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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Michigan municipal waste facilities would be required to accept all septic waste produced within 25 miles under a bill awaiting action in the Senate.

An image of a nearly ice-free Lake Michigan and Lake Superior -- a rare sight in late January -- was captured Friday by a high-resolution satellite distributed by the National Weather Service. "It's an incredible lack of ice this winter," the National Weather Service in Gaylord said.

Clarkson University has received $1.4 million to monitor formerly untraceable contaminants to water supply by studying the effects on fish in each of the Great Lakes.

Raw steel production in the country's Great Lakes region was 646,000 tons in the week that ended Saturday, according to estimates from the American Iron and Steel Institute.

The options for stopping invasive species from entering Lake Michigan through the Chicago waterways outlined in the new Great Lakes Commission/Cities Initiative report lay the groundwork for how to address this urgent issue.

GLIN's February Site of the Month is the Lake Erie Birding Trail. Ohio Sea Grant partnered with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife to produce this new site, offering comprehensive information for birding at 84 locations along Lake Erie. The Lake Erie Birding Trail covers the entire 312 miles of Ohio shoreline.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is looking for people who want to work a couple of weeks as the lighthouse keeper for the Tawas Point Lighthouse on Lake Huron this year.

Muskegon, Michigan defines itself by Lake Michigan, Muskegon Lake, and the Muskegon River, aquatic assets that add to the momentum toward creating a vibrant "blue" economy in Muskegon County.

There is renewed discussion that Northeast Ohio could be the home for passenger ferry service across Lake Erie and into Canada.

Aquariums in Cleveland, Toledo, and Chicago prove to be too much competition for Windsor.

The viral disease IPN, or infectious pancreatic necrosis, was discovered three months ago in fish supplied to cooperative nurseries by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's Corry hatchery in Erie, PA.

A new plan from the International Joint Commission seeks to improve Lake Ontario's ecological health by allowing greater fluctuation in water levels.