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Authorities have now determined that 1,500 gallons of diesel fuel leaked from a cargo ship into Lake Michigan, after it was breached earlier this month.
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Local, state, and federal agencies conduct exercises based on worst case scenarios of petroleum spills into the Great Lakes.
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A two-mile trail of diesel fuel that spilled into Lake Michigan earlier this week has dissipated. Officials are still monitoring the area, but clean-up efforts have halted.
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SS Badger, ferry that carries traffic across Lake Michigan, out for season after ramp system damagedA historic ferry that carries traffic across Lake Michigan between Michigan and Wisconsin is out of service for the rest of the season after its ramp system was damaged in July, the vessel's operators said.
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The only man to ever swim across the width of Lake Michigan is attempting the feat again—this time, at 60 years of age.
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The Department of Natural Resources announced a plan to boost the Chinook salmon population over the weekend. It's to help combat rising Alewife populations — the salmon’s preferred prey.
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Wildlife biologists are finding whole colonies of birds dead or dying on islands in Lake Michigan. The Caspian terns are listed as threatened in Michigan.
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The renaming is part of a push to encourage the public to eat more of the carp.
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Fifty-seven people have drowned in Lake Michigan this year, making it the deadliest on record.Dave Benjamin is the executive director of the Great Lakes…
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Property owners and local governments are assessing the damage from a day of relentless waves and high winds along Lake Michigan in western and northern…