Around the Basin 2009-05-05 No comments yet

• New power line in Ontario forces landowners off their property. http://tinyurl.com/d2fodc 09:06:37
• Opinion: Build turbines on bottom of St. Clair River to raise water levels in Huron and Michigan. http://tinyurl.com/cfdagl 09:12:29
• Episcopal bishops speak out against bottled water. http://tinyurl.com/d26uyr 09:16:05
• Factory Farm Fail: Hog and cattle farming the source of 60 percent of E Coli contamination in Lake Huron. http://tinyurl.com/dxx9n2 14:46:00

Great Lakes Solutions–Water Levels No comments yet

The Great Lakes from Space. Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are essentially one large body of water, connected at the Straits of Mackinac. The St. Clair River drains these upper lakes into Lake Ontario. Photo: SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

How much water do the Great Lakes need? As much as they can hold on to. Read more »

Around the Basin 2009-05-01 No comments yet

• Georgian Bay group disputes new study. Says water levels in Lakes are dropping due to dredging of St. Clair River. http://tinyurl.com/dl6yxu 10:46:20
• New rules about prospecting in southern Ontario. http://tinyurl.com/cnslzy 10:51:09
• Studies: levels of flame-retardant chemicals lower in wildlife. http://tinyurl.com/ckv5w3 10:55:50
• More on the St. Clair River study. Did the USACOE lower Great Lakes levels by dredging the river? http://tinyurl.com/d3ow7o 17:07:18
• Bryan Hansel’s Around the Great Lakes expedition covered by Great Lakes Echo. http://tinyurl.com/cwrnw9 17:11:25
• Culling cormorants last year on Middle Island cost over 600 bucks a bird. http://tinyurl.com/cmh5c3 17:14:00

Around the Basin 2009-04-27 No comments yet

• Zebra mussels found in inland Illinois lake. Got there from recreational boaters. http://tinyurl.com/dn7jqj 09:14:56
• Water laws in IL. Who gets told when there is a toxic spill? http://tinyurl.com/cpvr39 09:21:50
• Primordial microbes at the bottom of Lake Huron. http://tinyurl.com/cf23fs 09:25:32
• JS looks at Great Lakes water levels, dredging, why they go up and down. Good stuff. http://tinyurl.com/dawnr2 09:54:51
• Kayakers to paddle around Lake Michigan. Raise money for Red Cross. http://tinyurl.com/co6ekv 12:25:36

Around the Basin–April 7, 2009 No comments yet

• Green Bay hopes for some stimulus money to begin dredging soon. Green Bay Press-Gazette

• Opinion–Seaway not so great for the Great Lakes or the St. Lawrence River. Watertown Daily Times

• Thunder Bay pilot in a Cessna dodges F-16s before landing on a highway in Missouri. No kidding. Toronto Globe and Mail

• UW Madison freshman studies 150 years of Bayfield ice records and finds evidence for climate change. Star Tribune

Around the Basin–March 22, 2009 No comments yet

• Let the dredging begin. New budget releases money for harbor maintenance. Business North

• Michigan woman plans to circumnavigate Lake Michigan–on foot. Michigan City News-Dispatch

• US Coast Guard says that there was a 25 percent increase in ballast tank inspections for ships entering the St. Lawrence Seaway system last year. Cornwall Standard-Freeholder