Enbridge has said it won’t seek to condemn private property for the proposed pipeline relocation around Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reservation because it’s reached agreements with approximately 300 landowners. Read the full st…
New findings from an Indiana state-wide survey conducted by Indiana University’s Environmental Resilience Institute indicate that racial disparity extends to how Hoosiers perceive climate change and its risks. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
An Indiana steelmaker is still violating its wastewater permits by discharging an excess amount of ammonia as recently as July, according to an analysis by Chicago-based Environmental Law & Policy Center. Read the full story by Post-Tribune.
Proponents of the launch site advocate for the projected economic development; those against the proposed launch site emphasize the impact to the sensitive shoreline and cite potential pollution to The Great Lakes. Read the full story by Detroit Free P…
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency documents how the Rainy River has been transformed, with water quality now defined as “good to excellent,” providing clean drinking water, and a world-class walleye and sturgeon fishery. Read and listen to the full st…
Several large lake sturgeon have been found along Lake Michigan at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan; there have been multiple instances this summer. Read the full story by MLive.
Through a cooperative effort of federal, state, and local government agencies, electric companies, and others, Sturgeon Passage Project on Wisconsin’s Menominee River was built, complete with a fish elevator, to help transport the fish back and forth b…
Two shipwrecks off the coast of the town of Hammond in St. Lawrence County may have the chance to be included in the proposal to establish a national marine sanctuary on Lake Ontario. Read the full story by NNY 360.
Residents were concerned as around 80 ducks were found around a pond in Westland, MI. The Department of Natural Resources has concluded Avian Botulism to be the cause. Read and view the full story by WXYZ-TV – Detroit, MI.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is enlisting the help of researchers to map the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, which encompasses 4,300 square miles of Lake Huron. Read the full story by WBKB-TV – Alpena, MI.
A team from the University of Minnesota Duluth has identified two major factors that contribute to the presence of algae blooms in Lake Superior: a warm year, combined with major weather events or historic rainfall. Read the full story by WLNS-TV – Lak…
At least 84 waterspouts (whirling columns of air and water mist) were recorded over the Great Lakes last week, for the first time in 2020. Read the full story by WDIV-TV – Detroit, MI.
Climate change is worsening toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie, posing a threat to tourism and recreation. Read the full story by Inside Climate News.
City and state officials in Oswego County, New York, broke ground on more than $6 million of improvements to Wright’s Landing Marina that will make the marina more flood resistant and pedestrian friendly. Read the full story by The Palladium Times.
State environmental regulators from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy say minimal damage is anticipated for a small Hillsdale County dam following a partial breach. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that for each of the Great Lakes, except Lake Superior, water levels have likely reached their peak for the year and are predicted to decline. Read the full story by WWMT-TV – Kalamazoo, MI.
Nature is returning to the craters left from the lakes that were drained when two dams failed during torrential rain in mid-Michigan in May. Read the full story by The Associated Press.
Despite all the investments, Chicago and communities on the North Shore are once again scrambling to cope with the effects of an overflowing Lake Michigan. Read the full story by The Chicago Tribune.
Demand is booming for boating in the Great Lakes states due to the coronavirus crisis, and that’s fueling interest in vessel ownerships and boat-sharing memberships. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
Shoreline communities around the Great Lakes are urging the federal government to invest more than $500 million in waterfront protection efforts and more than $20 billion in federal water infrastructure funding. Read the full story by The Voice News.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy is accusing Boyce Hydro of impeding the department’s ability to assess the remaining danger from two collapsed dams that flooded Midland County earlier this year. Read the full story …
Milwaukee’s 467-acre port will undergo major upgrades to build an agricultural export facility and construct a new connector rail-line at the port. Read the full story by Urban Milwaukee.
While Lake Michigan water temperatures are above-average this year, some areas along the Michigan coast have seen fluctuations of 30-degrees Fahrenheit due to upwelling of colder waters from the bottom of the lake to the surface. Read the full story by…
Researchers at Loyola University in Chicago are trapping invasive red swamp crayfish on the Chicago River system near Lake Michigan to understand their ecological dynamics and develop possible control mechanisms for slowing their spread. Read the full …
In the eyes of the law, water bodies remain largely unprotected. Legal scholar Kelsey Leonard says granting legal personhood to water bodies like the Great Lakes can transform how we value this vital resource. Read the full story by NPR.
A group of six swimmers from Holland, Michigan, are attempting to do a 40-mile swim relay-style across Lake Michigan from Two Rivers, Wisconsin, to Ludington, Michigan. Read the full story by the Holland Sentinel.
With the recent high-water levels on Lake Superior, high-waves and storms have caused large runoff landslides, rock falls, tree blow-downs and new sand deposits along the Apostle Islands shorelines. Read the full story by the RiverTowns.
