A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s attempt to shut down a pipeline segment called Line 5 – which runs beneath a channel linking two of the […]
The Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, Minnesota, is laying plans to work as a partner in an effort to restore lake sturgeon to the St. Louis River, a waterway that […]
As Ohio’s data center boom continues, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is considering a permit to allow new data centers without access to central sewerage systems to dispose of water […]
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and a Great Lakes freighter recently teamed up for an impressive training day on Lake Michigan. The crew of M/V James R. Barker, a 1,004-foot cargo-hauling […]
The Great Lakes region, currently struggling with drought, is now threatened by energy-hungry facilities – but some residents are fighting back. Read the full story by The Guardian.
The Grand Rapids Public Museum and John Ball Zoo have been awarded a grant from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust to support sonar technology for the detection of adult sturgeon. […]
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a series of natural resource and conservation measures this week, including legislation on marine debris and Great Lakes fisheries research. Read the […]
Scientists agree on the source of Great Lakes microplastics pollution: people. What remains far less clear is how microplastics move through the system, where they collect, and why some waters […]
Earlier this week, the Great Lakes PFAS Action Network announced an interactive mapping tool to help protect Michigan anglers looking to reel in a meal. Read the full story by […]
Great Lakes shipping to ports like the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor and the Port of Chicago got off to a strong start in the 66th navigation season. Read the full […]
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 […]