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The opening of the Erie Canal 200 years ago was touted as an incredible achievement of human ingenuity, but the lakes would never be the same again. One particularly harmful […]
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After an exceptionally warm and dry fall, the Saint Lawrence River — a vital economic corridor in Canada — has reached abnormally low levels in Québec. Read the full story […]
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Last week, Illinois announced it had acquired land needed to move forward with a $1.15 billion barricade aimed at keeping the invasive silver carp from entering the channel that connects […]
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In Northville, Michigan, part of the Rouge River — sealed inside a 1,200-foot concrete tunnel in 1962 to create land for fairgrounds and, later, a racetrack — has finally been […]
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For the first time in its history, the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin released lake sturgeon into Clam Lake as part of efforts to restore the ancient fish. The […]
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The U.S. states and Canadian provinces that border the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River produce $9.3 trillion in total economic activity each year. The region’s leaders are coordinating to […]
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Despite low river levels and summer heat, the Michigan DNR’s annual fish egg collection at the Little Manistee Weir in Manistee County saw strong returns this season, a welcome sign […]
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The Huron River winds through woods in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, where thousands of residents fish, canoe and swim. A proposal aims to add a 300,000-square-foot data center with a 20-acre […]
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A blue-green algal bloom is currently in parts of the Sandusky Bay and Sandusky River, Ohio, and could be full of dangerous toxins. The whole watershed is in a drought. […]
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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources will release 2,000 fingerling sturgeon into the Cuyahoga River, hoping that in 15 to 20 years they will come back to reproduce. The goal […]
