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It was 50 years ago that the New York Department of Environmental Conservation’s Bill Pearce had a vision to stock salmon and trout in Lake Ontario, following a lead that was started by Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Buffalo News. View the full article

The federal government has played a huge role in reviving the Great Lakes, but some in the region wonder how strong that support is in light of proposed funding cuts and turmoil within the EPA. Read the full story by Great Lakes Today. View the full article

Night sky lovers, it’s time to do your happy dance: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has released its list of 2018 star parties, and the first one kicks off this weekend. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

Clean up of the Straits of Mackinac started over the weekend after as much as 600 gallons of coolant were spilled. The United States Coast Guard said that the North Shore Environmental worked to extract the remaining product over the weekend, and crews found no evidence of pollution. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

Thousands of fish, dead from a viral infection and cold-water stress, are littering the open waters and shore of Irondequoit Bay and part of the Erie Canal. Spring die-offs of fish are not uncommon, but this year’s outbreak appears to be especially bad. Read the full story by the Democrat and Chronicle. View the full article

In Michigan, residents of an Upper Peninsula island have been trapped by ice jams for a week and a half and are trying to wait out an unusual onslaught of subfreezing temperatures until ferry service is restored. Read the full story by the Detroit News. View the full article

More than 4,000 adult trout have been stocked in three southeastern Michigan rivers, giving anglers an opportunity for some good springtime catches. The state Department of Natural Resources says the trout had been used for breeding at state hatcheries. Read the full story by the Associated Press. View the full article

Tourism officials hope a new sign will inspire everyone to show their love for Lake Erie. Lake Erie Shores & Islands, the area’s tourism bureau, will soon put up a big “Lake Erie Love” sign at Huron’s Nickel Plate Beach. Read the full story by the Sandusky Register. View the full article

Blue green algal blooms have plagued Lake Erie over the past decade, causing untold ecological damage, affecting human health and costing governments and industry hundreds of millions of dollars annually. But a program analyst with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs says that the province and the agricultural community are poised to make positive changes. Read the full story by Chatham This Week. View the full article

Ogdensburg City Council approved the borrowing of up to $4.3 million on Monday, money needed to begin restoring the municipality’s flood damaged seawall, boardwalk and other areas along the St. Lawrence River. Read the full story by the Watertown Daily Times. View the full article

The Lake Superior Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Superior was among those recognized with an Academic Staff Excellence Award on Friday. Read the full story by the Superior Telegram. View the full article

$40 million in additional funding was approved in New York’s budget this year for property damage due to last spring’s Lake Ontario flooding, because many property owners and municipalities are still on a priority-based waiting list for help. That’s in addition to the $45 million directed toward relief efforts in last year’s budget. Read the full story by WGRZ – Buffalo, NY. View the full article

Twenty-five years ago, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, fell victim to bacteria that entered the drinking water supply. The result was the largest waterborne epidemic in history. Read the full story by WITI – Milwaukee, WI. View the full article

A report made public Friday by EPA’s regional office in Chicago assesses Lake Huron’s ecosystem problems, sets research and monitoring priorities and outlines steps toward improvements. Read the full story by The Associated Press. View the full article

A lawsuit being filed by Ohio’s attorney general against the agricultural giant Monsanto could have huge ramifications for Toledo’s Ottawa River and dozens of other Ohio waterways. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article

Native to the Gulf Coast, red swamp crayfish are a staple in Southern cooking. But far from home, these “mini-lobsters” pose a significant threat to the environment in Michigan – including to native crayfish species. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article

After a chemical company turned one mid-Michigan town into one of the most contaminated superfund sites in the U.S., a community advisory group took the lead to remedy the worsening situation. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo. View the full article

After a chemical company turned one mid-Michigan town into one of the most contaminated superfund sites in the U.S., a community advisory group took the lead to remedy the worsening situation. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo. View the full article

Founded in 1922 by Norwegian immigrant Hans Hansen, Toledo-based H Hansen Industries has grown into the largest ship maintenance provider on the Great Lakes. This year, 18 freighters, including a record six thousand-footers, cruised into Toledo, Ohio, for required upkeep. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade. View the full article

The start of the 60th shipping season on the St. Lawrence Seaway is highlighting the huge ecological risks that accompany trade in the Great Lakes region. Read the full story by the Wisconsin Gazette. View the full article

Library | Nearly all the coastal wetlands and other natural habitat that historically surrounded Lake St. Clair has been degraded or lost as industry, urbanization, commercial agriculture and suburban development have reshaped the landscape. From 2002 to 2005, the Great Lakes Commission led a Lake St. Clair project focused on providing information and tools to guide future development and planning for the conservation and restoration of the area’s coastal habitat. In so doing, this project addressed several priorities in the Great Lakes Basin Compact—the Commission’s founding document—and its strategic plan, including the call to “collect, analyze and interpret baseline data and information on natural resources and environmental conditions for use by Great Lakes – St. Lawrence researchers, managers and policymakers.” Published 2006 | Download PDF Return to the Library main page CONTACT For questions or media inquiries, please contact Beth Wanamaker, [email protected]. Library by Subject About the Commission Advisor Air Quality Aquatic Invasive Species Areas of Concern Data and Monitoring Economy and Transportation Energy Habitat and Coastal Land Use Maps Newsletters News and Announcements Policy and Advocacy Ports and Navigation Regional Agreements Soil Erosion and Dredging Tourism and Recreation Water Quality Water Quantity and Use View the full article

In an effort to protect water quality and reduce Lake Erie’s phosphorus pollution, Ohio farm organizations and their partners will work with farmers in the Western Lake Erie Basin to expand the number who use Nutrient Management Plans. The project will increase the use of soil testing to achieve improved nutrient management. Read the full story from The Beacon. View the full article

Anglers fishing in the Saginaw Bay area could receive $100 for reporting a tagged walleye to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. According to Dave Fielder, a research biologist out of the DNR’s Alpena Fisheries Research Station, information collected from the tags is essential to measuring the health of the population and is critical data used to plan future management actions. Read the full story from ClickOnDetroit.com. View the full article

Bonaparte’s gulls, Chroicocephalus philadelphia, have returned to the Great Lakes for a brief stop-over on their annual spring migration to their Canadian and Alaskan summer breeding grounds. “Bonnies” are one of the smallest gulls in the world and can been seen for the next few weeks in lower Lake Huron or the St. Clair River. Read the full story from the Times Herald. View the full article

In this approach, developed in the Netherlands and now being studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, large amounts of sand are strategically deposited and then, over a long period of time, gradually redistributed by the waves. Read the full story by Marine Technology News. View the full article