By Rachael Gleason
Nov. 25, 2009
Dry weather has caused water levels to drop in some inland lakes in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Some lakes have dropped more than five feet in east central Minnesota due to a two-year dry spell, said Sandy Fecht, a hydrologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Certain bodies of water have dried up completely.

By Caitlin Costello
Nov. 27, 2009

LANSING, Mich. — The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Salvation Army’s Coats for Kids program are helping families bundle up and enjoy Michigan’s outdoors.

(MN) Minnesota Public Radio - A new study of rusting steel supports in the Duluth-Superior harbor points to dissolved copper in the water as a contributing factor.

(MI) The Mudpuppy – Two Israeli companies have agreed to start water technology pilot projects in Michigan, says Lt. Gov. John D. Cherry Jr.

(MI) MLive.com – The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says a Wisconsin man illegally killed a wolf in Iron County earlier this month.

(WI) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - The threat of a potential lawsuit could set the stage for new regulations of a pair of pollutants responsible for algae blooms and poor drinking water.

(IL) Chicago Tribune – The fishermen along the Illinois and Indiana shore don’t mind the cold when yellow perch flirt with a line like they did Monday. They don’t mind much of anything if the fish are biting. And that’s why they’re worried about the Asian carp.

By Jeff Gillies
Nov. 24, 2009
Walleye swimming in Michigan’s largest watershed are 80 percent less contaminated with PCBs than they were in 1997, according to a study published recently in the Journal of Great Lakes Research.
PCBs are toxic, potentially cancer-causing chemicals that were used in electrical insulators, hydraulic equipment and some paints. The U.S. and many other countries banned PCB production in the 1970s and 1980s
PCB levels in Saginaw Bay walleye have dropped 80 percent since 1997, said study author Chuck Madenjian, a fishery biologist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s …

(IL) Chicago Tribune – The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has released details of five major goals for its water protection programs.

(MI) Battle Creek Enquirer - Three grants totaling nearly $700,000 will fund three planning and restoration projects that will reduce flooding, improve water quality and help plan for the future, according to Calhoun Conservation District officials.