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A Department of Natural Resources operation over the Thanksgiving weekend caught more than two dozen people illegally taking Whitefish from piers in Grand Haven, Muskegon and Whitehall, Mich. More...
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Entergy's plan to close the FitzPatrick nuclear plant is a financial decision. And it's one that has enormous consequences for Oswego County, N.Y., and its surrounding areas. More...
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GLIN's December Site of the Month is the Great Lakes Historical Society, an organization dedicated to preserving the history of the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Historical Society operates the National Museum of the Great Lakes, the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship, and a maritime park in Toledo, Ohio. More...
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New national guidelines are being developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to protect swimmers and kayakers from the growing threats posed by toxic algae in lakes and rivers. More...
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Canada's environmental minister will delay making a final decision on a controversial plan to bury nuclear waste within a mile of Lake Huron in Kincardine, Ont., until March 1, 2016. More...
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A decision may be nearing on the proposed plan to change the way Lake Ontario's water levels are regulated, and both proponents and opponents are continuing efforts to influence the outcome. More...
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In South Haven, Mich., the Historical Association of South Haven took the lighthouse from the federal government three years ago and have now secured the funding to save it. More...
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An Ohio group is moving ahead with plans to harness Lake Erie's strong winds, in sharp contrast to neighbouring Ontario that slapped a moratorium on wind farms in all its Great Lakes amid a public backlash to the spectre of the highrise-sized turbines along its shorelines. More...
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Only a handful of people can afford to learn to SCUBA dive and head down to explore Great Lakes shipwrecks in person. Luckily, the folks at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have the next best thing: Explorable 3D renders of seven ships sunk in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron. More...
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Scientists from The Nature Conservancy, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Central Michigan University are working together to lower approximately 450 tons of specially selected rocks into Grand Traverse Bay near Elk Rapids, Mich., to rebuild a reef to help rehabilitate populations of native fish. More...
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A recent Michigan State University workshop focused on water rights and improving cross-border policies for the protection of the great waters of the world. More...
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore near Traverse City, Mich., is a playground for 1.4 million visitors each year. To scientists, it's a living laboratory. More...
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The Miller Ferry, which provides transportation to and from the Lake Erie islands, will start its extended schedule later this week for the winter season. More...
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After burning coal in the Menomonee Valley for nearly 50 years, We Energies has completed the $62 million conversion of its Milwaukee, Wis., power plant to cleaner-burning natural gas instead. More...
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The lack of international collective action on water rights and regulations often leads to conflict and the over-exploitation of this critical, common-pool resource. A Michigan State University workshop focused on improving cross-border policies for the protection of the great waters of the world. More...
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, in Mich., is a playground for 1.4 million visitors each year. To scientists, it's a living laboratory. More...
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Recently released Great Lakes water level predictions have Superior, Michigan and Huron on the same page. But Erie and Ontario flow to the beat of a different drum. More...
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said that the state of New York had come to an agreement to keep open an Alcoa plant on the St. Lawrence River after promising the company nearly $70 million in state subsidies. More...
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Construction of an Asian carp barrier at Eagle Marsh, in Fort Wayne, Ind., is pretty much finished, just months after the federal project was literally stuck in the mud. More...
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The debate about environmental justice has grown more serious in Michigan after the Department of Environment Quality (DEQ) recently proposed deregulating 500 chemicals. More...
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A group of scientists is taking issue with colleagues who want the federal government to remove gray wolves in the Great Lakes region from the endangered species list. More...
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With another spare-the-swans bill vetoed in Albany, N.Y., New Yorkers who prize upstate's dwindling mute-swan population may need to step in themselves to save the huge birds. More...
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The engineering company that's been working with the city at its water plant will continue to as Flint, Mich., prepares to treat raw water from a new Karegnondi Water Authority pipeline. More...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is again seeking authorization from Ohio to dump some Cuyahoga River sediments directly into Lake Erie. More...
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The debate over a plan to regulate Lake Ontario's water levels flare again. Rep. John Katko met with N.Y. State Department officials to express concern about the International Joint Commission's Plan 2014. More...