Great Lakes

The Christmas spirit is popping up along the waters of the Great Lakes region. In Port Huron, Mich., Santa Claus rode to shore on the Huron Spirit , a...

On a rainy day, City Forester Jeanne Grace takes me on a tour of the Ithaca City Cemetery, where tall, evergreen trees hang over many of the graves.The…

Note: Updated on Dec. 6, based on lake surface temperatures in November, which significantly lowered predictions for the ice cover. -- Over the past two...

A new report from the International Joint Commission, a bi-national agency, says the Great Lakes restoration continues to progress -- but not quickly...

Just a few miles from Lake Erie, farmer Mike Jordan takes me on a walk through his vineyard. On a work utility vehicle we move through the rows of vines…

It may be hard to imagine a composer being inspired by public hearings and court cases. But Lake Erie and its problems take center stage in a new oratorio from Cleveland composer Margaret Brouwer. Picture a stage full of people – choirs of children and adults, rows of musicians, 4 soloists, and a conductor all performing a piece of music. Here, the real star of Voice of the Lake is Lake Erie.

How do you make people care about the Great Lakes? And why do oceans get all the attention? "Daily Show" correspondent Michael Kosta answers those...

There’s some bad news in the Great Lakes and it’s all about the sea lamprey, an eel-like creature that literally sucks the life out of fish. They do a...

Three thousand feet up in the air, Dr. Rafat Ansari flies his small, two-seater plane over Lake Erie.He starts west of Cleveland and flies over the lake's…

What does a dairy cow have to do with keeping the environment healthy? At the recent Great Lakes Restoration Conference in Buffalo people were invited...