The agency is challenging the long-standing funding formula and is asking Hamilton for $1.2 million. Last year, Hamilton's share of the Conservation Authority's budget was $513,000. More...
The move is part of an unprecedented effort to funnel money into local agencies, nonprofits and groups to not just educate the public but also take proactive steps to slow the spread of invasives. More...
For decades, the Detroit River and its tributaries served as industrial dumping grounds as well as transportation arteries. In the 1960s and 1970s, citizen activists, began to demand environmental changes. More...
The Detroit River is being "rewilded," according to the director of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. After decades of intense pollution and habitat destruction, nature and natural processes are being allowed to reestablish themselves. More...
Tiny plastic beads in personal care products are showing up in the Great Lakes and other water bodies amid growing worries about the danger they pose for humans, fish and other aquatic life. More...
The U.S. Coast Guard plans to begin icebreaking in the North Channel of the St. Clair River Sunday, possibly disrupting ferry traffic to and from Harsens Island. More...
A blue ribbon panel of national experts is being assembled to make long-term recommendations about Toledo's Collins Park Water Treatment Plant and the city's distribution system in general. More...
Members of the Chautauqua County Legislature's Planning and Economic Development Committee authorized county participation in the Lake Erie Watershed Protection Alliance. More...
The work environment has improved at Palisades Nuclear Plant in Southwest Michigan following concerns that drew attention last year, federal regulators said. More...
In New York, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposed $141.6 billion budget for the 2015 fiscal year includes $10 million for the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority to make improvements to the port's facilities and equipment. More...
Toledo, Ohio officials expect to know by late March what strategies to use to adapt the city's water system to western Lake Erie's chronic algae problem. More...
The wrecks of two 19th-century canal boats have been found on the bottom of Lake Ontario, an unusual discovery because such vessels typically weren't used on open water, a team of New York shipwreck hunters said. More...
Once the tiny creatures that create harmful algal blooms become established in a lake, they can change the lake's conditions and make getting rid of harmful blooms more difficult, says a new study from a scientist at Dartmouth University and other schools. More...
The project that will bring fresh water from Lake Huron to Genesee County, Mich. is right on track, officials told the Genesee County Board of Commissioners. More...
Winter grips the Great Lakes region of the United States, and that grip has once again manifested itself on the lighthouses that dot the shore of southern Lake Michigan. More...
January 21 is Squirrel Appreciation Day! The Great Lakes region is full of these little, furry creatures. To commemorate the day, the National Wildlife Federation collected a list of "10 Nutty Facts to Make You Appreciate Squirrels." More...
The Port of Montreal will receive a $132-million makeover in anticipation of an increase in exports due to the recently signed free-trade deal between Canada and the European Union. More...
The 62-year-old SS Badger is the last coal-fired ferry operating in U.S. waters and is undergoing a makeover to meet the terms of a deal with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to eliminate pollution from the disposal of coal ash. More...
Wisconsin Sea Grant's third Eat Wisconsin Fish public service announcement video aims to get you thinking about adding local fish to your dinner table... and a few other places! More...
The main House author of the "Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015" is an Ohio Republican, U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Russell Township, who represents a district on the Lake Erie shore on the east side of Cleveland. More...