A bill headed for the governor's desk would allow the creation of tax increment financing districts for waterfront improvements, including dredging.

In May, the Great Lakes Wind Collaborative (GLWC) continues the Wildlife Research to Support Wind Siting Webinar Series with two free webinars. A product of the GLWC's Wind Atlas, Siting, and Permitting Workgroup, these webinars bring researchers and interested stakeholders together to increase regional awareness of important research.

The water levels in Lake Ontario have a significant impact on the economic and environmental viability of harbors in upstate New York and Canada. As a result, a proposed plan to change the management of those water levels has raised some concerns in waterfront communities.

An advisory panel is recommending the U.S. and Canada consider using artificial structures to raise water levels in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.

From Lake Ontario to Lake Superior, to the smaller bodies of freshwater near you, EPA's State of the Environment photo project invites you to document the environmental health of our lakes today. Check out the project and submit your Great Lakes photos through the end of 2013.

From space, the difference between record flooding and normal conditions is some extra green and the thickness of a squiggly line. The situation at ground level is a bit different.

The federal government and the Great Lakes states - the governors - need to form a true partnership aimed at restoring the region's economy and ecology. Governors have largely been absent when it comes to Great Lakes restoration.

Recent storms are improving the low water levels in the Great Lakes, at least a little.

Attention history buffs, those who love tall ships or a good battle re-enactment: From Aug. 29 through Sept. 2 the celebration and re-enactment of the historic battle of Lake Erie will take place near Put-in-Bay, Ohio.

Lake Huron's fishery is doing well despite a collapse of a common bait fish, and anglers are pulling up more wild, native species these days.

SUNY Buffalo State officials see great opportunities in its Great Lakes Center, which studies a number of environmental issues and threats particularly regarding Lakes Erie and Ontario.

Just in time for the spring flood season, the federal sequester is threatening to shut off funding for hundreds of stream gauges used by the U.S. Geological Survey to predict and monitor flood levels across the country.

Michigan's Clinton River Watershed Council is celebrating four awards received for the Paint Creek habitat restoration dam removal project.

Calumet Specialty Products refinery in Superior, Wis., wants to ship oil across Lake Superior by 2015, if the refinery can find a customer.

Michigan's Clinton River Watershed Council is celebrating four awards received for the Paint Creek habitat restoration dam removal project.

With continued vigilance -- and the combined efforts of local, state and federal partners -- researchers are optimistic it will be possible to keep Asian carp from becoming established in the Great Lakes.

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite observed flooding across Michigan on April 21, 2013, and NASA's Earth Observatory provides a high-level glimpse of before-and-after water levels. The images clearly show a difference, especially near Saginaw, Mich.

The biting cold in Michigan did not deter a few dozen hearty souls from joining the annual Detroit River clean-up, in which volunteers removed trash from the river's shoreline.

The future of the Great Lakes, their management, and their usage were among key topics in a forum held recently at the Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy and Social Research.

Concerns are growing about endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the Great Lakes. While eating too much contaminated fish is risky, experts stop short of advising people to avoid swimming or other contact with the water.