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Detroit RiverLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake St. ClairLake SuperiorMichiganNewsOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaRecreation and TourismRegionSt. Clair RiverSt. Mary's RiverWisconsinIsland Life: Where People Live on the Great Lakes
-Great Lakes islands are popular tourist destinations, but they’re also home for thousands of people in Canada and the United…
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AdvocacyAuthorsBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingBudgetDetroit RiverIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJohn HartigNew YorkNewsNiagara FallsPlayRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingRegionTourismWaterfront DevelopmentGreat Lakes Moment: Two Gifts, One Mission of Creating Lasting Change
-Recognizing Ralph Wilson’s love for water and what it can do to redefine urban places, the Foundation awarded $50 million each for West Riverfront Park in Detroit and LaSalle Park in Buffalo, both being renamed Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park.
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AuthorsEquity and Environmental JusticeGary WilsonMilwaukeeMunicipalitiesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWater WithdrawalsMilwaukee sewage exec has an “audacious” goal to protect Lake Michigan
-Milwaukee’s Kevin Shafer has an ambitious goal for the agency charged with keeping sewage out of Lake Michigan. He wants zero sewage overflows to the lake by 2035, a goal that has national colleagues and a Milwaukee environmental group questioning if he understands the inevitability of overflows.
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AuthorsEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingForever Chemicals FeaturedGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRegionShipping and PortsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsCanada to Michigan on Line 5: “We support its continued safe operation”
-While Michigan elected officials trade barbs and debate the fate of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac, the agency that oversees Canada’s energy industry needs left no doubt where it stands on decommissioning Line 5.
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AdvocacyAgricultureAuthorsDrinking WaterFoodIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInterviewJames ProffittLake ErieNewsOhioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRegionVideoFarming and the Future
-While most farmers aren’t happy about the newly-minted ordinance, they’re not overly concerned about it, either. Many of them at the Oak Harbor event were confident in their efforts to keep their operations as environmentally-friendly as possible.
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AuthorsBudgetDrinking WaterEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingForever Chemicals FeaturedGary WilsonGreat Lakes CommissionIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPFASPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectRegionThe StatesU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsPaying for PFAS: Great Lakes states grapple with costs of clean up
-For some Great Lakes governors, the emerging issue of a family of chemicals known as PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — is coming at a time when they are making arguments to raise taxes to fund other statewide needs.
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Will new governor end Illinois’ inertia over Asian carp solution?
-In a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers, Pritzker said he “generally supports implementation” of the Corps’ $778 million plan to stop the carp advance at the Brandon Road Lock, a potential choke point some 50 miles from Chicago and Lake Michigan.
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AdvocacyAuthorsBudgetDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRegionWaterfront DevelopmentSome Great Lakes governors make water quality a top priority in first budgets and actions
-Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday told legislators who have to approve her budget that she wants Michigan to take a new path where “every community has clean safe drinking water.”
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Mackinac – Our Famous Island
-Mackinac – Our Famous Island, Detroit Public TV and Mackinac State Historic Parks takes viewers along its many shores and trails to experience the natural beauty of the island, visit landmarks that reveal its earliest history and introduce the people who still work to preserve this special place.
