Month: November 2025
Over 500k pounds of litter removed from Great Lakes beaches, shorelines
The nonprofit Alliance for the Great Lakes announced Thursday that, through its Adopt-a-Beach program, it has surpassed 500,000 pounds of litter removed from Great Lakes beaches and shorelines. Read the […]
$15M dredging project completed along Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River
A $15 million regional dredging project, part of New York’s $300 million Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative for communities affected by high water levels along Lake Ontario and the St. […]
Great Lakes freighter built in Door County advances to top 16 of ‘Coolest Things’ contest
The M/V Mark W. Barker, built by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay for Ohio-based Interlake Steamship Company, reached the top 16 in preliminary voting in the seventh annual Wisconsin […]
Study: Monarch butterflies could thrive in southern Great Lakes amid declining populations
A new study out of Michigan State University bolsters predictions that the warming from climate change will exacerbate pressures on monarch butterflies. But in the Midwest, monarch populations could stabilize […]
100% whitefish
The Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers, a Chicago-based organization representing the governors of the Great Lakes states and the Canadian premiers of Ontario and Québec, […]