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GLUE was developed as a forum for people to exchange stories, ideas, and best practices between otherwise isolated cities ranging from Buffalo to St. Louis to Minneapolis. The GLUE coalition, comprised of young urbanists, 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...

Four National Park properties along Lake Superior and the Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe announced on Monday a coordinated response to the threat of VHS, the deadly fish disease that's spreading across the Great Lakes. More...

More than a century after Dow Chemical Co. began dumping dioxins into a river flowing past its mid-Michigan plant, the company and regulators are still debating how to cleanse a swath of waters and wetlands that now reaches 50 miles to Lake Huron. More...

Man-made harbors and shoreline protection are shrinking Point Pelee National Park's famous tip, but the damage doesn't just stop there. More...

Following reports last week that trace amounts of pharmaceuticals are contaminating the nation's drinking water, Governor Rod Blagojevich has directed the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to expand its water quality monitoring to determine levels of pharmaceuticals that may be in Illinois waterways. More...

Niagara Falls MPP Kim Craitor will reintroduce his Great Lakes Right of Passage bill Thursday. The bill would guarantee the public's right to walk freely along the Great Lakes waterfront from water's edge up to the high water mark. More...

U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk is calling for a federal investigation into alleged suppression of a report detailing health threats to communities along the Great Lakes, including Waukegan. More...

Signs of spring are hard to come by as winter lingers in Michigan, but one of the more traditional rites is happening this week on lakes in the Upper Peninsula and Muskegon. More...

New York State will join seven other Great Lakes states and two Canadian provinces in a formal effort to protect and improve the water resources of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin. More...

Most residents are tired of winter in Michigan, but Steve Yencich wants to see a lot more of it. More...

The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park's coastal habitat is featured in the 10th installment of the U.S. Postal Service's educational stamp series Nature of America, which depicts major plant and animal communities across the country. More...

Following on last spring's symposium, this conference brings together researchers, decision makers, educators, activists and citizens to examine how climate change will affect the Great Lakes region and how we can respond to it. The conference will be a day and a half (full day April 9, half day April 10), and will be held at the Michigan State Union. There is no fee for participants. More...

The next time you curl up with your favorite book, you might think about where the paper in the book comes from. More...

It has been almost 20 years since the National Wildlife Federation issued its first fish consumption warning, drawing the public's attention to the effects of PCBs and mercury on Great Lakes fish. More...

Aside from oxygen, no other substance is as basic to sustaining human life as water, and citizens and government must ensure the safety of that water. More...

When it comes to protecting Lake Michigan, Racine Mayor Gary Becker believes the costs can't be limited to just those who live around it. More...

Indiana will grant a permit for BP's planned $3.8 billion Whiting refinery expansion, officials said Friday at a Department of Environmental Management public hearing. More...

A state Senate bill that would have fined people who jump off piers, breakwaters and other similar structures in the Great Lakes has failed to make it out of a House committee. More...

More than $215,800 has been raised for lighthouse restoration through the sale of "Save Our Lights" license plates, according to the Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries. More...

One citizen can make a difference. Maybe not alone, but when joined by hundreds or thousands of others, a loud presence can be felt. Now is the time to act to be part of the solution. More...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Fish Health Center may remind you of another television show. More...

London, Ontario, ranks as one of the worst polluters of Lake Erie, with high energy consumption and a regularly overwhelmed sewage treatment system. More...

Representatives from various Gary, Ind., agencies took note as neighborhood residents revealed the seedier side of the beach environment. More...

Michigan State park officials are now announcing it will not be necessary to close 37 state parks next year. More...

The industries that depend on the shipping lanes on Lake Michigan are -- like most of us -- eager for winter's grip on the lakes to disappear. More...