Tag: water
Ohio EPA announces water testing following Blade investigation
LUCKEY, Ohio — Representatives from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Department of Health were in Luckey Wednesday to conduct what they described as “targeted water sampling.”
Sturgeon spawning underway on Fox River below De Pere Dam
The sturgeon spawning run is continuing in parts of Northeast Wisconsin, including the Green Bay area, and the lower Fox River below the De Pere dam. Experts say the prehistoric […]
Federal budget proposal puts Great Lakes research at risk, raising concerns as fishing season starts
The Executive Office of the President’s proposed 2026 federal budget includes a 25% reduction — nearly $1.5 billion — to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That could gut funding […]
Funding slashed for Great Lakes research: Will algal blooms go unchecked?
Federal funding cutbacks have impacted the staff at NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. Severe spending limits have made it difficult to purchase ordinary equipment for processing toxic algal samples, […]
‘Water came in’: 60 years ago, the freighter Cedarville sank in the Straits of Mackinac
On May 7, 1965, the SS Cedarville sank beneath the waters of the Straits of Mackinac after a collision just one mile east of the Mackinac Bridge. The freighter plied […]