The Great Lakes Environmental Festival is returning to Manistee, Michigan, for a fourth time on March 22. This date is also World Water Day, and the festival will be focused […]
Bipartisan members of Congress from Great Lakes states are urging the state of Illinois to “promptly” end its delay of a $1.15 billion project to prevent invasive carp from infiltrating […]
The Poe Lock, and part of the Soo Locks, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, will be opened early to all marine traffic by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on […]
In the first round of layoffs in the Trump Administration’s effort to wither the federal workforce, more than 1,200 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) staff members were lost due […]
The mayor of Lorain, Ohio, joined 29 other U.S. and Canadian mayors from the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative in Washington last week to advocate for maintaining trade […]
Great Lakes water levels have dropped down to their lowest point in the last decade. The levels are expected to rise during the spring thaw, but low water levels can […]
U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Elissa Slotkin (MI) are leading bipartisan legislation to extend federal funding and protections for the Great Lakes via the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act […]
Winds off the Great Lakes into the U.S. snow belts have been more potent than normal, according to a NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory analysis. Lake Ontario is still mostly ice […]
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 […]
According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, current Lake Michigan-Huron levels are 7-9 inches below the long-term average and 10-13 inches below last year’s levels. Read the full story […]
Sea lamprey nearly destroyed fishing in the Great Lakes. The new 90-minute film, The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery, tells the story of those who tackled the mystery of […]