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The Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $10 million grant to Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant for monitoring coastal wetlands around the Great Lakes basin over the next five years. More...
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The area was a popular swimming destination in the late 1800s and early 1900s but pollution from industrial waste forced the beach to close in 1938. More...
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The GLIN October Site of the Month is the Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association, a non-profit organization that helps landowners while protecting common economic and environmental infrastructure: land and water resources. More...
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After years of discussion, there is welcome news about removing the Gorge Dam, a project crucial to restoring a healthy flow in the Cuyahoga River, in Ohio. More...
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Clusters of midges are swarming through the damp pockets of Toronto, Ont., seeking each other out as part of the mating season ritual. More...
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Thanks to an infamous public health scare in 1993, Milwaukee, Wis., has largely avoided the nationwide crisis of how to pay for long-deferred upgrades of drinking water treatment systems. More...
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A Michigan lawmaker wants to make sure commercial fish farms will never be allowed to operate in portions of the Great Lakes controlled by Michigan. More...
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Insisting plans to ramp up traffic through the Port of Muskegon, Mich., are not far-fetched, officials say the container shipping could start as early as next season. More...
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Michigan officials say the state has nearly met its goal for reducing phosphorus flowing into Lake Erie. Critics, however, say the self-congratulation is misleading. More...
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources wrapped up its annual fisheries survey in the Saginaw Bay in late September, and this year's survey showed slight improvements in the yellow perch population. More...
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A lot of eyes are focused on this year's salmon spawning run, and plenty of ears await word on just when it's time for a trip to a favorite lakeshore river, but it's the mouths that are already running with rumors of Lake Michigan's salmon fishery in jeopardy of failing. More...
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In Buffaly, N.Y., the installation of a 500-pound lens in the Buffalo Lighthouse caps the $650,000 restoration of the 182-year-old structure. More...
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The City of Montreal, Quèbec, plans to start dumping a colossal amount of untreated wastewater directly into the river from a major sewer interceptor for a seven-day stretch. This is tied into the demolition of the Bonaventure Expressway. More...
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Indiana Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann and Quèbec Minister of International Relations Christine St-Pierre announced Indiana and Quèbec will launch a new Great Lakes shipping partnership that could help identify new cargoes and boost existing shipping volumes. More...
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In Michigan, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters announced two Economic Development Administration grants for studies focused on the Port of Muskegon. More...
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The Ontario Power Generation proposal to build a nuclear waste facility in Kincardine, Ont., puts at risk the integrity of the entire Great Lakes basin and the health of the people and resources that depend on the lakes. More...
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A researcher of the University of Minnesota-Duluth is talking about the Great Ships Initiative, a program that's trying to stop invasive species from hitchhiking in the ballast water of ships. More...
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The "Who's Who" of the Great Lakes community is in Chicago for the yearly Great Lakes Week, a series of conferences bringing together government officials and environmentalists to talk about the region's most pressing environmental issues. More...
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Chinook salmon's numbers are decreasing in Lake Michigan due to a combination of natural forces, invasive species, and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' efforts to dial back the population and prevent a more permanent population crash. More...
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Michigan is doing its part to reduce algae-growing phosphorus from its side of western Lake Erie, officials said during an all-day media tour in southeastern Monroe County. More...
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Fish living in mild-temperature regions benefit from some aspects of climate change, such as more water flowing through rivers. But the negative impacts outweigh the positive ones, according to a study recently published. More...
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Bramble, with a crew of 29 volunteers, left its berth at the Bean Dock at about 12:45 p.m. and cruised majestically beneath the Blue Water Bridge and into Lake Huron. More...
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City Administrator Natasha Henderson says she is trying to broker a deal to reconnect Flint to the Detroit water system. More...
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Most of St. Martin Island and all of a smaller nearby island are now part of a protected area of Michigan and Wisconsin established in 1912. More...
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The plan, which guides management of the Lake Superior fishery in Minnesota waters, was last revised in 2006. The DNR, with public input, revisits the plan every 10 years. More...