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The Watershed Center of Grand Traverse Bay reports that Lake Michigan water levels are above average right now and it’s not necessarily a bad thing. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI. View the full article

There are many challenges facing the Great Lakes, among them the threat of a non-native species — Asian Carp — entering its ecosystem. Read the full story by The News-Herald. View the full article

The last two wolves on Lake Superior’s Isle Royale are still hanging on, while researchers estimate the island’s moose population to be 1,475. Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio. View the full article

Ohio Governor John Kasich said he plans to issue an executive order if state lawmakers won’t limit fertilizer use in certain parts of the state that contribute to problematic phosphorus and nitrate runoff in Lake Erie. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer. View the full article

Almost a year after Lake Ontario’s waters rose to their highest level on record,Niagara County is finally getting some reimbursements through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Read the full story by Niagara Gazette. View the full article

Ohio officials have long refused to designate the open waters of Lake Erie’s western basin as environmentally impaired, until earlier this year when they were forced to do so following a lawsuit by two environmental groups. Read the full story by Cleveland.com. View the full article

Scientific data indicates quite conclusively that the ebb and flow of currents through the Straits of Mackinac guarantee that anything that spills into the waters in that region will alternately impact Lake Superior and Lake Huron. Read the fully story by The Manitoulin Expositor. View the full article

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have built a prototype of a custom microscope system that can quickly identify algae or cyanobacteria in water samples. Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio. View the full article

In Ontario, the Hamilton city council will begin storing away money to deal with extreme weather and other anticipated impacts of climate change, following several incidents of damage involving Lake Ontario. Read the full story by CBC News. View the full article

One year after winning its own battle against a waste disposal plant, the Hamilton, Ontario, City Council voted Tuesday to back the nearby town of Ingersoll in their quest to keep garbage from Toronto out of their watershed. Read the full story by CBC News. View the full article

Ohio Gov. John Kasich found himself in some hot water after saying in a recent speech that he doesn’t believe Lake Erie is impaired, contradicting a declaration from his own Environmental Protection Agency in March. Now Kasich is clarifying those comments. Read the full story by WOSU Public Media. View the full article

The Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch hawk count set two records this year in tallying migrating birds in the Straits. The large tally is attributed to a delayed migration from bouts of poor flying conditions that stalled migration for many days. Read the full story by the Cheboygan Daily Tribune. View the full article

Residents along Lake Erie in southeastern Michigan are restoring their properties after a recent storm collapsed a seawall and flooded the area. Read the full story by the Associated Press. View the full article

As the water temperature of Lake Michigan becomes warmer, midges emerge from the lake and swarm. Get the fully story by WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee. View the full article

Detroit residents are seeing their water bills drop as part of a city program that installs new toilets for free and covers plumbing repairs. The program benefits all of southeast Michigan, not just Detroit. Less water running through Detroit household pipes and toilets means less sewage overflows contaminating Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River. Read the full story by The Associated Press. View the full article

Michigan’s AuSable River is at the center of a lawsuit. A recreational fishing group is claiming that a commercial fish farm is violating the public trust and the Environmental Protection Act. Read the full story by WDET – Detroit, MI. View the full article

An accidental fire that torched a large swath of dune grass at Canatara Beach in Sarnia, Ontario, could have been much worse, says a local environmentalist. Read the full story by The Sarnia Journal. View the full article

Two of the Great Lakes still have chunks of ice floating around as of May 13. Lake Superior and Lake Huron both are reporting some ice remaining on the water. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

A national nonprofit conservation group petitioned the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday to list the lake sturgeon as a threatened or endangered species. Read the full story by The Buffalo News. View the full article

A Minnesota engineer has created floating bogs that remove sulfate from water contaminated by mining pollution, thus protecting wild rice growing in the waterways. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio. View the full article

Protective sleeves will likely be wrapped around dented portions of the Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac, which was damaged last month by a suspected anchor strike. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

It’s not your imagination; Lake Erie water levels are up. The recent wet spell pushed Lake Erie’s water levels this week to 22 inches above the long-term normal for May. Read the full story by Cleveland.com. View the full article

When Michigan granted Nestle the ability to pump more groundwater out of the state for next to nothing, it ruffled feathers in the city of Flint. After harsh public backlash, Nestle decided it will donate truckloads of water to Flint each week for the next several months. Read the full story by WNEM – Bay City, MI. View the full article

Members of a Michigan state board in charge of the safety of pipelines say they’re not alarmed by a recent coolant spill into the Straits of Mackinac. Read the full story by WEMU – Ypsilanti, MI. View the full article

A draft of an upcoming waterfront capital-works report from city consultant AECOM makes a reference to the potential of floating platforms or other “deep water” structures. Read the full story by the Hamilton Spectator. View the full article