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Remember how miserable we were this past winter? Well, it's paying off for people who live and work along the shores of Lake Michigan. After seeing critically low water levels just a year and a half ago, the water in lake Michigan seems to be on the rebound. More...

In recent years, an offshore project was abandoned in New York; Pennsylvania has focused on natural gas as an energy source; and in Michigan the legislature introduced a bill to prohibit issuing permits for offshore wind turbines. For years, efforts to install wind turbines off Cape Cod in the Atlantic have also faced strong opposition. But recently, plans for a proposed wind farm near Cleveland on Lake Erie looked promising. More...

A new animated video by the University of Michigan and the National Wildlife Federation shows how devastating an oil spill beneath the Straits of Mackinac would be. The animation shows that oil could reach popular tourist destinations like Mackinac Island, blanket 50 miles of Lake Huron shoreline, and reach Lake Michigan landmarks such as Beaver Island.

Officers found that he was submitting daily catch reports with false information in relation to the location where he was fishing. He also declared less than half the length of the total gill nets he was actually using and under-reported the length of time they were in the water. More...

It turns out good surfing is not found just on the North Shore of O'ahu or along the California cost. Try freshwater -- Lake Michigan. More...

Rick Stumpf, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says they're predicting this year's bloom in Lake Erie will be significant, but not as bad as it has been in recent years. The blooms reached a record level in 2011. More...

A federal appeals court has sided against Ohio and four other states in their demand for physical barriers to protect the Great Lakes from invasive Asian carp. More...

Chicago's brutal winter has left a frigid legacy in Lake Michigan, where unusually chilly water is proving intimidating to swimmers, beachgoers and everyone but the salmon fishermen. More...

A retired nuclear scientist has slammed Ontario Power Generation over its proposed $1-billion nuclear waste burial site on Lake Huron, saying the utility's safety assessment contains some dangerous errors. More...

On the Detroit River, Gregg Ward operates a little ferry and he advocates for a government-built second bridge, one that would, "provide redundancy and resiliency to the most important international border crossing we have." More...

A retired nuclear scientist has slammed Ontario Power Generation over its proposed $1-billion nuclear waste burial site on Lake Huron, saying the utility's safety assessment contains some dangerous errors. More...

While the Wisconsin DNR will present a feasibility study on a date yet to be determined, the director for the Office of the Great Lakes said he thinks the Portage Canal restoration in Portage is "quite realistic," but the when is the question. More...

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago has upheld a lower court ruling dismissing a lawsuit filed by five states seeking the placement of barriers to keep Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes. More...

While St. Catharines' dry docks remain without a tenant, its owner says there's been interest expressed in locating there. More...

Birds are providing some insight into contamination in the Great Lakes. Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey are observing tree swallows and monitoring levels of some toxins in their blood. If these metals and chemicals are in birds, they likely are in humans as well, researchers say. More...

A plan to return Lake Ontario to "more natural" levels stems from good intentions but fails to address unintended consequences that would hurt Orleans and other south shore counties. More...

Harbor maintenance money is still not guaranteed as lawmakers attempt to navigate the appropriations process. The House adopted the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, House Resolution 4923, by a vote of 253 to 170 last week. More...

A new $400,000 Asian carp Science lab is now open in Burlington, ON. It's part of the Federal government's 17.5-million dollar investment to protect Canada's Great Lakes from the threat of Asian carp. More...

Michigan's experiment with stocking Atlantic salmon in Lake Huron has yet to produce the results that anglers had hoped for this summer, but state fisheries managers say they aren't worried. More...

Spring 2014 for the Great Lakes region was the 5th coldest since 1948. What could this mean for the summer forecast? For a binational overview of the latest season's weather, water level conditions, and related impacts, plus an outlook for the upcoming quarter, review the Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook: Great Lakes Region via the U.S. Drought Portal. More...

Have you visited the GLIN July Site of the Month yet? The honor goes to Love Lake Michigan, created by the Lake Michigan Forum. Love Lake Michigan aims to increase awareness of the value of Lake Michigan and catalyze action to protect it through education, engagement and citizen empowerment. More...

In the mid-1990s even a rookie big-water angler could go out on northernLake Huron and return to the harbor with his three-fish limit of Chinookin a matter of hours. Beginning with the new century, the salmon becameincreasingly hard to find, and smaller. More...

They hunt shipwrecks for fun, but explorers Jim Kennard, Roger Pawlowskiand Roland Stevens recently added a new category to the list ofdiscoveries they've made on the floor of the Great Lakes: a C-45 Air Forceplane. More...

Thick, green, slimy carpets of toxic algae will invade Lake Erie's westernbasin again this summer, according to a forecast released July 10 by theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. More...

In the mid-1990s even a rookie big-water angler could go out on northernLake Huron and return to the harbor with his three-fish limit of Chinookin a matter of hours. Beginning with the new century, the salmon becameincreasingly harder to find, and smaller. More...