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This event presents innovative and practical water resource management techniques and highlights research about Minnesota's water resources. The conference, Oct. 23-24, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, provides an opportunity to address current and emerging issues and present on lessons learned and best practices discovered. More...
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President Bush has vowed to veto the Water Resources Development Act, but the $20 million to improve water-quality monitoring efforts in the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair is crucial to the area. More...
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Low Great Lakes levels will impact many environmental factors, from disrupting fish spawning grounds to shrinking wetlands and wildlife breeding grounds. More...
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A recent study shows that Great Lakes invaders cost $5 billion a year due to lost tourism, lower commercial fishing profits and fewer businesses along the shore. More...
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The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture will provide $1.5 million for education, testing, and efforts to prevent the spread of the fish disease VHS in the Great Lakes. More...
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Wisconsin cannot continue to debate while lake levels continue to fall and water-impoverished sections of the country train their sights on our water resources. More...
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Increased numbers of warm climate birds in Ohio are providing local evidence to support expert opinions that changing bird behavior relates to climate change. More...
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A recent cleanup of Lake Michigan tributary Trail Creek resulted in the discovery of about 15.5 tons of metal debris, including artillery shells from WWII. More...
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There is a Lake Wobegon quality to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, with memorable lake views and a genuine edge that makes visitors feel they have gone back in time. More...
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The Lake Carriers' Association says August is usually prime shipping time on the Great Lakes, but current low levels have caused a 5.1 percent cargo decrease. More...
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Controversy over a proposed cull of double-crested cormorants on Lake Erie's Middle Island comes from concerns for the ecosystem versus the effect on the species. More...
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Support in northwest Indiana for the pending Great Lakes Compact may hinge on whether state water conservation measures are voluntary or mandatory. More...
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A 2.8 million liter spill of partially treated effluent into the St. Mary's River did not create dangerous E.coli levels, but that doesn't make the spill forgivable. More...
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More than 1,500 acres of the watershed of Fish Creek, a Lake Erie tributary, have been cleaned up and restored as a healthy stream and habitat following a devastating fuel spill years ago. More...
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New signs identifying terminal operators in the Port of Green Bay started going up this week as part of an ongoing effort to raise the profile of port businesses and their impact on the community and region. More...
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Regional planning officials are counting as a success this week's public meetings on a unified development plan for the Indiana shore of Lake Michigan. More...
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A 5,000-square-foot boathouse that Frank Lloyd Wright designed in 1905 has finally taken shape in Buffalo, hundreds of miles from the Wisconsin waterway for which it was envisioned. More...
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Seakleen, a chemical treatment system designed to kill organisms in a ship's ballast water, then be rendered nontoxic, is about to become the first ballast water treatment tested under the Great Ships Initiative. More...
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Before the Michigan DEQ can devise a plan to combat the muck washing up on Saginaw Bay beaches, an investigation is needed to discover the muck's makeup and possible causes. More...
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Proper funding and public awareness are necessary to help protect New York's forests and wildlife from invasive species that can damage our ecosystem. More...
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Thanks largely to incoming and outgoing shipments of wind power equipment, a Duluth terminal has set an all-time record this year, tripling the tonnage of cargo it handled in 2006. More...
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President Bush is threatening to veto the newly passed Water Resources Development Act, which would authorize billions in water infrastructure projects, but Congress appears to have the votes to override him. More...
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Lake Michigan's water is clearer than it was in the 1990s, thanks to the invasive zebra and quagga mussels, which along with phosporous runoff triggers the growth of stinky, stomach-turning algae. More...
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The construction of temporary retaining basins to contain sewage overflows may not be popular with the public, but anyt option is better than letting it run out into our lakes. More...
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The facts are simple -- water is leaving Lake Huron at the St. Clair River in Michigan at an alarming rate and dragging down the water level of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. More...