Representatives Push for More Funding for Great Lakes Dredging
Three Michigan members of Congress are pushing a measure that could help generate more funding for harbor dredging in the state and across the Great Lakes.
Michigan Lawmakers Resist Wind Turbines in the Great Lakes
Two northern Michigan representatives want to keep the picturesque shoreline of the Great Lakes free of spinning wind turbines.
New legislation introduced by Republicans Greg MacMaster and Ray Franz would stop any proposed research or production of offshore wind power in the Great Lakes that border Michigan.
Lookback: WWII veteran ship spends time as a civilian on the Great Lakes
A veteran of some of the toughest invasion landings of World War II, LST 393 spent 25 years as a civilian workhorse called the Highway 16 before a well-earned retirement as the USS LST 393 Veterans Museum
Great Lakes Experience coming to Dunkirk Saturday
On Saturday, the Great Lakes Experience will host its first GLE Festival in Dunkirk. This will be a sister festival to the one held in Buffalo, which has grown to more than 3,200 attendees since its beginning in 2001.
Shipwreck believed found in Lake Superior 100 years later
Nearly 100 years after the Henry B. Smith freighter went down during a November storm in Lake Superior, a group of shipwreck hunters believes it has found the ship — and much of it is largely intact.
Short Hops: This summer, travel on La Route Bleue
MONTREAL — It’s a fact of life in Quebec that you can’t venture out very far from home without having to cross a bridge or take a car ferry.
Record-low lake levels a force to be reckoned with
The problem is easy to see.
Take a look at the St. Joseph River. It has some new small islands where there were no islands before.
Lake levels continue quick rise
Holland —
The Lake Michigan water levels continue to rise with the spring rains, according to figures released by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Plastic in Lake Huron
(Lake Huron ) - American researchers find Ontario's West Coast is littered with plastic so small it's often difficult to see.
Geoff Peach of the Goderich-based Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation says the study reveals the Great Lakes contain the highest concentration of plastic pollutants in the world.
Economic impact study underway
The cost of doing nothing to address the issue of low water levels on the Great Lakes will be high.
World's largest Solar yacht in Miami
Miami, in theory, is a perfect pit stop for any solar-powered vehicle -- hell, it's the sunniest city in the Sunshine State. But in practice, this town's been overcast and soggy for weeks now.
Luckily, the crew of the MS Tûranor PlanetSolar came with their batteries charged.
WORLD FISHING NETWORK'S FATHER'S DAY CONTEST
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