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In Towanda, N.Y. the Gratwick Riverside Marina is expected to be open to boat traffic this summer after several years of work and an investment of more than $2 million in Greenway, state, federal and city dollars. More...
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The provincial government will commit $4 million a year for the next four years to promote environmental responsibility and soil health to Southwestern Ontario farmers. More...
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Every Northumberland, Ontario resident should heed the warning of a local emergency worker and exercise great caution around ice-covered water bodies. More...
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A new study shows that the invasive round goby has become an important food source for several native species, especially smallmouth bass, but with benefits also for yellow perch and walleye. More...
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In Ohio, State senators said Tuesday they plan to fast track a bill intended to reduce dangerous algal blooms in time for the spring growing season. More...
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Wauconda, Ill. residents finally may be getting a taste of Lake Michigan drinking water, after years of tapping into the source being a top priority for the town. More...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would spend more than $39 million on the Soo Locks and Lake Superior harbor projects, including more than $6 million in the Twin Ports, under President Barack Obama's proposed 2016 budget. More...
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Ohio's Democratic senator isn't happy with President Barack Obama's budget proposal to cut $50 million from a program to clean up the Great Lakes. More...
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Ohio must find additional funds and quickly to assess runoff sources and to do more to monitor the effectiveness of "best practices" to keep phosphorus where it belongs. More...
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Who in a rational world would choose to drink water from the Flint River, a fetid stream saturated with toxins from years of heavy industry, when the alternative source is the world's fourth-largest lake, a sweet-water sea? More...
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The levels of both Lake Superior and Lake Michigan-Huron are expected to continue their seasonal decline in February. More...
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Michigan officials have closed 32 waterfront campsites at F.J. McLain State Park in the Upper Peninsula because of unsafe conditions and erosion along the Lake Superior shoreline. More...
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Not only is snowfall well below normal this winter -- down nearly 2 feet from normal in Duluth -- but most of the big lake remains open, with no ice cover, allowing more water to evaporate.Despite the decline, it's still the highest average water level since 1997. More...
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The bill would create a new Office of Harmful Algae Management of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and build on legislation to reduce phosporus in the lake. More...
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West Michigan residents are urged to stay off walkways near the lake and away from rocky terrain, beaches, piers and jetties. Many lakefront structures are icy and slippery -- and they already were to some degree before the storm. More...
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The family members are not scientists and have no formal credentials to study climate change. But they're building relationships with scientists at various universities and they merge their personal observations with data they collect from those universities. More...
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A bill introduced in Lansing in 2013 died in the state House's regulatory reform committee. More...
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The recent increase of other specialty plates in Ohio has cut into how much the Lake Erie plates raise. Due to increased plate competition, sales dropped 6 percent to 10 percent since 1997. More...
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A healthy water system is more important than most realize. It is the basis for the health of all other ecological and social systems. More...
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Peters joins fellow Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow on the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, a bipartisan working group made up of Senators representing the states bordering the Great Lakes. More...
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Compared with the 10-year average of 10 ships in layup in the Duluth-Superior port, 2015 is a down year. But there are reasons for that. More...
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Great Lakes Shipyard has been awarded a repair contract by the United States Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District for two tugs and two barges from the Corps' Cleveland Field Station, according to a press release. More...
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Applications are being accepted through Feb. 27 for the Great Lakes Commission-Sea Grant Fellowship! The fellow will work with members of the Great Lakes science, policy and information/education communities to advance the environmental quality and sustainable development goals of the Great Lakes states. Apply today! More...
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Federal prosecutors say Kelly Plating Co. also agreed to make a $25,000 donation to the Cleveland Foundation that will be used to improve water quality in northeast Ohio. More...
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Among other things, the bill will include restrictions on the application of manure and other fertilizers, as well as provisions dealing with dredging and monitoring by water treatment plants. More...