Category: Great Lakes
Meet the experts using drones and bubble walls to save the Great Lakes from plastic
Grand Valley State University’s Annis Water Resources Institute will demonstrate the Laker Raker—a fully electric drone that removes plastic debris from beaches by sifting sand, raking seaweed and leveling sandy […]
129-year-old Great Lakes light tower to be removed due to ‘imminent safety risk’
The National Parks Service announced Monday that crews will soon remove the 42-foot Chequamegon Point Light Tower on Long Island, Wisconsin, in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore because it can […]
$325,000 grant funds Lake Care project to boost northern Michigan shoreline conservation
A new initiative by Michigan State University Extension is seeking to protect northern Michigan shorelines by strengthening shoreline conservation across the upper and lower peninsulas and creating a shoreline educator […]
Uncertainty swirls as conservation authority mergers loom
Under sweeping changes, Ontario’s local conservation authorities are being amalgamated into nine regional entities. Although there continues to be a great deal of uncertainty about how the amalgamations will impact […]
For the first time in nearly 50 years, endangered piping plovers nest on Wisconsin Point
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced Tuesday that a pair of piping plovers nested on Wisconsin Point in Superior, Wisconsin, for the first time since 1977. Read the full […]