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Plans to allow a restaurant liquor license at Indiana Dunes State Park in Porter County, Ind., were voted down amid beach safety concerns. More...

The Mich. Dept. of Natural Resources has tagged and released more than 7,000 Lake Michigan smallmouth bass in the past decade. Tag data returns indicate that smallmouth bass have increased in size and number compared to 20 years ago. More...

Hundreds of tiny sturgeon will be released into the Manistee River in Manistee, Mich., this weekend with the hope that at least half of them will return a decade or two later. More...

Hundreds of tiny sturgeon will be released into the Manistee River this weekend with the hope that at least half of them will return a decade or two later. More...

The Porter County Alcoholic Beverage Commission voted Thursday to nix a plan to allow a restaurant liquor license at the Indiana Dunes State Park. More...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has tagged and released more than 7,000 Lake Michigan smallmouth bass in the past decade and tag data returns indicate that smallmouth bass have increased in size and number compared to 20 or 30 years ago. More...

The amount of cargo carried on the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes fell by more than 10 per cent in the first half of the shipping season, as Chinese demand for coal and iron ore wavered amid global economic uncertainty. More...

In Cornwall, Ont., garbage, floating in the St. Lawrence River, a few feet from the Cornwall Waterfront Trail, has drawn the attention of some residents. More...

Boaters and residents in Niagara County village and in Canada say excessive speed by tour craft on the Niagara River leaves property damage in its wake. More...

28 states measured water activity using park reports and other publicly available data and at least two Great Lakes states boasted top-five rankings in every category they measured for water activity. More...

Global climate change continues delivering warmer temperatures and heavier rains to Minnesota, lakes and their inhabitants and scientists are still trying to figure out how a changing climate affects walleye and other species of fish. More...

The city of Fremont, Ohio, has still not received a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Section 404 permit that is needed to work on the Ballville dam removal because there must be supplemental sampling and testing of sediment in the impoundment area behind the dam. More...

Leaders at the Maryland Department of Environment believe that Lake Erie leaders can learn a lot from what they're doing to reduce nutrient loadings and improve water quality. More...

The water-dependent economy of the Great Lakes states grew much faster than other sectors of the domestic economy in 2012, according to a recent report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). More...

By compiling meteorological wind data derived from several sources, scientists have assembled the first full observational wind atlas of the Great Lakes, which bolsters the chances for developing wind energy in the region. More...

A significant reduction in phosphorus and decreased algae in the Sheboygan River have resulted in a proposal by the Wisconsin Department of Resources to remove one of the beneficial use impairments for the river. More...

Developed collaboratively by the U.S. EPA, U.S Geological Survey, and Wisconsin DNR, Virtual Beach is free decision-support software that enables coastal beach managers, public health professionals, and researchers to efficiently develop and operate water-quality models to inform beach-specific decisions. More...

Developed collaboratively by the U.S. EPA, U.S Geological Survey, and Wisconsin DNR, Virtual Beach is free decision-support software that enables coastal beach managers, public health professionals, and researchers to efficiently develop and operate water-quality models to inform beach-specific decisions. More...

The SS Columbia arrived in Buffalo last week where it will remain at a Lake Erie waterfront dock in Silo City. More...

The building next to the Renaissance Center was built to attract cruise ships. More...

The property also includes at least one Indian burial mound, which the company has said it will not disturb. The DNR should make sure that there aren't more such sites. While the company would not be required to preserve the mounds, it needs to treat the sites with the respect they deserve, and will have to move any remains to another location. More...

Officials from a portion of Lake Ontario from Jefferson County through Wayne County, New York, want that portion of the lake to become a national marine sanctuary. The coalition of activists and government leaders from four counties are applying for the federal designation that would put that section of the lake in the same category as places like the Florida Keys. More...

Due to an expiring deal with Midwest Energy Resources Co., 2015 won't feature the same 1.69 million tons of coal being exported out of Duluth, Minn., that 2014 did. But it doesn't mean the end of the practice altogether. More...

Enbridge Energy's promise to keep heavy crude out of the Straits of Mackinac doesn't remove the threat to the Great Lakes, and it shouldn't appease those charged with protecting them, either. More...

Several Michigan lawmakers have joined their peers from the seven other Great Lakes states in expressing concern about a proposal by a Wisconsin city to divert water from the the lakes basin. More...