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Four area citizen groups are among 26 nationally trying to get the U.S. Department of Agriculture to step up enforcement of air pollution regulations on megafarms known as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. More...
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Nearly $90 million is set aside to maintain the 135 commercial and recreational harbors in the Great Lakes region, according to officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The dilemma: Between $120 million and $160 million is needed to keep up the harbors. More...
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Future developments will never be seen jutting off the tip of the Leelanau Peninsula under a pair of pending land preservation proposals. The state is set to buy two conservation and public access easements that surround Leelanau State Park in a partnership with the Leelanau Conservancy in Leland. More...
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The chief of the Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources says there should be a new state law to control ballast water in ocean-going ships. More...
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The Little Calumet River is only "little" by name. This waterway stretches in the east from the Porter-LaPorte county line some 53 miles west to Blue Island, where it flows into the Cal-Sag Channel with a connection to Lake Michigan through Burns Ditch. More...
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Preventing the spread of invasive species is everyone's responsibility. More...
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Public hearings are being held regarding a proposal to build a liquefied-natural-gas terminal on the St. Lawrence River near Quebec City. The project will include a 500-meter-long jetty in the St. Lawrence River where giant tankers will unload liquefied natural gas that will be pumped through underground pipes to nearby reservoirs. More...
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Superior’s average lake level for January was 600.1 feet above sea level according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. That’s only about four inches higher than the record-low January of 1926. More...
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As environmental issues are becoming an important focus in the business world, more corporations are turning their land into wildlife habitats. More...
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A Milwaukee judge's order last week directed Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District to line a mile of Milwaukee's Deep Tunnel with concrete or other materials to block the flow of groundwater seeping into the tunnel. More...
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Three northern Wisconsin lakes are among 29 Wisconsin lakes which will be included in a nationwide survey this summer to study the ecological health, water quality and recreational value of the nation's lakes. More...
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Citizen concerns over the Quebec Rabaska liquefied-natural-gas terminal, that will include a 500-metre-long jetty in the St. Lawrence River, have grown. More...
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It is crucial that the legislatures of the eight Great Lakes states approve the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact -- better known at the Great Lakes Compact. More...
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Trumpeter swan were thought extinct. But since that time, environmentalists and wildlife workers have imported trumpeters back to the Great Lakes region. More...
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The world premiere of a Public Broadcasting System film, “Breaking Ice," is set for Friday in the town known for being home to the two largest icebreakers to work the Great Lakes. More...
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Unchecked overflows of billions of gallons of sewage into Milwaukee's rivers and Lake Michigan for a year or longer are among the possible consequences of a local judge's order to line a 1-mile section of deep tunnel beneath downtown with concrete, state and sewerage district officials say. More...
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Global warming could lower water levels in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron by 5 feet over the next century, according to new data generated for a United Nations study of climate change. More...
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Lake Superior water levels are approaching record lows. More...
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As environmental issues are becoming an important focus in the business world, more corporations are turning their land into wildlife habitats. More...
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Beech bark disease has taken hold in Michigan's Seney National Wildlife Refuge. More...
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An initiative designed to shield more than 271,000 acres of Upper Peninsula forest land from development would get $2 million in federal funding under President Bush's proposed budget. More...
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Surely, there must be some other solution to the Milwaukee judge's order last week directing Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District to line a mile of Milwaukee's Deep Tunnel with concrete or other materials to block the flow of groundwater seeping into the tunnel. More...
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Three area northern Wisconsin lakes are among 29 Wisconsin lakes which will be included in a nationwide survey this summer to study the ecological health, water quality and recreational value of the nation's lakes. More...
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The shipping industry wants to delay Michigan's ballast treatment law, arguing that it endangers jobs without preventing the introduction of invasive species. More...
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A recent study found the Great Lakes region could be an alternative energy hub, which may have prompted Ohio's move toward a statewide energy plan. More...