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President Trump is expected to sign a memorandum today directing his administration to take steps to block invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes, signaling support for a construction project […]

During Drinking Water Week, Erie Water Works and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful teamed up to install a 50-foot water litter boom next to the Erie Water Works station. A litter boom is a large floating barrier […]

The H. Lee White Maritime Museum and New York Sea Grant have announced the addition of an educational exhibit featuring the New York Great Lakes Piping Plover Recovery Program to […]

The Duluth City Council will be considering a resolution requesting federal officials to keep the U.S. EPA’s Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division lab in Duluth, Minnesota, open. About 150 […]

Next month, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Metroparks Toledo will dedicate Girdham Road Sand Dunes in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark as Ohio’s next nature preserve. Read the full […]

On May 7, 1965, the SS Cedarville sank beneath the waters of the Straits of Mackinac after a collision just one mile east of the Mackinac Bridge. The freighter plied […]

The educational team at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is unveiling a new program, “Sleeping Bear from Below.” The underwater documentary will be projected on the park’s 12-foot inflatable planetarium […]

Utility companies DTE Energy and Consumers Energy are entering the fourth year of a high-stake legal battle with the company they hired for the overhaul of the Ludington Pumped Storage […]

Using fish waste as a fertilizer is a tradition that goes back centuries for some Native American tribes, including those who lived in the Great Lakes. Grand Traverse Band has […]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when disruptions to life and work took hold, the sea lampreys took hold, too. We need to fortify our Great Lakes — and the $7 billion-plus […]