Category: Great Lakes Commission
‘I am forever grateful’: Stabenow delivers farewell address to US Senate
Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow delivered her farewell speech to the U.S. Senate Wednesday before the end of her last term, capping off a career spanning nearly 50 years. Stabenow highlighted […]
Ship still stuck in St. Lawrence River near Morrisburg
Grounded for over a week, the Algoma Central ship – Tim S. Dool – remained lodged on a shoal near Crysler Marina, east of Morrisburg, Ontario, on Thursday. Recovery efforts […]
Floating classroom set to sail at UW-Superior
The University of Wisconsin-Superior is getting a new 65-foot lakegoing vessel, the Sadie Ann, described as a floating classroom. The ship was designed as a scientific research vessel and a […]
Honoring the life and legacy of a man who helped paint a beautiful picture of life on the Great Lakes
Alexander Cook holiday cards have been a big seller at the National Museum of the Great Lakes shop in Toledo, Ohio, for more than 50 years. After Cook’s death at […]
Minnesota reaps windfall from epic comeback of lake trout in Lake Superior
Once-rare lake trout in Lake Superior are doing so well that Minnesota Department of Natural Resources biologists will use the fish to stock the species in lakes around the state. […]
Construction will soon begin on project to keep invasive carp out of Great Lakes
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $15.5 million contract to Miami Marine Services to prepare the Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines River in Joliet, […]
Sheboygan will use $300K to implement erosion controls along Lake Michigan shore
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, is among seven communities along Lake Michigan to receive portions of nearly $3 million in funding to develop plans for strengthening shorelines against flooding, erosion, loss of natural […]
Christmas Ship marks 25 years delivering holiday cheer from Michigan to Chicago
For 25 years, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw has been buoying spirits by making a voyage from northern Michigan to Chicago, hauling a load of Christmas cheer. On Saturday […]
Great Lakes region hit hard by steel industry pollution, report finds
According to a recent report, pollution from coal-based steel production causes hundreds of premature deaths each year, with people in the Great Lakes region bearing much of the burden. Read […]
Walleye fishing in Erie, Pittsburgh has been ‘phenomenal.’ Here’s why
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has been surveying boat anglers, revealing that anglers on Lake Erie have had one of the best years in recent memory for catching walleyes. Fishing […]