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Lake Erie advocates are hoping a proposed U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project in Illinois will block invasive carp species from entering the Great Lakes — but they’re watching to see how officials will pay for it. Representatives of several Great Lakes and environmental groups met Sept. 4 in Perry to talk with Rep. Dave Joyce (R-Ohio) about protecting the lake.

After three months of record high water, Lake Erie water levels are starting their seasonal decline, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. “Lake Erie did establish new record highs for the month of May, for the month of June and the month of July,” said Keith Kompoltowicz, Chief of Watershed Hydrology for the Corps’ Detroit District office. “The June monthly mean is the highest recorded level over the past 100 years. So it has never been higher in any month going back to 1918.”

Parts of the Mississippi have been above flood stage for months. All of the Great Lakes are at or near record-high levels. It's halting barge traffic, damaging infrastructure and eroding shorelines.

A long season of heavy rains has researchers forecasting a large algal bloom in Lake Erie’s central basin this summer.That’s according to a new study out…

Ohio State researchers are predicting another tough summer for Lake Erie. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are…

A long season of heavy rains has researchers forecasting a large algal bloom in Lake Erie’s central basin this summer.That’s according to a new study out…

Heavy rains that inundated the Great Lakes region this spring will fuel another massive algae bloom across parts of western Lake Erie later this summer,…

Elaina Goodrich sits on a blanket at Edgewater Park Beach on Lake Erie, watching her 3-year-old grandson scoop up sand by the colorful plastic bucketful. In spring and summer, the two often spend their mornings here. It's a favorite spot for both of them — she for the peace and restoration, he for the fun. Lately, though, she's been noticing something different: They've been sitting further and further up the beach to avoid actually sitting in the water.

Lake Erie has been breaking water level records over the past month. In May, the lake hit its highest average monthly water level since 1918. Scott...

Federal geologists say an earthquake with an estimated magnitude 4.2 has been detected just northeast of Cleveland in Lake Erie.There were no reports…