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The FBI has suspended shooting at a portion of its North Chicago shooting range after nearly 40 spent bullets and fragments were found in a nearby beach and park -- including under a children's swing set. More...
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to squelch a fish tale making the rounds that it will be cracking down on the Great Lakes this season, to catch American fishing vessels returning from Canadian waters. More...
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The swim across Presque Isle Bay will remind the Erie region how it is reclaiming a body of water that it once ruined with decades of pollution and neglect. More...
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A John Deere Wind Energy spokesman said Thursday the company is shooting for April 1 as the Harvest Wind Farm's official commercial operation date. More...
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Wayne Jurs is preparing the sailboat for a 12-city tour of the Great Lakes to raise awareness about the lakes' health. More...
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Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher yesterday said he misspoke when he said Great Lakes water might someday be sold to drought-stricken parts of the country. More...
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University of Michigan engineers are working to overhaul ship design by eliminating the need for ballast tanks that help spread invasive species. More...
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Ohio, the other Great Lakes states, and Canada will not and must not ship even one drop of this essential resource elsewhere - at any price. More...
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Great Lakes fish biologists hope that after years of decline, 2008 will bring a significant rebound in the lakes' beleaguered yellow perch population, thanks to a bumper crop of 3-year-old perch now just big enough to catch. More...
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Two Canadian businessmen have submitted a proposal to city leaders to provide a new ferry service between Rochester and Toronto. More...
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The U.S. Coast Guard continues to probe a collision that occurred Friday when a freighter went to the assistance of another vessel mired in ice in the Straits of Mackinaw. More...
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Unless the border patrol is prepared to track the movements of a significant percentage of the boats on our waters, this latest plan is simply another government boondoggle. More...
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Friends of the St. Clair River Watershed, a nonprofit based in Port Huron, was given $13,300 by the Michigan Clean Water Corps to conduct testing of area waterways. More...
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A group of researchers is working to limit the spread of an invasive species that is causing problems in the Great Lakes. More...
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Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher said yesterday the Great Lakes region may have to decide in less than a decade whether to sell water to other parts of the country that need it. More...
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There are urgent new efforts to keep a virus that's deadly to many kinds of fish out of Lake Superior. More...
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A decade ago this month, a Canadian businessman got the OK to start shipping Lake Superior water to Asia -- 160 million gallons a year, tanker by tanker. The Canadian government quickly rescinded approval. More...
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In an unusual last-minute appeal, Gov. David Paterson has asked U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to urge reconsideration of a new plan to regulate Lake Ontario water levels. More...
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Whether diverting Lake Erie or other Great Lakes water to bail out our dried-up states is preposterous or possible is a matter of dramatically different opinions. More...
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At least $4.3 million in yearly revenue is available to Milwaukee Water Works if Waukesha and most of the eastern tier communities of Waukesha County decide over the next few years to purchase wholesale quantities of Lake Michigan water. More...
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As Lake Superior begins to shed its icy rind, people at one Superior business are shifting into high gear. More...
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Some cities are looking at taking away parking on residential streets and replacing it with shallow ditches full of native plants that filter stormwater. More...
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For too long, Wisconsin has relied on dirty, dangerous sources of energy - namely, coal and oil - that have polluted our skies, threatened public health, spewed mercury into our lakes and contributed to global warming. More...
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Even if the Wisconsin Legislature does eventually pass the Great Lakes compact, the fight over who is entitled to the water won't be over. More...
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The IJC has released for public comment a proposed new Order of Approval and a proposed new plan for regulating the flows through the Moses-Saunders Dam between Cornwall, Ontario and Massena, New York. Regulation affects water levels and flows in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River downstream to Trois-Rivires. More...