Apr 24, 2024 | Daily News
Michigan is adding $290 million in infrastructure investments to the MI Clean Water Plan. Municipal and community water systems will be eligible to apply for low-interest loans to help public water suppliers ensure safe and clean drinking water. Read the full story by...
Apr 24, 2024 | Daily News
Twenty-two million pounds of plastic waste end up in the Great Lakes every year. About half of that waste ends up in Lake Michigan alone. Samira Hanessian, energy policy director with the Illinois Environmental Council, discusses why buying sustainable matters. Read...
Apr 24, 2024 | Daily News
This past winter was one of the warmest on record. It led to record-low ice coverage on all five Great Lakes, a sign that the world’s largest freshwater system is not immune to climate change. Read the full story by WLS-TV – Chicago, IL.
Apr 24, 2024 | Daily News
The Ohio Department of Agriculture recently hosted a discussion around water conservation with agricultural leaders from Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan to focus on improving water quality in the Western Lake Erie Basin. Read the full story by Outdoor News.
Apr 24, 2024 | Daily News
Caribou are set to return to Ontario’s Michipicoten Island in Lake Superior, six years after they were airlifted to more remote islands to protect them from hungry wolves. Read the full story by CBC News.
Apr 24, 2024 | Daily News
Every spring, as temperatures rise, midges emerge in swarms around Milwaukee’s waterfronts. While they are harmless, residents find the sheer number of midges overwhelming. Read the full story by WISN-TV – Milwaukee, WI.
Apr 24, 2024 | Daily News
The owner of a barge best known for repeatedly sinking in Lake Michigan pleaded guilty to polluting Great Lakes waters in a settlement that gives him another year to move the beleaguered industrial vessel. Read the full story by MLive.
Apr 24, 2024 | Daily News
In Michigan, Muskegon County’s newest and largest park, Dune Harbor Park, opened to the public in June 2023. The property was previously used as a sand mining site, which created two inland lakes that can now be used for kayaking and fishing. Read the full story by...
Apr 24, 2024 | Daily News
The city of Toledo, Ohio, and the Lucas County Board of Commissioners will join the Environmental Law & Policy Center in suing the U.S. EPA over what they believe is a “facially inadequate plan” to reduce phosphorus runoff in the Western Lake Erie Basin. Read the...
Apr 24, 2024 | Daily News
The Biggest Week in American Birding draws a worldwide audience to glimpse dozens of species of migrating birds in northern Ohio, though officials say they’ve been seeing changes in recent years. Trends such as warmer winters, habitat loss, and low lake ice coverage...
