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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...
Shoreline, trash on Port Huron Council's to-do list The Port Huron City Council will tackle business ranging from shoreline registration to rental housing at tonight's...
Drastic sewer increase necessary to clean up Lake Erie CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland City Councilman Mike Polensek told regional sewer officials Thursday that he understands both...
New beach contamination technology unveiled LANSING — Some Michigan county health departments are looking forward to a new way to track the source of beach...
Open house to detail plan to help wetlands, ponds battle bacteria Residents can get the lowdown Thursday night on a project that could become northwest Ohio's most aggressive effort to...
Waterfront safety task force appointed After a deadly summer on Lake Superior in the Marquette area, with four people drowning while swimming, Monday night the...
Annual Adopt-a-Beach event set for Saturday MANITOWOC — The annual Adopt-a-Beach Cleanup is set for Saturday along Lake Michigan shores, including beaches in...
Volunteers sought for local beach cleanups September is Wisconsin Coastal Awareness Month. The Wisconsin Coastal Management Program supports the International Coastal...
Report ranks the water quality of Great Lakes beaches Great Lakes states placed in the bottom two-thirds of 30 states ranked recently by their 2009 beach water quality by the...
Lake Erie algae blooms worry researchers Warnings about a potentially toxic algae boom near East Lake State Park went largely unheeded Thursday as swimmers escaped...
Two more state parks placed on algae warning list Ohio -- Warning signs are being posted at two more state parks, including one along Lake Erie, as blue-green algae continue...
Great Lakes beach closings down, but still lead nation Beach closings in the Great Lakes were down by 4 percent in 2009, but the region still leads the nation in closings,...
Erie's lakeshore: open to the public, but with limits The Lake Erie shoreline stretches for 76.6 miles, up and around Presque Isle State Park, along a meandering route from the...
Niagara aims to clean up its beach reputation The search is on for a world-class beach in Niagara. Although the peninsula features more than 50 stretches of sand on two...
Beach bacteria battle goes high-tech So much for the old warning flag on a stick. Confronting an almost unwinnable battle against E. coli and other bacteria on...
Group envisions restored beach near Marblehead It's been years since East Harbor State Park beach was Ohio's top sunbathers' paradise, so popular that 200...
37 Authorities to Get More Than $9 M to Help Protect Swimmers The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making almost $10 million in grants available to 37 eligible coastal and Great...

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