Superior to Lake Huron and eventually to the rest of the lakes. The Soo Locks (the colloquial name) on the river handle up to 1,000-foot-long ships carrying bulk freight from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and ...

Blooms occur in Lake Erie’s western basin, Lake Michigan’s Green Bay and Lake Huron’s Saginaw Bay. North America’s Great Lakes are the largest source of fresh surface water in the world. They are ...

Effluent from sewage treatment plants is just one way that cities contribute phosphorus to waterways. Wastewater treatment upgrades and legislation banning phosphates in consumer detergents have ...

Explore the transformation of Muskegon Lake from polluted shores to a vibrant waterfront with luxury homes and restaurants.

SHERIDAN COUNTY, Kansas — Hydraulic pumps and mechanized irrigation equipment gave America’s Great Plains farmers access to seemingly limitless subterranean water wealth: the Ogallala Aquifer. Six ...

LINCOLN COUNTY, Nebraska – Though it looks like nothing more than a deep trench cutting across corn stubble and dark winter soil, the big water pipeline that construction workers are about to complete ...

A national park’s wildlife, allure, and purpose are challenged by a green mess. EMPIRE, Michigan — In 1970 the United States Congress authorized land purchases to establish Sleeping Bear Dunes ...

Wisconsin uses point source regulation to encourage adoption of nonpoint best management practices. Some 1.2 million pounds of phosphorus flow into Green Bay each year from the Fox River, according to ...

Explore the history of the Great Lakes fishery and the efforts to replenish fish populations in Michigan's waters.

Livelihoods and economies in the Great Lakes region always centered on water. From the manoomin, or wild rice, grown and revered by the Ojibwe people to the whitefish catch in Lake Michigan, to the ...