Great Lakes Day is an annual summit where politicians and officials of all stripes gather in Washington, D.C., to demonstrate their commitment to the region home to the largest freshwater ecosystem on ...

Political tensions, especially over tariffs, are threatening the future of the largest freshwater ecosystem on Earth.

Mass firings and regulatory rollbacks come as scientists routinely determine pollution is far more damaging than previously ...

It seems no matter where you turn, webcams are keeping an eye on Great Lakes shipping. Here's where you can watch 1,000-footers pass by.

Muskies are being thrust onto the stage as Heidecke Lake opens in 2025. But there are a handful of species threatening to ...

For over a century, the United States and Canada have worked in tandem to manage four of the five Great Lakes that straddle ...

The 2024-2025 Great Lakes ice season has seen near-normal ice cover, a change from recent years with record lows. Ice cover peaked in February at just over 50% due to a polar vortex. Climate ...

NOAA has been spearheading efforts to map the bottom of the Great Lakes. Katy Frank worked all ... New York, Ohio and Illinois have been trying to pass a bill authorizing funding for the effort.

Washington ― Bipartisan members of Congress from Great Lakes states are urging the state of Illinois to "promptly" end its delay of construction of a $1.15 billion project to prevent invasive ...

The Illinois secretary of state’s office on ... So that’s super frustrating to everyone in our office.” TSA’s Great Lakes regional spokesperson Jessica Mayle said in February that the ...

One of the worst wrecks in all the Great Lakes happened in Lake Michigan in 1860. The 252-foot Lady Elgin, a passenger ship, was off the coast of northern Illinois when another ship rammed into it ...

A hardiness zone is a geographic area with a similar average minimum temperature. The map is based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature, so people in those areas know which plants can ...