An ongoing series of federal waivers has created uncertainty for the United States maritime industry, with experts foreseeing potentially devastating implications for Great Lakes shipping. The waivers suspend a century-old […]
The city of Yorkville, Illinois, is going ahead with a $35 million financing bridge for its Lake Michigan water project while it awaits a $170 million federal loan from the […]
Federal funding will strengthen local support for women navigating the justice system after sex trafficking.
Two former biologists from the EPA’s Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division in Duluth, Minnesota, have joined five other fired EPA employees in federal lawsuits alleging they were unlawfully terminated […]
The Black River in northern Ohio has moved a major step closer to being removed from the U.S. EPA’s Great Lakes Areas of Concern list after federal regulators approved the […]
Federal regulators have approved a Wyandotte, Michigan, chemical manufacturer’s plan to keep chemicals that have leached from contaminated soil into groundwater from reaching the Detroit River. Read the full story […]
By Victoria Witke
Wildfire risk is predicted to stay elevated in the Upper Midwest from drought and high winds. That’s risky for the region’s pristine inland lakes, but land managers are working to reduce wildfire risk in the Northwoods with controlled burns.
By Victoria Witke
Wildfire risk is high in the upper Great Lakes, and research shows that large, scorching wildfires spell trouble for lakes in the region’s remote watersheds.
Water quality scientists predict Lake Erie’s harmful algal bloom will be moderate this summer, comparable to bloom levels seen in 2022 and 2024. Federal, Michigan, and Ohio university researchers presented […]
Ann Arbor, Michigan — Organizations across the region will come together to educate the public about aquatic invasive species (AIS) during the eighth annual Great Lakes