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 […]
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 […]
After the seasonal decline during the winter months, the water levels in Lake Erie are on the rise again and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts the levels will […]
Ozaukee County’s main marina in Port Washington, Wisconsin, received a shipment of 60,000 salmon from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in preparation for the summer’s charter fishing ventures. Read […]
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 […]
Mariners have a busy schedule to keep commerce flowing to the industrial and manufacturing centers in the region, but that doesn’t stop them from celebrating with food and festivities on […]
Wind turbines in the Great Lakes have the potential to produce huge amounts of clean energy, but offshore wind has been banned by a moratorium in Ontario since 2011 and […]
Last month, a bill was introduced in the New York State Assembly that would grant the Great Lakes and all other bodies of water in New York legal rights to […]
A new fishing season started this month, and that means Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources has plans for stocking sport fish in the state’s waters. Read the full story by […]
Ohio House lawmakers voted this month to make steep cuts to the statewide water quality program, H2Ohio, which was formed after toxins left Toledo temporarily without safe drinking water. Read […]
A cruise ship will visit Toledo, Ohio, next month for the first time since the late 1990s thanks to the efforts of local officials and an auto race that is […]