Around the Basin–April 9, 2009 No comments yet

• First Nations tribe joins the call for Port Stanley cleanup. London Free Press

• EPA reverses Bush Administration rulings on pollution. Environment News Service

Around the Basin–March 10, 2009 No comments yet

• The Great Lakes shipping season will open in two weeks, and shippers are trying to sort out all of the various state ballast water regulations. Maybe one, strong federal law might be a good idea. Duluth News-Tribune

• Talking Lake Michigan forage fish blues. Wisconsin State Journal

• Ferry service from Port Stanley, Ontario to the States? Sure, if they get the harbor dredged. The London Free Press

• Great Lakes Brewing Company. This isn’t really about the Great Lakes, but the Edmund Fitzgerald Porter is killer. And it is on tap at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union. Great Lakes Brewing Company

Around the Basin–February 28, 2009 No comments yet

• Port Stanley, Ontario still embroiled in cleanup controversies. The London Free Press

• Wisconsin gears up for new water conservation measures under the Great Lakes Compact. The Bay View Compass

• Old gypsum tramway on Lake Huron seen as potential test site for offshore wind power in the Great Lakes. Mlive/Bay City Times

• Perry 1812 monument closed for repairs. Port Clinton News Herald

Around the Basin–February 23, 2009 No comments yet

• Well, it looks like quagga mussels aren’t just a Great Lakes problem anymore. Lake Mead is filling up with the things. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

• Students from Lakehead University surveyed the new Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area in Ontario last year, and they took some pretty cool photos. Lake Superior NMCA Expedition

• Those pesky climate models keep getting better. Scientists figure out why ice in the arctic is melting faster than models had previously predicted. The Manchester Guardian

• Everyone knows that Port Stanley, Ontario needs a cleanup by now, right? If not, read on. The London Free Press

Around the Basin–February 12, 2009 No comments yet

• Oil sludge spill in the Des Plaines River. The Chicago Tribune

• Quebec company AAER officially opens wind turbine production plant. The Montreal Gazette

• PCB cleanup on the Kalamazoo River stalls out. MLive

• Ontario Premier pushes for federal help in Port Stanley cleanup. The London 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