Great Lakes

Seventy-five years ago, the SPARS were created to take the job of thousands of Coast Guardsmen who had to leave their posts to fight in World War II....

There’s more than just fish and sand in the Great Lakes. According to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Michigan, there are over 6,000 shipwrecks in...

Despite a White House proposal to eliminate $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the House Appropriations Committee voted late...

As scientists forecast a significant algae bloom in Lake Erie this summer, environmental groups are calling for tougher government policies to reduce…

Historically high water levels on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River are presenting the shipping industry with both challenges and opportunities.

The first shovels to dig the Erie Canal went into the ground on July 4th, 1817. When it was completed in 1825, the canal transformed the nation’s...

The Coast Guard says the number of false distress calls it's receiving from the Great Lakes has tripled this year.The number of emergency calls that…

A commercial fisher captured the silver carp beyond the barriers built to keep the invasive species out of the Great Lakes. The incident is raising alarms from local lawmakers.

Part 3 in a series about President Trump's budget A lot of attention has focused on President Trump's proposal to eliminate funding for the Great Lakes...

A new forecast of water levels across the Great Lakes could be bad news for those seeking relief from flooding.At the beginning of the month, the U.S.…