The Trump/Vance administration is moving to fire or force out more than 20% of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Chicago staff, including officials who enforce clean air and water laws […]
Uncertainties continue to swirl as planned tariffs of 25% against sales of goods from Canada and Mexico have been postponed for 30 days to allow more time for negotiations. Read […]
For the second time in roughly 30 years, oil wells leaking into a Michigan lake have been plugged, according to the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. Read […]
Canada and the U.S. are being asked by the science advisory board for the International Joint Commission to designate microplastics as a chemical of mutual concern under the Great Lakes […]
While the lakes have varying degrees of ice cover, the Great Lakes as a whole are significantly more ice covered than in recent memory, providing ice fishing opportunities that haven’t […]
A new documentary released to streaming services, THE FISH THIEF: A Great Lakes Mystery, tells the story of the sea lamprey’s rise and fall on the Great Lakes. Read the […]
Hundreds of red-breasted mergansers have been found either dead or sick over the past few days along Lake Michigan in Chicago and into the northern suburbs. Officials suspect that highly […]
As part of a series profiling Michigan neighborhoods, the Detroit Free Press is highlighting St. Clair Shores in Macomb County, a city proudly known as “The Boating Capital of Michigan” […]
The film Great Lakes, All Too Clear, was part of the opening night of the Thunder Bay International Film Festival that screened more than 50 films about the Great Lakes […]
Photographer and one-man-documentary-crew, Daryl Granger, started telling the story of Port Dover, Ontario’s commercial fishery. After months of work, he released the award-winning two-hour documentary, Netting the Waters, which “sets […]
Autumn McGowan serves as a program specialist for the Great Lakes Commission’s aquatic invasive species team. In this role she supports the work of GLC’s