Ann Arbor, Michigan – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) today released its 2025 agenda for the Great Lakes. It calls for continued strategic investment in the lakes, which hold 95% of America’s fresh surface water and provide drinking water for more than 47 million people. “Restoring the Great Lakes means protecting drinking water for millions, as well as […]
These are examples of cases that have become way too common in the local courts. A 31-year-old man was acquitted Wednesday in a London courtroom after a trial on a charge of pointing a handgun at another man during an argument along the Richmond Row bar strip, largely because the evidence from witnesses at the […]
Ann Arbor, Michigan – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) today issued a request for proposals (RFP) for projects that would help improve Great Lakes water quality by reducing nutrient loads from agricultural watersheds and eroding shorelines and streams. Indigenous Nations, nonfederal units of government, and incorporated nonprofit organizations are invited to apply for grants for up to $300,000 through […]
U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo, Ohio, recently introduced a bill, with a frequent Republican ally, requiring the federal government to promote cultural and historic attractions in the Great Lakes. Read […]
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said it stocked the state with more than 46 million fish in Ohio’s lakes, ponds, rivers and streams. That’s 6 million more than what […]
The Ohio EPA and the U.S. EPA are defendants in a lawsuit arguing the two agencies failed to have an effective plan to prevent dangerous amounts of phosphorus from occupying Lake Erie. […]
Ohio State Representative Jon Cross proposed legislation to ban cities from dumping sewage into Lake Erie and impose stiff fines for violations. The move follows revelations that the City of […]
The U.S. Coast Guard has conducted 16 ice rescues on all of Lake Erie so far this year. Officials in Medina County, Ohio, have been training for ice rescues and […]
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. […]
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 […]
Ann Arbor, Michigan – A report released by the Great Lakes Commission (GLC) found that 35.4 billion gallons of water per day were withdrawn from the