The village of Elberta, Michigan, has been awarded a $5.3 million grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for the development of a waterfront park. The park project will […]
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Some ice has started to form along Lake Erie’s western edge, though federal scientists say these patches represent only the earliest stages of freeze-up, not the onset of lake wide […]
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If the predictions turn out to be accurate, it will be a second year in row of normal ice cover on the Great Lakes – a reprieve, given that winter […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes began ice-breaking operations in the Great Lakes on Wednesday for the winter shipping season. Currently, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Spar will […]
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John U. Bacon spent nearly four years researching and writing his new book about the Edmund Fitzgerald. The public has caught on to the new release titled The Gales of November: The […]
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The Annual Reports of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Regional Water Use Database are published annually, and available via this link to the Great Lakes Regional Water Use website.
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The Palisades Nuclear Plant, a facility that sits on the shore of Lake Michigan, was shut down just two years ago due to financial pressures. As a result of a […]
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Great Lakes fishery managers are moving a suite of new sea lamprey control tools into broader use after early tests sharply reduced reproduction of the invasive predator in several rivers. […]
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Ontario conservation authorities are pushing back on the provincial plan that would merge thirty-six conservation authorities to seven. Read the full story by CTV News.
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Nearly $315,000 in federal funding is headed to local groups across the Great Lakes region to step up control of invasive phragmites, an aggressive reed that overwhelms shorelines and wetlands. […]
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The U.S. National Ice Center released its 2025-2026 seasonal outlook this week, predicting near normal ice conditions across the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Many of Michigan’s most popular fish are getting smaller as inland lakes warm, according to a new University of Michigan study that analyzed more than 75 years of records from […]