Federal and Michigan state officials joined to mark the opening of a resort on a former Superfund site in Houghton this week. The Keweenaw Waters Resort is a 25-acre waterfront […]
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More land at the tip of Ontario’s Bruce Peninsula has been protected as a nature reserve, with two levels of government providing funding to buy the approximately one kilometre section of […]
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A groundwater report made public by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection indicates contamination from the shuttered Erie Coke site is migrating toward Lake Erie. Read the full story by WJET-TV […]
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Some passengers on a cruise ship are getting their first taste of the U.P. Tuesday morning, Victory Cruise Lines’ Victory II docked at Lower Harbor in Marquette around 6:30 a.m. Read […]
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In Michigan this week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will begin applying lampricides to the Cass River in Tuscola and Saginaw counties to kill sea lamprey larvae burrowed in […]
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Great Lakes piping plovers are getting busy replenishing the species’ numbers. With 82 pairs confirmed, conservation officials stated this year is a record-breaking nesting season for the federally endangered shorebird. […]
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A Chicago native known as the Great Lake Jumper leaps into Lake Michigan every morning for the solitude and a splash of rejuvenation. This past weekend marked five years of […]
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Beaches are tested regularly in Michigan by the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy and their statuses are updated frequently. Over Father’s Day weekend beaches in Chippewa and Muskegon […]
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A gold pocket watch connects a Lake Michigan beach town to an English port town. It’s a homecoming 165 years in the making, weaving invisible strings between a British parliament […]
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Ann Arbor, Michigan – Organizations across the region will come together to educate the public about aquatic invasive species (AIS) during the seventh annual Great
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Crews are assessing damage after an 806-foot freighter loaded with 29,700 tons of stone bound for Marquette, Michigan, grounded in the St. Marys River. The Interlake Steamship Company said the […]
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Ontario Great Lakes Day was held at Kingtson’s Gord Downie Pier on Saturday, a day of swimming, diving and educating the public about the importance of the freshwater basin we […]