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Wisconsin is slated to get a record amount of federal money during the 2008 fiscal year -- nearly $23 million -- to help fish and wildlife and the outdoors enthusiasts who enjoy pursuing them. More...
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BP needs to reduce all types of emissions, instead of using loopholes in the law. More...
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The Lady of the Lake property near the J.R. Whiting plant in Luna Pier has officially joined the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, adding the 49 acres that lie along Lake Erie just north of the power plant at the foot of Erie Rd. to the growing effort. More...
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To better understand the needs of coalition members and the broader Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River protection community, Great Lakes United is conducting an online survey. Your responses will better help to meet the needs of the coalition and ensure efforts are effective in protecting the Great Lakes ecosystem. More...
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A firearms expert may use luminescent tracer bullets during a test at the FBI's shooting range in North Chicago as part of an environmental group's lawsuit seeking to halt the discharge of lead bullets into Lake Michigan, a U.S. district judge ruled Wednesday. More...
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Zebra mussels have shown up in the 9,000-acre Lake Wisconsin, raising the risk that the invasive species will also be spread to such nearby waters as Devil's Lake. More...
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When the 2008 charter season begins next month, U.S. citizens paying to fish on Lake Erie will have to bring either a passport or two other IDs if they plan to cross the northern border's invisible watery line. More...
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The Great Lakes Student Summit (GLSS), is an environmental education program for students in Grades 5-8 from throughout the Great Lakes States and Canada. In May of 2008, in Buffalo, New York, students will make formal presentations to their peers and leading Great Lakes scientists from throughout the basin. More...
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Fearful of a deadly fish disease and other invasive pests, Minnesota lawmakers and state pollution officials are trying to force ships to stop dumping untreated ballast water in Lake Superior. More...
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Building turbines in some of the best places to harvest wind in Ohio could put millions of birds and bats -- some protected by state and federal law -- at risk. More...
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A deadly fish virus that is spreading through the Great Lakes and already has infected Wisconsin inland waters hasn't arrived in Minnesota -- yet. More...
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Ultimately, cleaner air benefits everyone, but we think the EPA should adopt policies that place a greater burden on the major sources of pollution to reduce their emissions rather than areas that do not generate large amounts of ozone but whose geographic locations make them vulnerable to polluted air. More...
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From the local to federal levels, officials who tend to the vital Lake St. Clair watershed say they're making progress. They're restoring natural habitat, installing an innovative monitoring system, developing a management plan. More...
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Environmental activists who've spent weeks trying to decipher a proposed air permit for BP's planned Whiting refinery expansion said Tuesday they still have many unanswered questions about how the permit would affect northwest Indiana's air quality. More...
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The bloody red shrimp, one of Canada's newest invasive species, has already been found in Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Erie. More...
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The shipping industry and the governments of the United States and Canada are working effectively to prevent the introduction of organisms that might harm the Great Lakes. From the rhetoric surrounding this issue, one might never know it. More...
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Though no doubt many lives were saved by the rescue missions launched from its docks, repeated efforts could not save Milwaukee's historic U.S. Coast Guard station, which finally fell victim to a wrecking crew Tuesday after standing watch over Lake Michigan for almost 100 years. More...
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A debate in the Ohio Senate could put an agreement to keep Great Lakes water from being diverted to drier areas in jeopardy, environmental officials said Tuesday. More...
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Free trade has been good for Ontario's economy and freer trade, as envisioned in the Brookings Institution's new report, will be even better. More...
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Banning ocean freighters from the Great Lakes and requiring those ships to transfer cargo in Montreal would create more than a thousand new jobs for domestic shipping employees, truckers and rail employees, according to a new study. More...
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The Soo Locks just south of the border opened amid snow fall Tuesday, kicking off the commercial shipping season. More...
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The state's budget deficit is not the only issue still on the table for Wisconsin lawmakers this year. More...
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This Ohio treasure's existence was closely guarded until last week when the director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources revealed that a full-sized American chestnut tree still stands in a marsh near Lake Erie. More...
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A shipwreck just west of South Haven is now on the National Register of Historic Places. More...
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This 23rd annual symposium of the International Association for Landscape Ecology will focus on current frontiers in landscape ecology and consider the demand for the scientific underpinnings of landscape planning and management. More...