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As bells tolled 11 times inside the Mariners' Church in downtown Detroit, Mich., family members of some of the victims of the Nov. 10, 1975, wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald mourned but recalled happier times for their loved ones. More...
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The Great Lakes Leadership Academy is accepting applications for the 2016 Emerging Leader Program. The program provides an opportunity to develop personal leadership competencies, skills for relationship building, and tools for working collectively. More...
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As bells tolled 11 times inside the Mariners' Church in downtown Detroit, family members of some of the victims of the Nov. 10, 1975, wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald mourned but recalled happier times for their loved ones. More...
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The Great Lakes Steamship Society tried to raise money to save the J.B. Ford, the oldest floating freighter on the Great Lakes, but the ship is going to be scrapped. More...
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The first vessel of the new Port of Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie arrived Nov. 4 to unload 13,500 tons of road salt. More...
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Wildlife experts say more snowy owls have made their way to northern Minnesota from Canada this season. The influx of a large number of snowy owls happens about once every seven to ten years. More...
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Two Michigan state representatives are pushing for a federal investigation into the Mich. Dept. of Environmental Quality over claims that the agency knowingly dropped two lead test samples to avoid exceeding federal drinking water standards. More...
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An Ottawa County, Mich., drain project through the Hiawatha Forest area is getting an environmental touch, thanks to collaboration between the water resources commission and parks department. More...
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The Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway gave Indiana Gov. Mike Pence its top honor, the Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award, to recognize the surge of traffic through the deepwater Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor on Lake Michigan. More...
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A tiny hole leaking what could be oil into Lake Erie has been sealed on a sunken barge thought to be the Argo. The pinhole-sized leak was discovered this week by a dive team. More...
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Rosy Mound Natural Area is an Ottawa County gem for outdoor enthusiasts, no matter what the season. This fall, its autumn beauty is particularly inviting.It's the latest place explored in the Get Outside with MLive series. More...
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Lake Erie algae plan targets Detroit River sewage discharges
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Michigan environmental officials plan to modify pollution permit limits for a Metro Detroit sewage plant as part of an effort to reduce harmful algal bloom-fueling phosphorus in the Western Lake Erie basin. More... -
Divers looking for the source of seeping oil near a sunken barge on the bottom of Lake Erie haven't located any active leaks, but they did find four open hatches on the wreckage, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday. More...
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A story of murder, intrigue, and a Mormon population that's completely vanished. More...
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A number of events are planned Tuesday to mark the 40th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior. The disaster Nov. 10, 1975, killed all 29 crew members aboard the ship. More...
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Signs are emerging that several area communities, from Monroe to Bowling Green and west into Fulton County, could push Toledo harder on the possibility of creating a more regionally oriented water-distribution system in 2016. More...
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Wilmette, IL residents, elected officials and nature lovers came together recently to celebrate the transformation of a once-neglected strip of Wilmette lakefront property into its new identity as the Elmwood Dunes Preserve. More...
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Flint residents should be warned of the potential risk of increased lead in drinking water when crews do underground work that could affect pipes, according to a report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. More...
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The joint conditions of high lake water levels and El Nino will increase the likelihood of floods in Windsor and Essex County, Ont., this fall and winter, according to an Essex Region Conservation Authority official. More...
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A future lakefront naturalized conservation area the size of 48 football fields, just west of the Etobicoke-Mississauga border, in Ontario, got a further push in the process recently. More...
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Conservation, history, and culture came together in Marinette, Wis., as a dredging project in the harbor is bringing new life to more than just the area. More...
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Huron County, Ont., next to Lake Huron where water levels have gone from a near-record lows to near-record highs in two years, is expected to support a study of how changing water levels affect communities. More...
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With 61 percents of the total vote, Fremont, Ohio, residents approved a ballot measure allowing officials to remove the Ballville Dam. More...
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The Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality announced a new initiative to increase the state's residential recycling rate. The challenge, called Recycle by Design, will incentivize local and regional public-private partnership teams to accelerate strategies to increase recycling. More...
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A proposal to construct a zip line ride above the Erie Canal in Lockport, N.Y., here has yet to be approved by the state Canal Corp. Three platforms could be erected on the canal banks near the ticket office for the Lockport Cave underground boat ride. More...