Tag: Lake Michigan
Employee error caused wastewater overflow that dumped 10,000 gallons into Lake Michigan
An employee error led to the wastewater leak at the South Shore Water Reclamation Facility in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, earlier this month. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Report: 19% of Lake Michigan shore now armored, limiting public access
There’s been a fivefold expansion of seawalls, riprap and other coastal armoring, which protects properties from erosion but makes things worse in the long run.
Riveredge Nature Center to release more lake sturgeon into Lake Michigan
The Riveredge Nature Center in Saukville, Wisconsin, has raised hundreds of lake sturgeon that will soon be released in Lake Michigan. In partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, […]
Engines didn’t respond in S.S. Badger’s collision with docked ship
The Lake Michigan car ferry, S.S. Badger, crashed into a docked ship last week when its engines didn’t respond. The engines are in working order despite this anomaly, but the […]
The F.J. King, lost in 1886, is found in the depths of Lake Michigan
Long rumored to be on the floor of the lake but never seen, the F.J. King schooner had eluded divers and taunted storytellers for generations. It was miles off the […]