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The Ottawa County (Michigan) Health Department is developing a beach water equation to predict when E. coli levels are dangerously high. More...

Indiana has proposed taking the Grand Calumet River off its list of impaired waters with respect to fish life and insects, which could mean less funding to restore those aspects of the river. More...

When others saw piles of waste rock at a former LTV Steel Mining Co. property, an entrepreneur saw beautiful stones that would be desirable to builders, contractors, designers and others. More...

Stewart Udall is one of America's great environmental pioneers. The former congressman served as Secretary of the Interior in the Kennedy and Johnson cabinets and successfully pushed for the Clean Air, Water Quality, and Clean Water Restoration Acts and Amendments and other groundbreaking green laws. This is a letter by Mr. Udall to his grandchildren about global warming. More...

With lake levels at near-record lows, drought in the Southeast, climate-change studies casting uncertainty over water supplies and diminishing clout in Congress, the Great Lakes region faces heightened concerns that other regions will try to grab its water. More...

An agreement to ban new and increased diversions of water from the Great Lakes seems likely to pass the Indiana General Assembly this legislative session, despite some hesitation from downstate Republicans. More...

The quantity of fish food in Lake Michigan hit a record low for the second straight year in 2007, a trend that could be disastrous for the salmon fishery if it continues. More...

A study of western Lake Erie warns that water levels could drop by as much as 6.5 feet in the next 50 years, potentially wreaking havoc upon the shipping industry and increasing the likelihood of insect-borne diseases. More...

As drought-plagued states cast a jealous eye toward Michigan's abundant supply of freshwater, state lawmakers are scrambling to fend off efforts to siphon from the Great Lakes. More...

Local leaders want Muskegon to become the center of a Great Lakes industry that would produce wind energy and the turbines and parts necessary to make it happen. More...

A partnership between Ohio State University and Louisiana State University aims to fight coastal pollution that originates in the farm fields of the Midwest. More...

Soybean fields that dot the Minnesota landscape from Canada to Iowa more and more are the source of an oil that when mixed with diesel fuels the buses. More...

Movement out of the Great Lakes region increased in 2007, while the South and West generally showed an inbound migration trend, according to a 2007 United Van Lines migration study. More...

Shipwreck enthusiasts are invited to a meeting this month that will focus on a proposed underwater preserve for the Lake Michigan waters off western Michigan. More...

While Lakes Michigan and Huron appear headed to an all-time-low level this month, Lake Superior is holding its own in January, moving closer to normal and farther from record-low territory. More...

Two dozen lakes across Minnesota will become the sentinels for scientists to study how the state's waterways are handling an onslaught of problems including global warming, lakeside development, exotic species and polluted runoff. More...

A wastewater permit for U.S. Steel's Gary Works is on hold until Indiana environmental regulators can come up with a new antidegradation regulation to protect Lake Michigan. More...

A proposed Michigan law that would use computer models to establish limits for groundwater withdrawals is generating controversy as the state moves toward ratifying the Great Lakes Compact. More...

There isn't enough money or public interest to solve all of our environmental problems, but one thing we can do is to concentrate our efforts on ending the continued introduction of exotic species into the Great Lakes by ships coming in from the oceans. More...

Because hatchery bred fish tend to be inbred and become genetically weaker over time, fisheries biologists are introducing new strains of brown trout to reinvigorate the population. More...

Waterfront businesses that cater to boat traffic on Michigan's Clinton River are breathing a sigh of relief now that Congress has approved funds to dredge a section of the waterway. More...

Now that the presidential election cycle is officially under way, Great Lakes governors, legislators and business leaders should take a page from the region's mayors and make sure the lakes get the attention they deserve. More...

With millions of new residents flocking to the Sun Belt, the debate over who gets water is only intensifying. And as those pressures mount, more attention is turning toward the Great Lakes. More...

Retrieving and setting out six-ton navigation buoys at the end and beginning of each navigation season on the Great Lakes is hard and dangerous work. More...

Speak out to protect the Great Lakes! Great Lakes Day, Feb. 28, 2008, is an annual event hosted by the Great Lakes Commission, the Northeast-Midwest Institute and other partners to carry a unified expression of the Great Lakes region's priorities for legislation and appropriations to Congress. All events are open to the public; register online before Feb. 1 and receive a discount. More...