Great Lakes News

Electronics and water don’t usually mix, but at the Erie Hack Water Data and Engineering Hackathon they do! TechTown Detroit, a business incubator, hosted a local “Erie Hack” contest on…

Waterways in the United States and Canada are one step closer to becoming microbead-free, thanks to recent regulations passed in Canada. On November 4, 2016, the Canadian government ruled a…

At the end of November, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reversed its previous course and announced it had raised mandated ethanol volumes for 2017. The final ruling will require 15…

There might be another invasive species joining algae and Asian carp, and threatening the Great Lakes’ freshwater ecosystem. Starry stonewort is a fast-growing, hard-to-kill aquatic weed that has become widespread…

Former President Obama passed the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act on December 16, which will fund cleanup efforts in the Great Lakes for five more years and help…

Despite local efforts to curb a carp invasion in the Great Lakes, a study has found that grass carp have reached three of the five lakes: Erie, Michigan and Ontario.…

Seakeeper’s latest model, the Seakeeper 3, is its smallest and most powerful gyroscope yet. The Seakeeper 3 continues in the way of its predecessors, eliminating up to 95 percent of…

Do you miss Lakeland Boating’s Operation Summaries page? Follow the U.S. Coast Guard Newsroom here: uscgnews.com. Photo Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard 

In an effort to protect Lake Erie from the toxic algal blooms taking over its shores, a coalition of fishing boat captains, sportsmen groups, and Lake Erie business, environmental and…

The recreational boating industry mourned the passing of Peter Spiegel, who passed away suddenly on October 23, 2016 at the age of 53. Spiegel was the Smoker Craft regional sales…