Mar 13, 2026 | News and Announcements
News Request for Proposals: Economic Evaluation of Nature-Based Solutions for Stormwater Management Ann Arbor, Michigan — The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) is seeking proposals for an economic evaluation of the benefits of using nature-based solutions to manage...
Mar 13, 2026 | Daily News
A key permit from state energy regulators approving Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project sat before the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday as the justices heard two cases arguing the permit should be sent back to the Michigan Public Service Commission for further review....
Mar 13, 2026 | Daily News
A long and complicated court battle over how best to protect western Lake Erie from harmful algal blooms is able to proceed again. The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, has upheld a decision to exclude a largely undefined group of industrial...
Mar 13, 2026 | Daily News
The rapid build-out of AI data centers across the Great Lakes basin is reshaping rural communities, straining fragile ecosystems, and forcing states to rethink energy and water policies. New guides have been released to help residents and lawmakers navigate the...
Mar 13, 2026 | Daily News
Construction of a $23.4‑million water pipeline to the Oneida Nation of the Thames is set to begin after a London, Ontario, company won the federal contract. The project will extend the Lake Huron pipeline to the community’s boundary, providing clean drinking water....
Mar 13, 2026 | Daily News
More than 50 years ago, Lake Erie was declared “dead,” and while its environmental health has improved, the shallowest of the five Great Lakes still lags its peers according to the recent State of the Great Lakes 2025 Report. Read the full story by The Plain...
Mar 13, 2026 | Daily News
For years, Illinois state Representative Marcus Evans Jr. has championed a plan to make Illinois’ shores home to the first offshore wind farm in the Great Lakes. But the effort to bring wind power to Lake Michigan stalled again. Read the full story by WBEZ – Chicago,...
Mar 13, 2026 | Daily News
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently released new information about the state of fish populations in upper Michigan’s lakes. The manager of the Marquette Fisheries Research Station said that lake trout in Lake Superior are officially recovered....
Mar 13, 2026 | Daily News
Four Illinois residents who vandalized cliffs at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula have been temporarily banned from the park and fined. The visitors carved large letters into cliff faces and collected more than 100 pounds of rocks,...
Mar 13, 2026 | Daily News
The U.S. Coast Guard will deactivate its safety zone on Lake Huron in Saginaw Bay at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 14, opening the waterway to vessel traffic as warming temperatures deteriorate ice conditions. Read the full story by MLive.
