- Spirogyra–a musical group or…a beach-mucking algae in Lake Huron. Chicago Tribune
- New Berlin, Wisconsin tests the new Great Lakes Compact. The Isthmus
- Big threats to the big lakes. This story isn’t from today’s news, but it gives a good overview of challenges and opportunities within the Basin. The Christian Science Monitor
- Fighting wind power in Ontario? Informational meeting held by group that opposes offshore wind turbines in Lake Erie. The Windsor Star
- EPA calls a timeout on dioxin cleanup talks with Dow Chemical for Michigan’s Saginaw Bay. Mlive/The Saginaw News
- Bad news in the kayak world. It looks like Riot Kayaks is in trouble. Keith Wikle has a related post on his Go Kayak Now blog. Go Kayak Now
- More updates on the Dow dioxin case in Michigan. MSNBC
- Chicago plays up water conservation as part of its bid to win the 2016 Olympics. One World.net