University of Michigan researchers announced they have found a 5 1/2 foot long, pole-shaped piece of wood that is 8,900 years old in Lake Huron.

A new research project at Ohio State University integrates biological, physical and social sciences to develop a complete picture of what drives decision-making processes and environmental conditions in the Maumee River watershed.
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International Joint Commission spokesman Frank A. Bevacqua will give an overview Saturday of the newly proposed water management plan for Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River at Save the River's 23rd annual Winter Conference.
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U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert (R-13th) issued the following reaction in response to the release of a study by the Great Lakes Commission examining the feasibility of severing water channels that have connected the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes for over a century:
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The Allegheny National Fish Hatchery in Warren County is once again raising lake trout after a hiatus of more than six years.
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A draft plan to control water levels in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River earned the wide support of Canadian and U.S. groups after Monday's release of the report by the International Joint Commission (IJC).
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The Samuel Risley -- a 229-foot icebreaker with the Canadian Coast Guard -- will be stopping by Windsor on Friday. The vessel is expected to arrive at Dieppe Park via the Detroit River around 2 p.m.
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A piece of a shipwreck that experts believe is from a schooner that sank 140 years ago has washed up along Lake Michigan at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
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Warm daytime temperatures have eroded ice this week on an already unstable Green Bay system, and anglers are urged to stick to protected bays and harbors or stop at bayside bait and tackle shops for the latest updates on offshore areas to avoid.
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Building permanent barriers in Chicago's canals and waterways could block the voracious Asian carp from invading Lake Erie, according to a report released yesterday, but they would take years to put up and cost taxpayers more than $3 billion.
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Work will begin this year on a planned $14 million project to improve a dock the Duluth Seaway Port Authority bought more than 20 years ago.
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A webinar entitled "The Recent Convergence of Lakes Huron, Michigan and Superior, or, Are There Only Three Great Lakes Now?" takes place Wed. Feb. 8. The webinar is presented by U.S. EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office and the Region 5 Science and Technology Council.
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A webinar entitled "The Recent Convergence of Lakes Huron, Michigan and Superior, or, Are There Only Three Great Lakes Now?" takes place Wed. Feb. 8. The webinar is presented by U.S. EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office and the Region 5 Science and Technology Council.

In a new round of water testing by the Environmental Protection Agency, half of the 29 Chicago homes visited yielded at least one sample containing more than 15 parts per billion of lead, a level that can trigger regulatory action if detected during routine screening.
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A new plan for controlling Lake Ontario water levels is intended to restore diversity among shoreline plants and animals by permitting greater fluctuations, a U.S.-Canadian treaty organization said Monday.
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Ohio's unusually warm winter is making it easier to get to Lake Erie's South Bass Island. The Miller Boat Line on Wednesday morning will begin making daily trips between Put-in-Bay and Catawba Island kah-TAW'-buh) on the mainland.
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Environmentalists and charter fishing captains expect Lake Erie's fish population to climb with the closing of coal-burning units at a power plant near the mouth of the lake's biggest tributary.
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The lack of ice covering Anchor Bay and Lake St. Clair this year has helped contribute to higher water levels than years past, according to experts.
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For the city of Muskegon, the cost of the 10-year-old development will really start being felt by the city's general fund and at the same time Harbor 31 owners face adding to the business park or owing the city for the original utilities.
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Michigan municipal waste facilities would be required to accept all septic waste produced within 25 miles under a bill awaiting action in the Senate.
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