Replacement work on a section of Line 5 running under the St. Clair River through Marysville, Michigan has been completed. Read the full story by the Port Huron Times Herald.
A hot summer has helped to push Lake Superior’s average water temperature several degrees above the long-term normal for this time of year. Read the full story by the Thunder Bay News Watch.
As he canoed the shores of Lake Huron for a month, Waasekom of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation, considered his role as a steward of the land and water and sought to remind others of their responsibilities to protect both. Read the full story by Collingwood …
Deanna van Dijk, a professor of geology, geography, and environmental studies at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, had 1,250 tons of sand delivered to campus on Tuesday, August 4 for hands-on study of sand dunes. Read the full story by MLive.
In what might be the last hope to keep the invalidated Lake Erie Bill of Rights alive, Toledo activist Mike Ferner implored Ohio’s Sixth District Court of Appeals to think outside the box and be brave enough to put the world’s 11th largest freshwater l…
Annual harmful algae blooms on a western New York lake in recent years has resulted in an innovative research project being conducted by the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a possible, short-term …
City communications director Matthew Grant said councillors are expected to hear a confidential update Monday on “the subject of potential charges” regarding a 24 billion-litre sewage spill into Chedoke Creek. Read the full story by the Hamilton Specta…
Asian carp continue to affect the fishing industry and damage ecosystems on the Illinois River. Sorce Enterprises is working on harvesting and utilizing them as a nutritional food source while providing jobs to local communities. Read the full story by…
The contest will reward mask wearing by letting people submit short videos of themselves wearing masks at restaurants, stores, parks, hotels, or attractions in the Indiana Dunes or nearby Porter County communities for the chance to win prizes. Read the…
The Great Lakes just experienced their first waterspout “outbreak” of the 2020 season. Wednesday marked the fifth consecutive day dozens of waterspouts were reported over the lakes, with the majority over Lakes Michigan, Erie, and Ontario. …
The state of Michigan and five Ottawa and Chippewa tribes have more time to renegotiate their expiring agreement governing fishing in the Great Lakes. The decades-old agreement, set to be renegotiated this summer, now will be extended through the end of 2020 to give the parties more time to strike a deal. Read the full […]
A scientist who monitors the annual algal bloom in Sandusky Bay has noticed a big surprise: The bloom hasn’t shown up yet. Read the full story by the Sandusky Register.
As severe weather hits parts of the East Coast, some parts of Western New York are seeing their own wild weather. A waterspout on Lake Erie on Tuesday evening was caught on video. Read the full story by Spectrum News.
It appears a big boat party is on for this weekend in metro Detroit, despite the pandemic. Muscamoot Bay, known as a hotspot on Lake St. Clair on summer weekends, is the site of the annual “Raft Off” the first Saturday in August every year….
A company that owns two mid-Michigan dams that failed in May has filed for bankruptcy. By filing for Chapter 11, the company’s creditors and those seeking damages will face another obstacle. Read the full story by MLive.
According to a recent report from the International Joint Commission’s (IJC) Great Lakes Science Advisory Board, there has been a decline in the fish populations in the offshore regions of Lakes Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior, while Lake Erie’s …
Michigan’s new standards for seven per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) compounds in drinking water — some of the toughest, most comprehensive standards on the chemicals anywhere in the country — took effect Monday. Read the full story by th…
With the exception of Lake Superior, each of the Great Lakes have likely reached their peak water levels for the year, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.
As Ohio farmers in Lake Erie’s Western Basin watershed face declining crop prices, increased media scrutiny and the looming threat of stricter regulations on the industry’s use and release of nutrients, they are in a constant battle to reduce their footprint on the lake and to stay in business. Read the full story by Great […]
The Oswego, IL Village Board Tuesday night will consider hiring a consultant to do an analysis concerning alternative water supply sources in the village as projections showing the aquifer that the region’s municipalities rely on for well water is depleting. Proposed new sources include Lake Michigan water through the DuPage Water Commission. Read the full […]
The Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy is looking to protect a 166-acre property identified as of the highest priority for permanent protection in the Platte River Watershed Management Plan. The proposed preserve would protect a total of more than 6,000 feet of water frontage Platte River watershed and dubbed the Embayment Lakes Nature Preserve. Read […]
As sand deposits grow higher in the federal navigation channel of Waukegan Harbor, potentially imperiling shipping, the United States Army Corps of Engineers has developed a plan to use the sand recovered from dredging the port to combat erosion at are…
In a bid to protect fish stocks and natural habitat in Nipissing from the harmful impacts of double-crested cormorants, the Ontario government is introducing a fall harvest for the species. Read the full story by BayToday.ca