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The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $3.2 million contract for ecosystem restoration of 80 acres along Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline. More...

A $100-million global water program launched two years ago by HSBC Bank will invest part of the money over the next two years into Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper's new project to raise citizen awareness and engagement in local water protection and restoration work. More...

Despite strong public support for renewable energy expansion in Michigan, three state lawmakers have introduced legislation that would repeal Michigan's 10 percent renewable energy standard. More...

This week, Michigan DNR biologists will collect millions of chinook eggs, fertilize them and then take them directly to hatcheries to support the Great Lakes salmon fishery. More...

A number of normally submerged areas remain accessible due to a regulated increase of flow through the Moses-Saunders Dam on the St. Lawrence River. More...

Worth Township, Mich. is taking steps to do something about its sewage discharges into Lake Huron. More...

The former commissioner in charge of the plant resigned in August, about three weeks after an algae-related water emergency in Toledo. He was replaced by environmental services commissioner Tim Murphy, who announced Tuesday that he'll resign, too, effective next month. More...

The carcass of another newborn beluga whale was found on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, troubling scientists concerned about increasingly threatened beluga populations in the region. Experts partly attribute the higher mortality rates to increased maritime traffic and oil drilling. More...

The NOAA Marine Debris Program's annual "Keep the Sea Free of Debris" Art Contest for grades K-8 is now open. Students can submit artwork from Oct. 15 through Nov. 17. This year, the program is looking for submissions that illustrate how marine debris impacts the oceans and the Great Lakes, and what people are doing to help prevent marine debris. More...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has announced that while Asian carp DNA has been detected in the lower Kalamazoo River, there are no indications of an actual fish population in the river, which is a tributary of Lake Michigan. More...

Protester Corinne Trubiano explained: "Our goal is to create a wave of citizen mobilization to say no to any kind of transport of fossil fuels, by pipeline, by train, by boat, to counter what is the worst polluting industry of our planet, the tar sands." More...

The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor recently had its first shipment of windmill blades and towers in three years as cargo picked up on the Great Lakes. More...

Researchers tested water samples from tanks containing small fish for sale as bait at more than 500 shops across the eight states on the lakes and found that 27 tested positive for invasive species' DNA. More...

A former Toledo city councilman-turned-environmental-activist told about 30 members of the Lucas County Bar Association on Monday he hopes the region's algae-induced water crisis is a wake-up call that galvanizes people. More...

The pieces of what could be a four-mile stretch of public dune land in Allegan County, Mich. along Lake Michigan have been assembled over more than 50 years, and now another key section is within reach. More...

State fish managers in Michigan, are uncertain about what to expect this season. Many of the salmon runs on the Lake Michigan shoreline are slower than average. More...

Worth Township, Mich. is moving forward with a $23 million project to stop sewage from draining into Lake Huron. More...

The group's proposal would require all operators of confined animal feeding operations or their contractors to report how much manure is delivered to others and where it goes. More...

A group of county, state, and federal organizations released more than 1,000 lake sturgeon fingerlings into the Genesee River near Rochester, N.Y. Friday. More...

The new paddle launch at Clinton Township's Budd Park, Mich., was installed a few months ago, but its official christening recently took place. The initiative has put Lake St. Clair and Clinton River on the forefront, further exposing multiple communities and their residents to the waterways that are unique to the local economy and residents' quality of life. More...

A persistent chemical formerly used in Scotchgard still contaminates most fish in U.S. rivers and the Great Lakes despite a phase-out a dozen years ago, a new federal study shows. More...

U.S. environmental officials say they will start issuing health advisories for toxic algal blooms next year. More...

The Port of Milwaukee, Wis., welcomed the Hamburg, a 400 passenger cruise ship that is touring the Great Lakes. More...

In the St. Louis River estuary, the cleanup underway since 2012 is aimed at restoring a more natural ecosystem to the 45-acre bay in the hope that it will serve as a nursery for fish and a nesting area for birds and wildlife. More...

At Sterling Park in Monroe, Mich., while the algal bloom hasn't caused health problems recently, it's still a major inconvenience to campers out at the state park who come to fish, boat or swim. More...