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This project has ended. Archived project materials are available below.  Physical barriers prevent water from cycling naturally, resulting in flooding, sewer overflows, and risks to

The U.S. Coast Guard has officially launched Operation Taconite, its annual icebreaking operation on the Great Lakes, for the 2024-25 winter season. It is the Coast Guard’s largest domestic icebreaking […]

Temperatures have been below freezing in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan since the afternoon of New Year’s Day, and that has led to widespread ice development across western Lake Erie. […]

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s annual State of the Great Lakes report highlights issues impacting the various industries and communities that rely on the Great Lakes. […]

In December, several First Nation members came together for the first time to plan collaborative conservation efforts around Lake Superior with representatives from Lakehead University and the International Joint Commission. […]

The National Weather Service office in Cleveland is not reporting any significant ice cover on Lake Erie as of early January. Before the lake can freeze over, the water temperature […]

Federal programs to protect streambanks and lake shores from erosion will get a $20.5 million boost under bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Representative of Ohio and Great Lakes Task Force […]

The Great Lakes Commission is holding its annual Industry Days conference at the Great Wolf Lodge Conference Center from January 7-8. Speakers from the US Coast Guard, National Weather Service, […]

The Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, New York, is commemorating the final year of the Erie Canal Bicentennial in 2025 and has an exciting year of programming on the horizon […]

The idea of an alleged 60-mile Lake Michigan triangle was popularized in a 1977 book called The Great Lakes Triangle. While there is no evidence for a specific Lake Michigan […]