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Visitors to Niagara Falls may have noticed a crane dangling workers over the ledge above a lower observation deck on Monday; the workers were chipping away at loose rock in a process called ice-jacking on the Canadian side of the Horseshoe Falls. Read the full story in the St. Catharines Standard. View the full article

Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinac has been the focus of protesters and environmentalists for years. The pipeline turned 65 years old on Monday, and to mark that date groups across Michigan gathered to urge shutdown of the line. Read and view the full story by WXMI-TV – Grand Rapids, MI. View the full article

The founder of a citizens’ movement that helped expose the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is one of the recipients of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. Read the full story by BBC News. View the full article

The Lindgrens have been living in their Kenosha, Wisconsin home overlooking Lake Michigan for decades, but due to erosion, the bluff the house sits on is crumbling from underneath. Read the full story by the Mount Pleasant Patch. View the full article

Piping plovers are little shorebirds, and they’re an endangered species in the Great Lakes region. But they’re making a comeback thanks to conservation efforts and even some heroics. Read and listen to the full story by Michigan Radio. View the full article

Throughout the states that border Lake Michigan, fish are on the move. Some, as you’d expect, are swimming through lakes, rivers and streams—but thousands of others are traveling by truck. Read the full story by Route Fifty. View the full article

Here’s to the U.S. Senate. Most Great Lakes members held together last week as the chamber refused even to consider a bill that would have opened the lakes to invasive species that would inflict ecological havoc. Read the full story by the Buffalo News. View the full article

Shipwreck hunters affiliated with the National Museum of the Great Lakes have located what they believe is the oldest shipwreck ever discovered in Lake Erie: a schooner that sank east of Kellys Island in 1829. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article

In Ohio, the Toledo Zoo will raise about 1,500 young lake sturgeon this summer in an effort to restore a fish species in Lake Erie that’s nearly extinct. Eggs to raise the hatchlings will arrive in June and fish will be released into the Maumee River in August or September. Read the full story by WTVG – TV, Toledo, OH. View the full article

Lake Erie walleye anglers have a lot to be happy about: walleye fishing on the lake is expected to improve this year because of more keeper-sized fish. Read the full story by the Erie Times-News. View the full article

Scientists using GoPro cameras in Lake Michigan have found the lakebed coated in invasive quagga mussels. The GoPros are attached to a small dredge used to collect mud and mussels for analysis. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo. View the full article

Research into Lake Erie’s toxic algae shows no clear decrease in the pollutants feeding the persistent blooms during the past five years, according to an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency report. Read the full story by the Associated Press. View the full article

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be in Conneaut, Michigan, this week to begin the days-long process of treating the Conneaut Creek with lampricides, a solution designed to kill sea lamprey larvae. Read the full story by the Star Beacon. View the full article

The National Museum of the Great Lakes will hold its annual underwater archaeology workshop at the museum in Toledo. During the event, lectures on various aspects of underwater archaeological research will be given, followed by a simulated survey of the Col. James M. Schoonmaker museum ship. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article

After the first 18 months of a 10-year study on the St. Louis River lake sturgeon population, scientists have found few adults are returning to spawn and biologists have little evidence of young fish being produced. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune. View the full article

In Wisconsin, the pipeline to divert Lake Michigan water to the city of Waukesha will pass nearly 775 properties, and those property owners have been notified that they will soon see contractors in their neighborhoods. The workers will be checking property boundaries, collecting soil samples and confirming locations of wetlands and endangered species’ habitats along Waukesha’s preferred 12.5-mile-long pipeline route. Read the full story by the Journal Sentinel. View the full article

A remotely operated underwater vehicle was deployed to assess the damage on utility cables that recently leaked coolant in the Mackinac Straits. It will obtain underwater imagery of the cables and provide the U.S. Coast Guard with information about how to deal with them. Read the full story by WZZM 13 TV – Grand Rapids, MI. View the full article

The U.S. Navy has officially christened the fourth vessel to bear the USS Indianapolis name at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine Shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin, and launched the LCS-class ship into the Menominee River on Wednesday morning. Read the full story by MLive.com. View the full article

After being closed since the end of November, the Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue station in Thunder Bay, Ontario opens for a new season this weekend. Read the full story by Thunder Bay News Watch. View the full article

After being closed since the end of November, the Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue station in Thunder Bay, Ontario opens for a new season this weekend. Read the full story by Thunder Bay News Watch. View the full article

Many states allow the spearing of rough fish, but Michigan is unique, one of the few places that permits taking gamefish with a spear. There are reams of exclusions protecting primarily trout waters and boundary waters, but for the most part Michigan allows northern pike and muskellunge to be speared through the ice. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade. View the full article

The shipping company recently named as the party responsible for damage to underwater power lines and the controversial Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac has been tied to maritime hazards at least once before. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

Protecting the Great Lakes and Michigan’s natural resources is a crucial task that’s best accomplished by Michiganders working together. Read and listen to the full story by Michigan Radio. View the full article

Canadian grain shipments may be backlogged at elevators on the Prairies, but it remains smooth sailing at the Port of Thunder Bay this spring. Read the full story by Northern Ontario Business. View the full article

In “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes,” journalist Dan Egan crafts a cautious yet hopeful narrative using history, reporting, and his own experiences to highlight the threats posed to the world’s largest freshwater system. Read the full story by Detroit Public TV. View the full article