Today, Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed a bill (press release) that fails to protect Lake Erie’s rivers and impairs our rights as hunters and anglers and the public’s use of … Read more
Lake Erie
The Current Battle For Lake Erie
The Battle of Lake Erie was a pivotal naval engagement between British and American forces during the War of 1812. The American victory paved the way for control of the … Read more
Danger: Thin Great Lakes Ice
Great Lakes Ice Cover All of us in the Great Lakes region (and perhaps other regions also) are either enjoying or fretting over what is such a mild winter. Air … Read more
Study offers a solution to Asian carp crisis facing the Great Lakes
The debate over how best to halt the movement of Asian carp and other invasive species between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basin will likely reach a fever pitch … Read more
New Study: Asian Carp Are Clear Threat to Lake Erie
Asian carps could spawn and mature in Lake Erie and its tributaries. That is the conclusion of a new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study, which further highlights the need for … Read more
Mercury Impacts to Loons & Michigan Lakes Draws Thousands of Conservationists & Anglers
Scientist Dave Evers has been studying loons in Michigan’s Seney National Wildlife Refuge impacted by mercury pollution since the late 1980s. He found mercury contamination in the very first loons … Read more
Good things are happening in the Great Lakes
With invasive species, outdated sewers and toxic algae blooms creating problems in parts of the Great Lakes, it’s easy to get depressed about the future of these incomparable bodies of … Read more
Earth Day Commandments for the Great Lakes
I was at a party recently when a friend began interrogating me about what I was doing to protect the Great Lakes from polluters, invasive species and other problems facing … Read more
Who owns Lake Erie?
That is the question now being pondered by the Justices of the Ohio Supreme Court. Last week, the court held a hearing in the case presenting the question: Merrill v. … Read more
