Earlier this week, the Great Lakes PFAS Action Network announced an interactive mapping tool to help protect Michigan anglers looking to reel in a meal. Read the full story by […]
Great Lakes shipping to ports like the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor and the Port of Chicago got off to a strong start in the 66th navigation season. Read the full […]
If the predictions turn out to be accurate, it will be a second year in row of normal ice cover on the Great Lakes – a reprieve, given that winter […]
The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes began ice-breaking operations in the Great Lakes on Wednesday for the winter shipping season. Currently, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Spar will […]
The Annual Reports of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Regional Water Use Database are published annually, and available via this link to the Great Lakes Regional Water Use website.
By Clara Lincolnhol
The U.S. would need to invest nearly $3.4 trillion over the next 20 years to fix and update drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, says researchers from The Value of Water Campaign. Much of that infrastructure was built 40 to 50 years ago and shows its age. Michigan’s is no exception. The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state a D+ for its drinking water infrastructure, a D in storm water management and a C for its wastewater infrastructure. Funding is a major problem. Proposed data centers would put more stress on the infrastructure.
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By Ada Tussing
To combat the population loss of spectaclecase mussels, researchers with both the Minnesota and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released over 177 mussels into the Chippewa River in Northwest Wisconsin.
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By Clara Lincolnhol
Michigan is pouring $77 million into clean-up of contaminated abandoned real estate such as former factories. The director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy says the goal is to make the cleaned-up sites safe for housing, commercial developments and other uses.
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Great Lakes fishery managers are moving a suite of new sea lamprey control tools into broader use after early tests sharply reduced reproduction of the invasive predator in several rivers. […]
Nearly $315,000 in federal funding is headed to local groups across the Great Lakes region to step up control of invasive phragmites, an aggressive reed that overwhelms shorelines and wetlands. […]
The U.S. National Ice Center released its 2025-2026 seasonal outlook this week, predicting near normal ice conditions across the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Many of Michigan’s most popular fish are getting smaller as inland lakes warm, according to a new University of Michigan study that analyzed more than 75 years of records from […]