We Are Water: Celebration along Lake Michigan calls community to steward and share freshwater

Erie County Executive Brenton Davis announced Wednesday that Erie County has received approval from the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Buffalo to welcome cruise ships into its port. City officials said in October 2022 there is a possibility cruise ships could be coming to Erie’s Bayfront as early as this year. Read the full story by…

Ice coverage over Lake Michigan was below average this past year, meaning it experienced less ice and warmer lake temperatures. Taking the 5-season average of the highest ice coverage from 1989 to 1993 and the lowest ice coverage from 2003 to 2007, we can draw a pretty strong conclusion that less ice coverage leads to…

Researchers have begun a five-month study on the St. Lawrence River to see if light can be used to guide eels into collection points so they can be captured and transported around hydropower dams. The American eel is presently listed as endangered by the province of Ontario and is considered a “species of concern” in…

A new study by researchers at Northwestern University shows that people who live in neighborhoods along Chicago’s interstates — particularly I-290, I-90 and I-94 — and in communities directly next to Lake Michigan are exposed to more air pollution than residents in the rest of the city. Read the full story by WTTW -TV –…