Author: The London Free Press
Lake Michigan water pipeline bids come in higher than expected
Yorkville, Illinois, is preparing to receive Lake Michigan water from the DuPage Water Commission to replace the diminishing aquifer that currently serves the city. Officials say bids to build the […]
Great Lakes Day of Action to include Presque Isle Harbor beach cleanup
The Alliance for the Great Lakes invites volunteers from across the Great Lakes region to join for a Great Lakes Day of Action. Hundreds of Adopt-a-Beach volunteers will clean and […]
Downtown Toronto keeps its cool thanks to Lake Ontario
Toronto’s deep lake water cooling network draws cold water from the lake and passes it through heat exchangers and circulates the cool water through a closed loop, connecting downtown buildings. […]
Ann Arbor’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab faces potential shutdown
The Trump administration’s budget proposal calls for a $1.7 billion reduction in NOAA’s budget and directs the complete elimination of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. This jeopardizes the existence […]
Fire was part of the history of our land. Then we took it away. Can it begin again?
Researchers used tree ring data and Indigenous oral histories to reconstruct the fire history of the Great Lakes region. Reintroducing controlled burns, often following Indigenous practices, is suggested as a […]