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AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS: Salazar Announces Grants to Boost Recreational Boating in 10 States WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced more than $7.5 million in competitive grants to 10...
Berlin seeks extra feet for Eureka bridge The success of the Berlin Boat Club’s recent $300,000 restoration of the Eureka Locks hinges on finding about two and...
Bill In Congress Would Preserve Boating Access Working waterfronts, those parts of town at the water's edge dotted with marine-dependent businesses such as marinas,...
Nautical Monkey Launches Sharing Services for Individual Boaters AUSTIN, TX, Oct 27, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Nautical Monkey ( www.nauticalmonkey.com ) is pleased to announce the...
Survey wants your opinion on Lake Superior access Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program launched an online survey this week to gather data on what residents and...
Hartshorn Marina boat launch closed to boaters during Muskegon Lake cleanup The boat launch at Hartshorn Marina will be closed for the 2011 boating season during the $12 million cleanup of...
Grand Marais ready to receive its $40,000 from Reader's Digest online contest All 300 residents of the U.P. town of Grand Marais are expected to turn out Saturday for a long-awaited sight: the $40,000...
Boat launch to be repaired this fall; one lane to be open this summer For the second summer, boaters who use Hastings’ free public boat launch may have to wait just a little bit longer to...
State grants available for boating access The state is tightening purse strings, but the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has cash on hand for one critical...
Dredging options considered Bayham is seeking permission to dredge the harbour at Port Burwell as it weighs whether to get into the dredging business...
1991 health advisory lifted for section of Ottawa River While it still has a lot of healing left, the much-maligned Ottawa River is showing signs of life. The Ohio Department of...
New accessibility regulations include boating facilities Revised regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act, including standards for making boating facilities...
Reengineering history: Softening the way we think about shorelines The Detroit River shoreline has miles of steel sheet pilings, concrete break walls and cement used to deepen the river and...
New net rules hurt commerical fishing Depending on whom you listen to, a law to restrict the use of trap nets on Lake Michigan at Sheboygan and Two Rivers is...
Manzo sinks deep-water port idea. Kinda Forget all that talk about a deep-water port, Sault Ste. Marie. You're not getting one. Not now. Not ever. But you just...
Budget cuts may close 5 locks The days may be numbered for several Allegheny River navigation locks. Anticipating funding cuts, the U.S. Army Corps of...
Harbor Maintenance Act of 2011   U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., introduced a bipartisan bill this week designed to fund critical operations and...
Port Washington seeks to convert coal docks to green space Port Washington - Where generations of city residents looked out on massive hills of coal waiting to fuel the lakefront...
Environmental standoff threatens traffic on St. Lawrence Seaway Next year, commercial shipping could disappear from the St. Lawrence Seaway, devastating the Great Lakes economies and...
Great Lakes Memorial Marina Needs Dredging The Marina Management Group (MMG) presented its annual report to members of the Menominee Harbor and Industrial Commission...
Who owns the beach? Court to decide Who owns the beaches? Years of legal battles over property rights along the Lake Erie shore may finally come to an end when...
Low-level bridge work to begin in May CORNWALL -- American Bridge Canada Company has been selected as the contractor to complete underwater work for the north...
Ajax wants residents swimming along waterfront AJAX -- Years ago the Ajax waterfront was a prime spot for taking a dip in Lake Ontario and Town officials are hoping to...
Saugatuck Township board postpones harbor decision Holland, MI — An agreement to form a group to oversee the Saugatuck harbor sailed smoothly through two city councils...
Improvement project continues on the Lockport Lock and Dam LOCKPORT — The line boat Dell Butcher pushes nine snow-covered barges along the gray waters of the canal, approaching...
Shipping season extended beause of demand Ice or no ice…the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers is extending the lakes shipping season three days. Mike Simonson...
Marina proposes dock expansion   Boating speeds and dock lengths are concerns for neighbours in the vicinity of a proposed marina expansion on Lake...
Douglas first to OK new direction for harbor committee Douglas, MI — The city of Douglas is the first of three local municipalities to approve the investigation of a joint...
Public raises safety concerns over proposed marina expansion SPRING LAKE — About 40 people weighed in on a proposed expansion of Barrett Boat Works, which includes the addition of...
MacArthur Lock hours of operation scaled back prior to closing for the season DETROIT – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, has announced its planned schedule for lock operations...
A Billionaire's Dune Duel SAUGATUCK TOWNSHIP, Mich.—Billionaire Aubrey McClendon was bouncing along Lake Michigan on a jet ski about 10 years...
Removal of small dam on Euclid Creek key to stream restoration, water quality Euclid -- News of another dam coming down in any one of Ohio's hundreds of streams is practically intoxicating for water...
Council OKs money for dredging The Sheboygan Common Council approved spending $100,000 Monday night to help cover its cost to design a dredging project to...
CHICAGO LOCKS TO REMAIN OPEN Preventing invasive species, including the Asian carp, from entering the Great Lakes is of utmost concern and is of epic...
Milwaukee suburbs to look at Lake Michigan water Water utility managers from Grafton and Cedarburg have resolved in the new year to join Mequon in studying the feasibility...
Waukesha water war key for Great Lakes diversion policy Before the Columbian Exposition in 1893, Chicago’s plan to pipe water from the famous springs of Waukesha, Wisc. 100...
$7-million state grant to help city buy dunes next year Saugatuck received a surprise early Christmas gift Dec. 1 when the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund board approved $7...
Big dreams for Northerly Island Northerly Island would get a dramatic makeover that would expand its nature sanctuary to Lake Michigan with a series of...
New waterfront plan is people-friendly The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation has adopted a scaled down, "people-friendly" waterfront plan for the...
Greenway commission endorses Grand Island, Lockport projects Plans for a new, 230-acre park on Grand Island and a new nature preserve in Lockport were among the five projects endorsed...
Canal navagation season closes Monday The New York State Canal Corporation has announced that the Canal System's 185th consecutive navigation season will...
Input sought for Isle Royale plan Isle Royale National Park announced Tuesday it will spend two years studying the cultural or human-built resources in the...
New beach contamination technology unveiled LANSING — Some Michigan county health departments are looking forward to a new way to track the source of beach...
Improvements planned at site of Soo Locks DETROIT – The Detroit District has awarded a contract for installation of a new observation deck and fencing at the...
'It's over,' mayor says as Riviera Beach voters approve ballot item to block Rybovich marina deal RIVIERA BEACH — Voters approved the citizen-initiated referendum on the future of Riviera Beach marina Tuesday, giving...
Grant will look at dredging Lake Ontario harbors NY - The state has approved a $35,000 grant to update a regional dredging plan for harbors in Orleans, Niagara, Monroe,...
Algae advisory lifted at 2 state parks in region Not that you're planning to swim in Lake Erie with November around the corner - but the 2010 threat of toxic blue-green...
Presque Isle Harbor Dredging Proposed The Marquette City Commission affirmed its commitment to Presque Isle Marina on Monday by accepting a state grant to dredge...
Canada cracking down on angler violations A lot of anglers are still getting out on Lake St. Clair to chase muskellunge, smallmouth bass, walleyes and perch, and many...
Waukesha officials defend Lake Michigan water request Waukesha — The Common Council and Water Utility Commission held a public meeting Monday to defend the city's...

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