Great Lakes News

The Lakeside Daisy State Nature Preserve near Lake Erie in Ottawa County, Ohio is about to get a lot bigger. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is purchasing additional land,…

Starting April 30 at 7:30 p.m., a show centered on issues affecting the Great Lakes and the surrounding land will premiere on Detroit Public TV (DPTV) and subsequent last Tuesdays…

Thunder Bay Field Naturalists have purchased two parcels of land, totaling more than 536 acres, on Michipicoten Island in Lake Superior. The group purchased the property to make sure the…

There are 14 national marine sanctuaries around the country, and some of the shorelines of Lake Ontario in upstate New York may be one soon, according to Syracuse.com. Areas of…

Carling Technologies, a manufacturer of switching, control and circuit protection products, announced it has consolidated the Maretron brand into the Carling Technologies portfolio of marine electronics products.  “By drawing upon…

Researchers at the Michigan Environmental Council, the West Michigan Environmental Action Council and Michigan State University want any old photos of the shores of Lake Michigan that may be sitting…

A new proposed bill aims to designate the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore along Lake Michigan as a national park, the second attempt by lawmakers. The national lakeshore was established in…

Late last month, the city of Toledo, Ohio, voted to give Lake Erie the same rights as citizens. This means that abuse caused by people and corporations — including pollution, dumping…

Visitors to Ludington State Park will soon have more to explore. Michigan’s DNR has announced that 100 acres of sand dunes, wetlands and forests formerly owned by a Michigan-based mining…

Indiana’s most-visited site, with 3.5 million visitors annually, is now a national park — and it’s right on the shores of Lake Michigan. The 15,000-acre Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore was…