Around the Basin–April 10, 2009 No comments yet

• Quebec bans pesticide. Dow sues. Toronto Globe and Mail

• Spirogyra–a musical group or…a beach-mucking algae in Lake Huron. Chicago Tribune

• Slow start on the Duluth/Superior shipping season. Duluth News Tribune

• New water pipeline for Ontario communities. London Free Press

• New Berlin, Wisconsin tests the new Great Lakes Compact. The Isthmus

Around the Basin–March 31,2009 No comments yet

• New Berlin, Wisconsin wants to take Lake Michigan water outside the Basin. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

• US and Canada ask for stricter limits on shipping pollution. The New York Times

• Opinion–The real blue v.s. red. Water scarcity may pit wet states against dry states. Duluth News Tribune

• Business is underway at the Great Lakes’ busiest port. Duluth News Tribune

Around the Basin–March 19, 2009 No comments yet

• Federal judge throws out a lawsuit intended to protect Lake Superior from the deadly fish disease Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia because…(wait for it)…VHS is not in Lake Superior yet. Chicago Tribune

• Farming yellow perch in Indiana at Bell Aquaculture. Chicago Tribune

• Carp be gone! Spawning carp run the gauntlet in Hamilton, Ontario. Hamilton Spectator

• Concern about new ballast water regulations and jobs in Superior, Wisconsin. Superior Telegram

Around the Basin–March 11, 2009 No comments yet

• Canoecopia–the world’s coolest paddlesports expo–is coming! Just spent the day packing up the sales floor at Rutabaga. Tomorrow we move it all to the Alliant Energy Center. Check out David Medaris’ Canoecopia primer here… The Isthmus

• Time to move that ice shanty! The Coast Guard has started breaking ice in Duluth/Superior harbor. Superior Telegram

• Great Lakes surfers go to Washington. Surfline

• US Fish and Wildlife Service is funding grants for Great Lakes habitat restoration. The News-Messenger

Around the Basin–March 4, 2009 No comments yet

• Duluth takes steps to prevent sanitary sewer overflows into Lake Superior. Duluth News Tribune

• Press Release–UMD secures major funding from the University of Minnesota system for its Global Great Lakes project. Business North

• Big turnout at the Michigan wind power conference. Mlive/Michigan Business Review

• Taking a look at the future of Chicago’s water supply. Medill Reports

Around the Basin–February 9, 2009 No comments yet

• Military waste barrels in Lake Superior–discussion of the Minnesota Polution Control Agency’s response to waste recovered in the 1990s. The Duluth News Tribune

• Should Michigan turn over wetlands management to the federal government? Detroit Free Press

Around the Basin–January 31, 2009 No comments yet

• Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant premiers new website and blog. Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant

• Dredging woes in Port Stanley, Ontario. The London Free Press

• Duluth plans to upgrade dock to increase port capacity. Duluth News Tribune

• Illinois communities line up for Lake Michigan water. Lake County News-Sun

• Cleanup plans underway for Toledo’s Ottawa River. US EPA

Around the Basin–January 28, 2009 No comments yet

• International shipping down by half over last year in Duluth-Superior. The Chicago Tribune

• Bill in US House seeks to spur container ship traffic on the Great Lakes through tax exemptions. The Valley News

• Lake Carriers Association asks Congress to invest in Great Lakes shipping infrastructure. The Times of Northwest Indiana

• Public hearing to discuss future water use in Southeast Wisconsin. Kenosha News