Great Lakes-Basin (1314 articles) There are five Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Lake Ontario. The Great Lakes system includes the St. Clair River (which links Lake Huron to Lake St. Clair), the Detroit River (which links Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie), the Niagara River (which links Lake Erie to Lake Ontario), and the Upper St. Lawrence River (which flows to the Atlantic Ocean). About 37-million people live in the Great Lakes Basin.
|  | Politicians and government agencies need to keep a closer eye on the dumping of contaminated fill, especially when the recipient is one of Ontario’s most precious natural features.Toronto councillors were given a wake-up call on just where the fill from waterfront development is ending up - on the Oak Ridges Moraine and possibly contaminating the drinking water of... (more) | | Development & Land Use Drink Great Lakes-Basin Greater Toronto Region Waste Management |
|  | Spring is in the air, which means people around the Great Lakes are starting to think about being outside again and water issues re-emerge in the news. Asian Carp - those ravenous, ever-moving invasive species that are threatening to take over the Great Lakes - are a major problem for officials in the Chicago area. For years, the fish have been making their way up through the... (more) | | Fish Great Lakes-Basin |
|  | Today, New York's plan for offshore wind in the Great Lakes arrived at its final chapter. The New York Power Authority has officially closed a plan to site turbines offshore in Lake Erie or in Lake Ontario.That's right, GLOW has gone out."Community acceptance"The Great Lakes Offshore Wind project had been at the heart of many rowdy town hall meetings in Western New... (more) | | Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Fish Great Lakes-Basin |
| | | Say the words “wild Atlantic salmon” and most Ontarians will understandably think of the Atlantic Ocean or perhaps the world-renowned salmon angling rivers in Atlantic Canada and Quebec. In those areas, the species is a cultural asset as well as an economic one.However, many would be surprised to learn that this was once the case for Lake Ontario and its watersheds,... (more) | | Fish Great Lakes-Basin Ontario |
| | | A new product currently sitting at the dock of the Port of Oswego Authority could be handled there on a long-term basis leading to an increase in jobs, according to Jonathan Daniels, executive director of the port.That announcement came among other good news for the local port. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently said that it would work with... (more) | | Fish Great Lakes-Basin New York State Shipping, boating & navigation U.S.A. |
| | | Listen to the article here.Steve LaPan, manager of Lake Ontario fisheries for New York's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), says invasive species are a problem.The Asian carp is at the doorstep of Lake Michigan, "monster weeds" are choking the Finger Lakes and invasive mussels continue to threaten the Great Lakes. LaPan says invasives remain his agency's... (more) | | Fish Great Lakes-Basin New York State U.S.A. |
| | | Controlling the water flowing from Lake Ontario down the St. Lawrence River has hurt both wetlands and the life within them, according to an agency that advises Canada and the U.S. about water.The International Joint Commission recommends that more water fluctuations are needed to revitalize wetlands and diversify plants and wildlife.Environmental groups laud the... (more) | | Development & Land Use Fish Great Lakes-Basin New York State Ontario |
|  | The Great Lakes seem to get a nice slice of the proposed 2013 federal budget with $300 million set aside for restoration.But other regional environmental programs took a hit.“Funding isn’t growing on trees anymore,” said Jeff Skelding, director of Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition, an organization of conservation and recreation groups that protect and... (more) | | Drink Environmental Law Fish Great Lakes-Basin Sewers & Urban Runoff Swim U.S.A. |
| | | Peel Region is inviting residents to weigh in on the future of our water infrastructure at an open house next Tuesday.The municipality is studying its water and wastewater infrastructure requirements over the next two decades. The objective is to identify long-term servicing plans for the Region’s lake-based water and wastewater systems to support growth to 2031 and to... (more) | | Development & Land Use Drink Great Lakes-Basin Greater Toronto Region Ontario Waste Management |
| | | Residents are invited to an open house on Feb. 23 to learn more about plans for Mississauga's waterfront.The session, to take place at the Mississauga Seniors' Centre (1389 Cawthra Rd.) starting at 6:30 p.m., is the first public information centre and open house for the Lakeview Waterfront Connection project.The project is part of the Inspiration Lakeview process that... (more) | | Development & Land Use Drink Fish Great Lakes-Basin Greater Toronto Region Swim |
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