling on anglers to lookout for large numbers of dead fish. More...