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A new study of saltwater ships on the Great Lakes not only discovered a host of foreign organisms in their ballast tanks, but dozens more potential invaders clinging to their hulls as well. More...
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Groundbreaking will be held today for a facility that will double the size of NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Mich. More...
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Environmentalists are fighting plans by the billionaire co-owner of the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics to build a neighborhood in undeveloped dunes near the resort village of Saugatuck on Lake Michigan. More...
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After decades of viewing storm water as a problem to pipe away, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District now sees it as a resource that should be put to good use right where it lands. More...
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Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway mayors are working together to draft a questionnaire to gauge presidential and congressional candidates' knowledge of and support for issues concerning the Great Lakes region. More...
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Michigan will see its first new mine in decades -- a controversial copper and nickel mine that will be lie beneath a blue-ribbon trout stream in the Upper Peninsula -- now that state regulators have issued permits. More...
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About 100 cleanup-crew workers and authorities spent much of Saturday attempting to contain and sop up 3,300 gallons of diesel fuel spilled into the Maumee River after a freighter slammed into a dock Friday night. More...
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The Grand Vision is a land use and transportation study process to facilitate providing a framework for propelling the Grand Traverse region for the next 50 years and beyond. More...
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The federal Environmental Protection Agency did not go far enough in its objections to a proposed state permit on the amount of pollution U.S. Steel can discharge into the Grand Calumet River and Lake Michigan, environmental groups said Tuesday. More...
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Could the Southeast's water woes bring companies and jobs to Central New York? Onondaga County's economic development office thinks so. More...
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A northeast Ohio judge has conjured up a view of property rights that could allow owners of homes and cottages along Lake Erie to keep the public off the dry sand out front. More...
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A host of programs for outdoor enthusiasts of any age are slated to take place at Michigan Fisheries Visitor Center in Northern Michigan. More...
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Presidential hopefuls are being asked to support a Great Lakes water quality project that will cost at least $20 billion. More...
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The Bay of Quinte Remedial Action Plan has a new general manager and he may have a pleasant task as head of the agency. More...
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Drinking bottled water may be a healthy way to slake your thirst, but people in communities whose water is being tapped by beverage companies are worried it's unhealthy for the environment. More...
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A vintage 34-foot sailboat pounded by Lake Michigan for six weeks since it ran aground near a popular lakefront drive was cut in pieces Wednesday by a salvage crew that managed to haul parts of it out of the icy water with a crane. More...
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Golf courses have become a major growth "industry" in the state of Michigan. They probably won't take over the automobile industry, but they could be a decidedly "greener" industry. More...
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The Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education (WCEE) is working to improve environmental education (EE) in Wisconsin. The WCEE assists in the development, dissemination, implementation and evaluation of teacher and student K-12 EE programs. More...
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A cherished way of life may be changing in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, with new owners of vast forest tracts putting up fences and reducing public access long taken for granted, says a report issued Wednesday. More...
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Wisconsin must pass its version of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact quickly to protect its most important natural resource. More...
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One of the factors contributing to lower levels on Lake Superior is evaporation, largely due to the windy storms that pass over the lake, picking up large amounts of water and sometimes dumping it far away as precipitation. More...
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A Nestle official was asked at a congressional hearing about whether the company continued to pump groundwater from its Michigan wells this summer as a stream fed by underground aquifers fell to dangerously low levels. More...
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A radioactive substance was found in a monitoring well between the Palisades nuclear plant and Lake Michigan. More...
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The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board met last Wednesday and approved permanent rules to prevent further spread of viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) to fish and other waters of the state. More...
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It's time for Indiana to sign on to the Great Lakes Compact. More...