Tag: Daily News
Michigan DNR explores new plan to dredge Sleeping Bear Dunes river
The state of Michigan is exploring a new plan to resume dredging of the Platte River mouth at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) […]
Chicago ‘innovation hub’ awarded $160 million to extract harmful chemicals from Great Lakes
To ensure the Great Lakes will be a sustainable source of clean water in the future, the National Science Foundation granted $160 million to a Chicago-based “innovation hub” to develop […]
Discussing the environmental impacts of zero lake ice
Fueled by a strong El Niño, the lack of ice and mild winter in the Midwest could have negative implications for spring fish spawning, coastal erosion, and harmful algal blooms. […]
DNR begins winter prescribed burns
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ management crews have begun prescribed burning in marshes, wetlands, and pine barrens to remove dead vegetation, stimulate native plant growth, and provide fire-dependent species […]
‘A race to the bottom’: Indiana wetlands bill could affect Great Lakes, Mississippi River
Conservation groups and water policy experts feared that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year would create a patchwork of state wetland protections, threatening water quality in the Great Lakes […]
Great Lakes officially reach record for lowest amount of ice cover
As of the morning of February 12, the Great Lakes have crossed the historic threshold and reached a record low of ice cover basin-wide. The measurement taken as of the […]
Wildlife Wednesday: Wetland bird abundance rises along Great Lakes coast
A study by Birds Canada shows wetland bird populations have increased along the Great Lakes coast over much of the past decade. Of the eighteen bird species counted as part […]
How safe are Great Lakes fish to eat? Depends on who you ask
Researchers at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, examined fish consumption advisories for the upper St. Lawrence River issued by New York State, the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and […]
Historically low Great Lakes ice cover not significantly impacting water levels yet
When the Great Lakes have low ice cover for much of winter, it can lead to a lot of evaporation and lower lake levels, but that’s not necessarily the case […]
A new crude oil and natural gas pipeline could be built under the Great Lakes
Midwest tribal leaders are challenging Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline that has already spilled more than a million gallons of oil since the first recorded leak in 1968. Now Enbridge wants […]