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Beneath the pristine blue water of Lake Michigan, there's a barely-visible threat: microbeads. More...
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The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has sent the U.S. EPA a letter asking the federal agency to remove Deer Lake in Ishpeming from the federal list of environmental Areas of Concern. More...
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Researchers recently found that hard working sheep dogs proved successful at keeping seagulls away from Lake Michigan beaches. Gull droppings are known to be a source of E. coli bacteria. More...
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It's starting to feel like summer, but it doesn't look like it on Lake Superior. Ice is still stacked up on the Duluth, Minn., shoreline. More...
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Forecasters are now predicting that billowing blooms of toxic algae will overrun Lake Erie this summer, making 2014 the latest in a line of years that have seen the lake looking like a big, slimy putting green. More...
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From the shoreline at North Avenue Beach in Chicago, the blue water of Lake Michigan stretches as far as the eye can see. But beneath that pristine image, there's a barely-visible threat, says Jennifer Caddick of the Alliance for the Great Lakes: microbeads. More...
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The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has sent the EPA a letter asking the federal agency to remove Deer Lake in Ishpeming from its federal list of environmental areas of concern. More...
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Researchers found that the hard working sheep dogs were successful at keeping seagulls away from beaches. Gull dropping are known to be a source of E. coli bacteria, which can lead to abdominal cramping and diarrhea in humans. More...
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It's starting to feel like summer, but it doesn't look like it on Lake Superior. Ice is still stacked up on the Duluth shoreline. More...
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Forecasters are now predicting that billowing blooms of toxic algae will overrun Erie this summer, making 2014 the latest in a line of years that have seen the lake looking like a big, slimy putting green. More...
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Lake Michigan is up 12 to 14 inches according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit Office. More...
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State conservation officers are reminding people fishing in the St. Lawrence River that sturgeon are a threatened species and should not be caught. More...
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Even as environmental groups push for alternative energy sources across the Great Lakes basin and as some lawmakers encourage efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions, most energy powering homes still comes from coal-fired generators. More...
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Toledo and northwest Ohioans are pursuing a new branding initiative to make sure that people recognize and know of the strengths in their region, most notably Lake Erie. More...
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It's great news for boaters and the shipping industry. On the whole, water levels on the Great Lakes are up. More...
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The May issue of the Council of Great Lakes Governors' quarterly newsletter, The Compass, is now available online. The Compass provides an update on the Governors' high performance agenda and ongoing work through the Council. More...
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The forecast for Lake Erie this summer looks like it will be calling for another outbreak of algae on the water. More...
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When you dream about vacation, why do you want to go? Tourism surveys find that top answers include: spending time with family; rest and relaxation; and adventure, fun, and excitement. Yet, you do not need to travel far to meet these goals. More...
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For more than 150 years, the Maid of the Mist tour boats have been all alone below Niagara Falls as they've ferried tourists close enough to be drenched by the spray.But this tourist season, a second set of boats is navigating the Niagara Gorge. More...
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Sea lampreys look alien, and Jim Frazer had a close encounter of the worst kind with one last weekend during the Port Huron Spring Fling salmon fishing tournament More...
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She made history two years ago as the youngest person to swim across Lake Ontario and now 16-year-old Annaleise Carr is preparing for her next challenge- the 75-kilometre swim across Lake Erie. More...
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Federal agencies burned an area of grassland yesterday. The goal of the prescribed burn was to remove invasive reed canary grass, and to prepare the area for planting of native trees and other vegetation. More...
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Its official name is the Deep Geologic Repository project (DGR); a proposed underground site to store nuclear waste less than a mile from Lake Huron near the town of Kincardine, Ont. More...
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At the Cheboygan City Council's regular meeting Tuesday it was reported that the dredging of the Cheboygan River, Wisc. will begin in late August and continue through September. More...
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The tiny plastic particles that became more popular in soaps and facial scrubs over the last few years are showing up on beaches and in the waters of the Great Lakes, especially Lake Erie in New York. More...