Recent sightings of the latest class of captive-reared Great Lakes piping plovers on their wintering grounds in Georgia highlight ongoing recovery and tracking work for this small shorebird species, which […]
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Powerboat racing is set to return to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in summer 2026 as part of the city’s ongoing hosting of high-speed offshore racing events, continuing a tradition that draws competitors […]
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Detroit’s Gordie Howe International Bridge is set to change the way people cross the Detroit River. For the first time in decades, residents will be able to walk or bike, […]
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The Great Lakes are roughly “on schedule” for their ice season and researchers have begun to track lake ice percentages daily. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.
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With so much ice and wind in the Great Lakes region, most people would think twice before heading outside for very long. But for others, the conditions are perfect. Read […]
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A bomb cyclone winter storm brought wind gusts over 50 mph to much of Michigan and those winds pushed water out of western Lake Erie in a massive way exposing […]
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Michigan has a mussel expert who wants to save the native filter feeders from being smothered by invasive mussels now in the Great Lakes. The state scientist will discuss during […]
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Windy conditions and colder temperatures have created more ice on the St. Lawrence River causing seaway traffic to slow down with up to a half a dozen ships being anchored. […]
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Attorney General Dana Nessel filed an amicus brief to strike down EPA standards that don’t require existing ships on the Great Lakes to install treatment systems for ballast water discharge. […]
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Gale force winds producing waves not seen since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975 are hitting the Great Lakes. Giant waves in some parts of Lake Superior were […]
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Pink salmon hail from the Pacific Northwest but were stocked in Lake Superior in 1956. By 1979 the species had spread throughout the Great Lakes. Read the full story by […]
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Winter storms on the Great Lakes have a habit of briefly giving things back — from exposed reefs and forgotten shorelines to shipwrecks that have sat underwater for more than […]