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The Ohio Lake Erie Commission took their quarterly meeting to the lake on the Research Vessel Lake Guardian to see the type of research the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be conducting this summer on Lake Erie. More...
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The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is joining in the search for invasive fish in Calumet Harbor and the Illinois and Indiana nearshore waters of Lake Michigan. More...
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Anglers in a recent fishing derby on Michigan's Pine River got news far better than pulling in the largest fish. The Environmental Protection Agency recently reported that the fish they sought are much cleaner of DDT than when the competition began 15 years ago. More...
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A quarter century after the Lake Michigan Carferry began daily cruises between Manitowoc, Wis., and Ludington, Mich., the mayors of these cities implore citizens to help preserve this significant vessel. More...
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The city of St. Clair has won a Waterways Grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to defray some of the costs of the city's proposed new docking system for personal watercraft. More...
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Researchers have been finding plastic microbeads in samples taken from all the Great Lakes since 2012 and are now investigating whether they are affecting the Great Lakes food chain. More...
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President Barack Obama signed into law the Water Resources Reform and Development Act -- which, among other things, authorizes projects to fix ailing locks and dams, improve ports and waterways, and restore damaged ecosystems. More...
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The mayflies that rise out of Lake Erie each June and swarm cities along the shore in northern Ohio have been slower to show up in some spots this year. More...
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Ottawa County, Ohio, water customers are paying 4.5 percent more for their water this year, partly because of the cost of removing toxins caused by harmful blue-green algae. More...
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Federal wildlife officials will search parts of the Portage River in Ohio this month to determine whether the invasive, parasitic lamprey has established a population there. More...
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With ice from the harsh winter delaying the start of this year's shipping season, the St. Lawrence Seaway reports total cargo shipped through the Montreal to Lake Ontario section down by nearly 25 percent from last year at the same time. More...
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About 30,000 channel catfish were released into the Chicago and Little Calumet rivers in Illinois as part of a program that officials say shows how far those urban waterways have come environmentally. More...
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June 6 was the official date that the Great Lakes region was ice free, butLake Erie's western basin is the only site warm enough to swim. More...
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The latest issue of the Aquatic Sciences Chronicle is now available online. The Chronicle delivers the latest news from the Aquatic Sciences Center, the administrative home of the Sea Grant and Water Resources institutes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. More...
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently re-established the process by which communities may submit applications to have NOAA consider nominations of areas of the marine and Great Lakes environments as national marine sanctuaries. More...
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Scientists are using high-tech trackers on lean and siscowet lake trout to observe depth selection. But how will this effect the fish that's on your dinner table? More...
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A federal report from the National Predictive Services Program anticipates the potential for a higher than average number of wildfires for the Great Lakes region by the end of summer. More...
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The Muskegon County Water Safety Task Force, in partnership with the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, is offering a water safety course in the Muskegon area that will teach water current safety, how to recognize someone in trouble in the water and the "dangers of the surf environment" in the Great Lakes. More...
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The lakefront real estate market on Lake Ontario is back on an upswing since the recession has eased. More...
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The fish are biting on the big lake and one charter company is taking angling to a whole new, high tech level. More...
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The Water Resources Reform and Development Act, which includes a provision establishing the Great Lakes Navigation System, was signed into law Tuesday by President Barack Obama. More...
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Though it's starting to feel like summer in the Great Lakes region, with temperatures soaring into the 80s, icebergs are still loitering in Lake Superior -- a reminder of an especially harsh winter. More...
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The Lake Michigan Water Trail Association hopes to create an international trail system around the Great Lakes, stretching through eight states and the provinces of Ontario and Quèbec. More...
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Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan have teamed up for a public service campaign to encourage boaters and anglers to avoid spreading zebra mussels, spiny water fleas and other aquatic invaders when they travel between states. More...
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While many would say they care about the state of their local water bodies when asked, arguably few are more passionate than Mark Mattson, of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper. He spoke about Lake Ontario and what can be done to stay safe while swimming. More...