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  1. Decades after the discovery of PCB contamination in the soil along the St. Lawrence River on the Mohawk Reservation, the U.S. government has begun cleanup. More...
  2. Another wind farm will be built along the Lake Huron shoreline, this one with six turbines that will produce an estimated 26 million kilowatts of power annually. More...
  3. The Lake Erie water snake entered the Ohio endangered species list in 1999 but the population has rebounded with the help of researcher Kristen Stanford. More...
  4. A group is petitioning the U.S. government to allow the intentional sinking of a boat in Grand Traverse Bay to attract tourism as a scuba diving destination. More...
  5. Water quality improvement claims in the Bay of Quinte are supported by the return of ospreys, birds harmed by pollution and rare in the area since the 1960s. More...
  6. Through the Great Lakes--St. Lawrence River Water Resources Regional Body, the Great Lakes Governors of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and the Premiers of Ontario and Qubec are taking the lead in protecting the world's largest source of surface fresh water. More...
  7. Water levels in Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan are below normal and Lake Superior is expected to soon reach a record low, although the cause is in dispute. More...
  8. Indiana's governor ordered a review of the state's environmental permitting process after criticism of the decision to allow BP to increase Lake Michigan dumping. More...
  9. A cleaner Lake Michigan benefits the salmon fishery there, a fact Indiana and the EPA forgot when they allowed BP a permit to increase their lake pollution. More...
  10. Beginning immediately, state officials are requiring all fish stocked into Wisconsin's public waters to be tested for the deadly fish disease VHS. More...
  11. Decades after the discovery of PCB contamination in the soil along the St. Lawrence River on the Mohawk Reservation, the U.S. government has begun cleanup. More...
  12. Another wind farm will be built along the Lake Huron shoreline, this one with six turbines that will produce an estimated 26 million kilowatts of power annually. More...
  13. The Lake Erie water snake entered the Ohio endangered species list in 1999 but the population has rebounded thanks to researcher Kristen Stanford. More...
  14. A group is petitioning the U.S. government to allow the intentional sinking of a boat in Grand Traverse Bay to attract tourism as a scuba diving destination. More...
  15. Water quality improvement claims in the Bay of Quinte are supported by the return of ospreys, birds harmed by pollution and rare in the area since the 1960s. More...
  16. When the International Joint Commission assembled participants for a lake-level study, Great Lakes boaters, who pump $16 billion into the economy, were left out. More...
  17. A study has shown that two common types of bacteria may occur naturally in beach sand and be responsible for some high bacteria levels causing beach closings. More...
  18. An Ohio EPA study of replacement wetlands shows a high percentage of poor quality projects which lack the primary useful properties of wetlands. More...
  19. The dangerous invasive Asian carp has been found only 45 miles from Lake Michigan and officials fear their entry into the Great Lakes is almost a certainty. More...
  20. Advisories meant to keep people safe from contaminated fish are often ignored by anglers who underestimate the impact of lake pollution on fish. More...
  21. Indiana's approval of the BP Whiting refinery to increase the pollution they dump into Lake Michigan is undoing years of conservation by Indiana sportsmen. More...
  22. After the copper miners left Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, Congress established it as a national park, where visitors can view the relics of industry alongside nature. More...
  23. Wisconsin's largest source of mercury pollution is changing their manufacturing technology in a move that will reduce state mercury emissions by 28%. More...
  24. Nursery owners claim a Michigan list banning invasive plants was compiled with little scientific evidence of the plants' harmful impact on the ecosystem. More...
  25. The 2007 World Water Week, Aug. 12-18, in Stockholm, is a leading annual global meeting place for capacity-building, partnership-building and follow-up on the implementation of international processes and programs in water and development. More...
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