The bolstering of lake herring in Lake Huron may be stunted by an emerging fatal fish disease.

A big stretch of white, sandy beaches is a picturesque scene for vacationers looking to swim, read or build sandcastles. But a clear shoreline on Great Lakes beaches can also attract pests – birds.

A company proposes to drop converters into anchored buoys in Lake Erie and let the waves bounce them around to generate power that would be routed back to the main grid.

Great Lakes islands’ seclusion and geographic distinctiveness present unique environmental problems.

Can the Great Lakes region truly collaborate for the greater good of the eight states … or will it continue to play in a zero sum economic game by competing with each other while the region’s combined strengths go untapped?

For decades, dead city trees have had a dreadful fate – the wood chipper.

But some Michigan organizations and businesses are fostering a new mentality in cities – one that sees more than just dead wood.

Following on the heels of an Emerald Ash Borer infestation that wiped out millions of ash trees, a new disease, dubbed Thousand Cankers Disease (TCD), has been decimating black walnuts in the western U.S. – and now it’s spreading east.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has proposed a compromise to a controversial law, and the new bill highlights the complexities around the region’s water compact.

The Great Lakes face harm from overuse, according to a new report from the Great Lakes Commission that explores the connection between energy production and water.

Two Michigan departments regulate fenced in deer farms.

Some farmers are unhappy with the DNR’s role, and a new bill would make the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development solely responsible for the farms.