New saltie on Great Lakes is first with onboard ballast treatment

<> New saltie on Great Lakes is first with onboard ballast treatment - Fednav, Canada's largest Great Lakes shipping fleet, took delivery this week of the first Great Lakes-bound saltie with a permanent, on-board ballast water treatment system.

A scientific panel weighs in on fish farming

<> A scientific panel weighs in on fish farming - A report on fish farming in the Great Lakes suggests Michigan should move carefully if it allows the industry to start up -- Canadians raise millions of trout in Lake Huron every year and some people want Michigan to do the same -- fish farms are proposed for the Bay de Noch near Escanaba, and in Lake Huron near Roger's City -- the main concern scientists have about pollution from these farms is phosphorus, a nutrient plants need

Great Lakes Commission supports action to protect the region from new invasive species

<> Great Lakes Commission supports action to protect the region from new invasive species - The Great Lakes Commission supports action proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take preventive measures to protect the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River region from damaging invasive species and to list ten fish and one crayfish species under a federal law that prohibits the importation and transport of harmful, non-native wildlife.

Final Report on the Lake Huron Restoration Regional Meetings

<> Final Report on the Lake Huron Restoration Regional Meetings - Keystone Policy Center report on meetings held this past spring in Bay City, Port Huron, Alpena, and Sault Ste. Marie

MI DNR says future 'not awesome' for Lake Michigan Chinook salmon fishery

<> MI DNR says future 'not awesome' for Lake Michigan Chinook salmon fishery - According to the Michigan DNR, the salmon population in Lake Michigan has dropped about 75 percent from its peak in 2012. The numbers are not comforting but fishery managers say the agency is working to avoid a Lake Huron repeat, where the salmon fishery bottomed out in 2003 and has yet to recover.

2015 State of Lake Huron Meeting

<> 2015 State of Lake Huron Meeting - This two day meeting, November 4-5, sponsored by the Lake Huron Partnership, will bring together scientists, resource managers, and interested members of the public from the United States and Canada to discuss the current science and status of Lake Huron, including the St. Marys River -- a webinar option will be used to livestream both days of the meeting

Great Lakes states guard water - even from neighbors

<> Great Lakes states guard water — even from neighbors - Some scientists call the Great Lakes the United States' greatest natural resource -- so why can't the Southwest, the most water-depleted part of the country, tap into that immense supply?