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 […]
A preliminary budget outline from the Office of Management and Budget requests that federal involvement in many aspects of Great Lakes science be eliminated entirely by next year. It calls […]
Governor Pritzker of Illinois said he’s still awaiting written guarantees that the federal government will fund the $1.15 billion project to block invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes. The […]
Pennsylvania’s Presque Isle typically receives $3 million annually for its sand replenishment project, with half coming from the Commonwealth and the other half in federal funding. Because of current federal […]
The Trump administration’s new trade rules aimed at penalizing operators of Chinese-built ships and boosting domestic shipbuilding appear to have spared the Great Lakes shipping industry from fees on ships […]
Many of the shallow waterways of the Great Lakes have only been surveyed by researchers in waders using nets and traps. Very few have been explored by skilled underwater photographers, […]
This year, Chicago breaks ground on a pipeline that will bring water from the Great Lakes to some suburbs whose groundwater is running dry. Read the full story by WBUR […]