Author: Great Lakes Commission
Conservation group buys land near Tobermory giving it new Indigenous name
More land at the tip of Ontario’s Bruce Peninsula has been protected as a nature reserve, with two levels of government providing funding to buy the approximately one kilometre section of […]
Contamination from Erie Coke moving towards Lake Erie, DEP reports
A groundwater report made public by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection indicates contamination from the shuttered Erie Coke site is migrating toward Lake Erie. Read the full story by WJET-TV […]
Victory II docks in Marquette for the day, part of 15-night Great Lakes voyage
Some passengers on a cruise ship are getting their first taste of the U.P. Tuesday morning, Victory Cruise Lines’ Victory II docked at Lower Harbor in Marquette around 6:30 a.m. Read […]
Sea lamprey larvae targeted in Tuscola County’s Cass River
In Michigan this week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will begin applying lampricides to the Cass River in Tuscola and Saginaw counties to kill sea lamprey larvae burrowed in […]
Great Lakes piping plovers break record for nesting pairs – again
Great Lakes piping plovers are getting busy replenishing the species’ numbers. With 82 pairs confirmed, conservation officials stated this year is a record-breaking nesting season for the federally endangered shorebird. […]