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So why, exactly, do we need this Great Lakes compact right now? More...
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The silt running into the lower Poplar River when it rains is so bad at times that the North Shore river has been placed on Minnesota's impaired waters list. More...
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A U.S. Congressman is calling for an investigation into allegations that government officials suppressed a report suggesting that public health threats from industrial pollution may pervade the Great Lakes region. More...
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Spring may seem far away ,but some Sheboygan officials and business owners are already thinking about how to cope with the excessive numbers of ring-necked gulls that flock to the city. More...
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The tardy objections of some state legislators to the multistate Great Lakes Compact sound like an early April Fool's joke. More...
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A new report concludes that local governments in the U.S. and Canada invest an estimated $15 billion annually to protect and restore the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River, but cannot keep pace with the one-two punch of escalating threats to the resource and ongoing cuts in federal restoration programs. More...
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Whitby and Oshawa have the most beautiful natural shore line in greater Toronto, a strip of greenery stretching about 18 kilometers along the ragged edge of Lake Ontario. More...
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Murphy Oil U.S.A. Inc. hasn't made any decisions on whether or not it will take on a nearly seven-fold expansion of its Superior refinery, but the $6 billion proposal could create as many as 400 permanent and 4,000 construction jobs during the expansion. More...
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Anglers caught 88.2 million fish in Wisconsin during the 2006-07 license year, releasing nearly two-thirds. More...
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As a youngster in the 1920s and '30s, Jean Lutz went on boat rides with her grandfather on Lake Erie, carrying iron ore and steel from Cleveland through the Great Lakes. More...
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Guarding the Great Lakes against poaching by parched outsiders requires sensible protections within Michigan, and a united front with allies. More...
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The International Joint Commission appointed the International Upper Great Lakes Study Board in February 2007 to examine whether the regulation of Lake Superior outflows can be improved to address the evolving needs of the upper Great Lakes. The study area includes lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron and Erie, and their interconnecting channels. More...
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Dow has filed a lawsuit against the MDEQ, saying the governmental agency has inappropriately added part of Lake Huron to Dow's cleanup responsibility. More...
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A new state report says that nearly 100 small communities in Minnesota are illegally releasing raw sewage into lakes, rivers, ditches and field drains. More...
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Public consultation has started on the Bow Lake Wind Farm project, the kickoff to a lengthy and detailed process that could see windmills dotting the Montreal River area by 2011. More...
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Elected or appointed officials should watch what Willoughby City Council does in crafting an ordinance to govern wind-energy systems within city limits. More...
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It's far too early to know what caused this year's massive snowfalls, environmental scholars say -- but it's not too soon to predict some of the environmental benefits. More...
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Detroit-born Richard Taubman, part of Taubman, Nadis & Neuman, a Farmington Hills law firm specializing in real estate, enlightens us about land ownership policies. More...
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For residents of this remote village on an ice-locked island off the tip of mainland Wisconsin, a windsled is a kind of school bus. More...
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Canada's fresh water is facing serious challenges, including the looming menace of climate change. More...
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Minnesota legislators have taken their first look at what would be the Great Lakes' toughest law in regulating when and how ships could dump ballast water into Lake Superior. More...
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A Muskegon photographer and former chairman of the Muskegon River Watershed Council, Gale Nobes displays the beauty of the natural world in "Lake Michigan Dunescapes.'' More...
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Lake Erie is now completely covered by ice, according to the National Ice Center. More...
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Turning 80 on Monday, Lee Botts was honored Thursday at a celebration of her life, "Great Lakes, Great Lady," which took place high above Chicago in the Sears Tower. More...
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The Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership wants community feedback on its plan to clean up longstanding pollution problems and restore wildlife habitat in the lake. More...