Around the Basin 2009-05-21 No comments yet

• Inland Seas symposium is coming up. http://tinyurl.com/qcymbg 09:42:45
• Building wind turbines and a new economy in Ohio. http://tinyurl.com/oqfab2 09:46:29
• Surfing Chicago. http://tinyurl.com/pujkl5 10:16:32
• Press release: Atlantic salmon stocked in Lake Ontario tributary as part of restoration program. http://tinyurl.com/oo78ur 13:01:55

Around the Basin 2009-05-19 No comments yet

• Coaster brook trout doesn’t make the cut for endangered species list. http://tinyurl.com/qgglru 09:57:26
• Lake Huron up a foot from last year. http://tinyurl.com/onpr32 09:59:59
• Trying to keep the sea lamprey population down on Lake Superior. Down to only 35,000 lampreys. http://tinyurl.com/qhpa5l 10:03:40
• RT @healthylakes: Great post making a strong case for full funding of Great Lakes restoration: http://tinyurl.com/oggrky 10:05:48
• Fight is on to restore the Atlantic salmon to Lake Ontario. http://tinyurl.com/qw2nlw 17:46:44
• RT @healthylakes: RT @hughadam 10 great Great Lakes restoration blogs: http://bit.ly/Nrl7w 17:48:14
• Opinon: US Government is all wrong in its approach to border security with Canada. http://tinyurl.com/p8pta7 17:51:09

Around the Basin 2009-05-12 No comments yet

• Opinion: Thanks due to Red Cliff Band for investigating Lake Superior munitions barrels. http://tinyurl.com/pplyrd 08:57:32
• Oswego NY gets title to its harbor lighthouse. Plans to begin renovations. http://tinyurl.com/rajgrt 09:00:50
• Migratory bird study seeks to identify prime stopover sites on Lake Ontario coast. http://tinyurl.com/pfb9z2 09:03:25
• Ohio officials seek upgraded status for segments of the Cuyahoga River. http://tinyurl.com/qlp3qb 18:56:12

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 2009-04-24 No comments yet

• Lake Superior “…acts like a sponge for…contaminants in the atmosphere.” http://tinyurl.com/czjfjx 00:06:44
• Off-shore wind farm planned near Buffalo, NY. http://tinyurl.com/cqp695 09:27:46
• Preserving two 1812 warships on the bottom of Lake Ontario. http://tinyurl.com/dytnpo 09:30:11
• Bayfield bear surfs ice flows. http://tinyurl.com/c2zk2t Photos by Hannah. http://www.stonehousephotoblog.com/ 09:36:43
• RT @DerrickQuix: Quix Blog - This is NOT a review of the P&H Bahiya - http://twurl.nl/85s5hi 12:44:37
• MI Lt. Governor: Protecting Great Lakes=creating jobs for MI. http://tinyurl.com/da6s9h 12:47:09
• Looks like they got that dive bomber off the bottom of Lake Michigan. http://tinyurl.com/d5axda 21:21:52
• Wisco proposes new measures to fight invasive species. http://tinyurl.com/cmf9vq 21:43:40
• PCB levels down in Great Lakes fishermen. Are they down in Great Lakes fish? http://tinyurl.com/cukxun 21:51:41

Around the Basin 2009-04-22 No comments yet

• WI governor to spend $1.7 million on Great Lakes improvements. http://tinyurl.com/dhtdde 08:53:32
• MI judge reopens UP Yellow Dog mine hearing. Says MIDNR may have been a bit too hasty in granting permit. http://tinyurl.com/c2pss4 09:03:13
• All hail Twitter Digest. Big thanks to Tim at Whalespine.org. Around the Basin is up and running. http://tinyurl.com/cm68jr 09:16:44
• New York Power Authority looks at wind farms in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. http://tinyurl.com/co8sfc 13:28:56
• Great Lakes WATER institue in Milwaukee, WI to study drugs in waste water. http://tinyurl.com/dxhozr 17:58:18
• WWII dive bomber recovered off the bottom of Lake Michigan. http://tinyurl.com/d47n3h 17:59:18
• Waukesha, WI has a new well that is radium free. http://tinyurl.com/ddgk9s 18:00:49

Around the Basin–January 25, 2009 No comments yet

• Sky Power Corp signs 20-year contract with Ontario Power Authority to provide electricity from wind farms near Lake Ontario. Toronto Globe and Mail

• US EPA rolls out new regulations for cement producers to reduce mercury contamination in the Great Lakes. Petoskey News Review