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In Montreal, Quèbec, medias from around the world have turned their attention to the raw sewage controversy but Mayor Denis Coderre is suggesting to American reporters it would be "appropriate to take a look at some cities in the U.S. before talking against Montreal." More...
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In Michigan, the state wants to create a loan fund to help Flint residents replace pipes. One Flint legislator wants the state to replace the pipe itself, saying Flint residents are owed. More...
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The Coast Guard has been responding to a leaky shipwreck on the bottom of western Lake Erie. The shipwreck is believed to be the Argo, a tank barge that sank in 1937 and it's considered the biggest pollution threat from a shipwreck in the Great Lakes. More...
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U.S. ports were busy moving grain and project cargo in October and despite the recent slowdown in the global steel market, cargo volumes moving through the Port of Cleveland continued to exceed 2014 numbers. More...
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Sunken ships, missing planes, and storms so crazy they look photoshopped. There are so many strange phenomena surrounding Lake Michigan, that some scholars now say Bermuda might not be the only spot with a triangle. More...
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Several dairy farms in Jefferson County, N.Y., have planned projects similar to the 2-million-gallon concrete manure storage structure at Porterdale Farms in Rodman, N.Y. More...
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Photographers recalls Daniel J. Morrell sinking 49 years ago
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Nearly half a century ago - Nov. 29, 1996 - the 603-foot freighter Daniel J. Morrell sank in Lake Huron, killing 28 of its 29 crew members. The story of its sinking, and the exploration of the wreck, is the subject of a documentary video by Detroit Free Press filmmaker Eric Seals. More... -
Author Jerry Dennis, a Traverse City, Mich., native and resident who has made the Great Lakes a major focus of his research and writing, sees them in a good-news, bad news framework. More...
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The fort Sheridan Forest Preserve, in Ill., includes a trail along Lake Michigan. A master plan for public access improvements and habitat restoration is in place after three years of debate and discussion. More...
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab has issued its latest Experimental Lake Erie Harmful Algal Bloom Bulletin, which details the extent of the 2015 bloom. Their initial analysis indicates the bloom was the most severe of this century. More...
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The Armistice Day Storm of 1940 was anything but your run of the mill weather event. Most meteorologists agree the storm was one of, if not the biggest to hit the Great Lakes since 1900. More...
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Tall Ships will set sail for Green Bay, Wis., next summer and tens of thousands of people are expected to come see them. More...
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The Port Clinton City Council, Ohio, unanimously voted to accept changes to the contract language between the city and the Port Clinton Lighthouse Conservancy to place the 119-year old wooden pier light on the shore of Lake Erie next year. More...
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Recreating the monster storm that sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald
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A monster storm was whipping across Lake Superior when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Nov. 10 1975. Modern data spells out the severity of the storm, including two intriguing factors. More... -
Our Great Lakes really are the lifeline of Southwest Michigan, and communities across the region. We can uphold the natural beauty by working in a bipartisan manner so that our kids and grandkids can enjoy the exquisite beauty of the Great Lakes. More...
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NOAA is asking for the public's input on a proposed national marine sanctuary to protect historic shipwrecks in a section of Lake Michigan along the Wisconsin coast. The area was proposed to NOAA with broad community support. Public comment is available online at regulations.gov under Docket number NOAA-NOS-2015-0112. More...
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The Marine Museum in Goderich, Ont., could be on the move - if the Great Lakes Storm 1913 Remembrance Committee has their way. More...
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Is your lawn or garden poisoning Lake Erie? It's no longer up for debate: It's an established fact that landscaping and gardening practices are also main culprits in surface and groundwater contamination. More...
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The forecast for Nov. 11, 1940 was nothing out of the ordinary. It was unreasonably warm, with the high temperature pushing 60 degrees before noon. All throughout the Midwest, people left their homes in short sleeves, and, on the Great Lakes, freighters were in transit. More...
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If people want to know what the Edmund Fitzgerald looks like, there are numerous drawings, photos and models online that show the ill-fated carrier in its final resting place. Veteran diver Terrence Tysall, however, has seen the looming hull of the famous shipwreck with his own eyes. More...
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Ottawa County Parks Department staffers joined with volunteers with the Ottawa County Invasive Phragmites Group and GEI Consultants in attempting to wipe out phragmites along Grand River, in Mich. More...
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Forty years ago this week, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank to the bottom of Lake Superior, carrying 29 men to their death on Nov. 10, 1975. The tragedy, famously immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot, is being remembered this week with events across the region. More...
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The next CILER-GLERL Great Lakes seminar takes place Nov. 13 in Ann Arbor, Mich. The seminar is titled "Potential forcing variables that drive coastal dune evolution along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan: Does hemispheric ENSO Cycling also play a role?" More...
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The U.S. Coast Guard says divers will try again on Monday to get a sample of a substance from a Lake Erie shipwreck, so that substance can finally be positively identified. More...
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Michigan's Wayne County wastewater treatment plant will soon have to reduce the amount of phosphorus it dumps into the Detroit River. It's part of the state's plan to lower phosphorus levels in Lake Erie to control cyanobacteria blooms. More...