Battle building over fish farming in Great Lakes

<> Battle building over fish farming in Great Lakes - Penned fish farms like the ones being advocated for the Great Lakes can bring significant revenue to Michigan. But critics note they also allow fish waste to escape freely into surrounding water.

Get Involved in the World's Largest Shoreline Cleanup

<> Get Involved in the World's Largest Shoreline Cleanup - The Alliance for the Great Lakes and the Ocean Conservancy invite you to join hundreds of thousands of volunteers worldwide in cleaning up beaches and shorelines on Saturday, September 19, during the 2015 Adopt-a-Beach™ event held in Michigan and other Great Lakes states.

Editorial: Keep Great Lakes water at home

<> Editorial: Keep Great Lakes water at home - The Detroit News: Request by Wisconsin town to divert water from the lakes would compromise the multi-state pact to protect the resource -- unless Waukesha demonstrates a more compelling reason for removing the water, and a greater compliance with the rules of the compact governing such diversions, the request should be rejected.

Great Lakes Successes - Part 2

<> Great Lakes Successes – Part 2 - We've all made remarkable progress in the first five years of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), much of it visible. [See Part 1]

El Nino has dramatic effect on Great Lakes ice cover

<> El Nino has dramatic effect on Great Lakes ice cover - This coming winter's ice cover on the Great Lakes may be a lot different from the past two years because of a strong El Nino that is expected to last into winter.

Great Lakes Successes Take Front & Center - Part 1

<> Great Lakes Successes Take Front & Center – Part 1 - It's official. The first five years of the precedent-setting Great Lakes Restoration Initiative are history -- and the Initiative has made history.

COMMENTARY: A tour of Lake Michigan, my inland sea

<> COMMENTARY: A tour of Lake Michigan, my inland sea - Chicago, sand dunes, a ferry crossing. A voyage around Lake Michigan reveals striking topography, time-worn communities and the reassuring permanence of an unchanging lake amid it all.