Thursday, April 6, 2023
People swim in the frigid waters of Lake Ontario overlooking the City of Toronto’s skyline in Mississauga, Ont. on April 2, 2023. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette) The federal government says it's making Canada's largest investment ever in protecting the nation's sources of freshwater — including the Great Lakes.Saturday, March 11, 2023
Detroit Lakes — While flowering rush and zebra mussels are familiar aquatic nuisances in this area, and wild radish can cause serious burns to those clearing brush on land, the next big invasive concern for area lakes is hardly a plant at all — it’s a big floating algae with a fairy dust name – starryFriday, March 3, 2023
Put-In-Bay Township, OH – A local island conservancy and park district are asking for donations to preserve a historic home site and nearly 30 acres of forest, meadow and bayfront property on South Bass Island. The Lake Erie Islands Conservancy and Put-in-Bay Township Park District are in the midst of a three-part acquisitionThursday, March 2, 2023
In the midst of an unusually warm winter across much of the northern United States and southern Canada, the Great Lakes now have the least ice cover on record for the middle of February, which is typically when the ice begins to reach its maximum extent for the season. As of Feb. 15, ice covered only 6 percent of the Great Lakes,Saturday, February 25, 2023
Buffalo, NY – The Erie County Water Authority said it has begun “daily sampling and testing of its source water” following the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio that spilled hazardous chemicals in early February. So far, the organization said Tuesday, daily testing of water in Lake Erie,Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Federal authorities completed the installation of a $1.67 million trap to capture invasive sea lamprey on the East Branch of the Au Gres River, part of the Lake Huron watershed. The Detroit District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers and Great Lakes Fishery Commission announced Monday the completion of the permanent seaTuesday, February 14, 2023
On Saturday, February 18, Suzuki Marine USA will be teaming up with Miami-Dade County and the Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show to clean up trash along Miami’s Rickenbacker Causeway. As part of Suzuki’s ongoing CLEAN OCEAN PROJECT campaign, volunteers from Suzuki Marine will join county representatives andTuesday, February 7, 2023
Traverse City, MI — What’s happening in the Great Lakes during those long, frigid months when they’re often covered partially or completely with ice? A casual observer — and even experts — might be inclined to say, “Not much.” Lake scientists have long considered winter a season when aquaticThursday, January 26, 2023
Efforts are increasing to find a more effective solution to the lamprey problem in the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Fisheries Commission and Michigan State University recently brought a new $3.4 million research lab online. The lab will be headed by Weiming Li, a professor in the departments of Fisheries and Wildlife and PhysiologyFriday, January 6, 2023
The boatowners, boating trade groups, environmentalists and others can cheer a landmark consent decree that will serve as a roadmap for federal and state regulators to finally get serious about addressing western Lake Erie’s chronic algal blooms. This case was brought against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by the
