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Stores in Erie County, N.Y. will no longer be able to stock products with microbeads in them on their shelves any longer. More...

Beaches in Wheatley, Ont. have been closed due to reports of intense green water along the shores of Lake Erie. More...

The art of constructing birch bark canoes, once a valuable means of transporting Native American goods in the Great Lakes region, would be lost if not for the work of a few dedicated people. More...

Until Enbridge's Line 5 oil pipeline, which runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac, is permanently decommissioned, the Great Lakes ecosystem and economy are at risk. More...

The Mich. Dept. of Natural Resources has awarded funding to develop Michigan's newest (and longest) trail, the Iron Belle. Each grant recipient was awarded up to $25,000 for planning, engineering and design projects along either the hiking route or the bicycle route of Michigan's Iron Belle Trail. More...

With a fifth of the world's freshwater and covering an area of around 95,000 square miles, North America's Great Lakes are like inland seas, offering many areas for tourists to explore. More...

The president of a Toledo development company has received a 30-day jail term and must repay the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for the costs of cleaning up illegally dumped asbestos from a demolition project. More...

As predicted by multiple organizations, there is now a harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie. More...

Cigarette butts are one of the most common litter items found on Lake Huron public beaches. Data from the Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up shows cigarette butts and related litter sum to 45 percent of all litter removed from the Lake Huron shoreline in 2014. More...

The level of microcystin in Lake Erie where Toledo, Ohio, draws its drinking water dropped slightly Tuesday, but its presence was still enough for city chemists to stay on guard. More...

During the first five years of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, over 2,500 projects were implemented to improve water quality, clean up contaminated shoreline, protect and restore native habitat and species, and prevent and control invasive species in the Great Lakes. That work, which began in 2010, is summarized in a new Report to Congress and the President. More...

Scientists are swapping topographic maps for satellite images as part of a new NASA mission to create the first global inventory of the Earth's surface waters. More...

United States Senator Robert Portman came to see the algae problem first hand. He held a press conference at Green Cove Marina in Oak Harbor. More...

Cigarette butts are one of the most common litter items found on Lake Huron public beaches. Data from the Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up shows cigarette butts and related litter (cigar tips, lighters, and packaging) sum to 45 percent of all litter items removed from the Lake Huron shoreline in 2014. More...

Ontario officials said in a statement that Asian carp, which is considered as the vanquishers of native aquatic species, has been recently found into Lake Ontario. The marine species is also seen posing a huge ecological threat. More...

The level of microcystin in Lake Erie where Toledo draws its drinking water dropped slightly Tuesday, but its presence was still enough for city chemists to stay on guard More...

The need for a camping facility near the river and Lake Ontario in Port Hope was experienced in recent years when fishermen camped along the banks of the Ganaraska River. More...

U.S. Reps. Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI) introduced the Great Lakes Assurance Program Verification Act which would offer federal funding to states that implement a voluntary assurance program to help farms implement conservation efforts. More...

Bright yellow buoys equipped with sensors and scattered across western Lake Erie are more than beacons bobbing in the water. More...

Be wary of where you swim along the western Lake Erie shoreline. More...

The public can check the status of Lake Ontario swimming beaches before they head off to the water this summer through a new website developed by the state Department of Health. More...

Each year Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Coalition brings together a diverse group from throughout the Great Lakes region for the Great Lakes Restoration Conference. Online registration is now available for this year's conference, which takes place Sept. 29-30 and Oct. 1 at The Drake Hotel in Chicago, Ill. More...

In 2015 alone, the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project has tracked 19 Great Lakes drowning incidents. More...

Its depth ballooned in June and July because of as much as 400 percent more rainfall in some areas of the Great Lakes watershed this spring and summer. More...

In 2015 alone, the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project has tracked 19 Great Lakes drowning incidents. More...