Great Lakes

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is calling it the "greatest day of deregulation our nation has ever seen." But Michigan environmental groups don't think this is cause for celebration.

Seasonal federal workers help control the eel-like, parasitic fish each year.

The vice president once pushed for restoration funding. Advocates hope he hasn't forgotten.

The Great Lakes are one of the most important economic drivers in Michigan, yet we know more about the surface of the moon than the floor of the lakes, according to the Great Lakes Observing System.

There's currently no tracking program for microplastics in the Great Lakes.

One scientist thinks lake whitefish could disappear from certain parts of the Great Lakes within the next five years.

According to recent reports, the Marine Traffic App says the American Mariner made it through the Soo Locks a little after 4 a.m. Thursday, marking the end of the Great Lakes navigation season.

They're asking for help from anglers to improve models that predict ice thickness on the Great Lakes.

The pandemic has had several long-term impacts on the economy, education and public health. But it's also still affecting Great Lakes fisheries — as invasive sea lamprey numbers remain higher than normal across the region.

Wild rice grows in shallow waterways in the Great Lakes region and parts of Canada. It’s a plant that holds important ecological and cultural significance, but it’s been on the decline since the early 1900s.