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  1. An invasive snail species carrying parasites is killing some aquatic birds in the region, and spreading fast. More...
  2. The Black River Walk in Port Huron, Mich., received a $45,000 grant to create a unique riverfront destination. More...
  3. A trek on frozen Lake Superior to see the famous ice caves of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore now will cost you five dollars. More...
  4. Wis. Gov. Scott Walker wants to review whether hunting and fishing fees collected by the state should be used to pay for costs related to sighting an open pit iron ore mine near Lake Superior. More...
  5. New York state will ban hydraulic fracturing after a long-awaited report concluded that the oil and gas extraction method poses health risks. More...
  6. Port Huron Mich.'s Black River Walk received a $45,000 grant to create a unique riverfront destination. More...
  7. A trek on frozen Lake Superior to see the famous ice caves of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore now will cost you $5. More...
  8. The Nature Conservancy has bought 36 acres of forest and shoreline on an island in Lake Michigan. More...
  9. Wisc. Gov. Scott Walker wants to review whether hunting and fishing fees collected by the state should be used to pay for costs related to sighting an open pit iron ore mine near Lake Superior. More...
  10. Coho salmon eggs were destroyed at two Wisconsin hatcheries this month after testing revealed donor fish had an invasive virus. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHSv) was detected in ovarian fluid taken from female cohos this fall on the Root River in Racine. More...
  11. CSL St-Laurent marks the successful completion of CSL's audacious newbuild program, which began with the delivery in December 2012 of the award-winning Trillium Class self-unloading Laker, Baie St. Paul. More...
  12. St. Lawrence County officials are split over a tentative agreement between the New York Power Authority and the St. Lawrence County Local Government Task Force over benefits as part of the relicensing of the FDR-St. Lawrence Power Project. More...
  13. Attorney General J B Van Hollen says that C. Spielvogel & Sons Excavating violated their Department of Natural Resources permit in connection with construction along the banks of Lake Michigan during the construction between 2012 and 2013. More...
  14. Jeff Shook, founder of the Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy, bought the Port Sanilac Lighthouse last week. He said it was a private purchase and not on behalf of the conservancy, which owns lighthouses in Alpena and Muskegon. More...
  15. Registration is now open for the Coastal GeoTools Conference, which focuses on geospatial data, tools, technology, and information for coastal resource management professionals. Coastal GeoTools 2015 will be the eighth in the conference series and will take place March 30 - April 2, 2015 in North Charleston, SC. More...
  16. Fish that common loons eat, like the invasive round goby, can carry bacteria that produce the lethal botulism toxin. Researchers wanted to see if there is a connection between where loons eat and where the avian botulism toxin appears. More...
  17. The compact bans the diversion of water out of the Great Lakes with two exceptions: communities that straddle the basin, and communities within counties that straddle the basin.Waukesha's application makes it the first community to seek such an exception More...
  18. Based on the data so far amassed, some combination of unusual precipitation and evaporation patterns seem to be the cause. More...
  19. Steel shipments into the Port of Milwaukee, Wis., have rebounded strongly this year, with tonnage hitting its second-highest level since 1970. More...
  20. As the events of last summer showed, the threat to our Great Lakes -- and our water supply -- from algae blooms and cyanotoxins is real. No single region, agency or unit of government is capable of addressing it alone. More...
  21. Ohio's environmental regulators are handing out a grant that will be aimed at reducing farm runoff that contributes to algae in Lake Erie. More...
  22. Strong grain and steel shipments fueled a 5% increase in cargo moving so far this year through the St. Lawrence Seaway. More...
  23. Quèbec's environmental review board has concluded that exploiting the province's shale gas deposits is not worth the risk. More...
  24. Members of U.S. Congress have called for strengthening defences against Asian carp on a river about 65 km from Chicago, Ill. More...
  25. A U.S. Navy shipbuilding program that has supported thousands of Wisconsin jobs faces major changes that could give the industry here a boost or place at risk the work in Marinette and elsewhere in the state. More...
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