Illinois Department of Natural Resources Director Natalie Phelps Finnie on Monday wrote in a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...

As much as the Great Lakes are healthier today than they once were (when there were no pollution regulations), there are still plenty of challenges, including agricultural pollution. Over the last ...

Much of North America’s food is produced on land in the Midwest and within the Great Lakes basin that, without drainage, would be too wet to be productive. “Without drainage, agriculture cannot happen ...

Environmental restoration and research projects swept up in widespread confusion caused by White House effort to freeze ...

If President Donald Trump's threat to tariff Canadian imports by 25% goes forward, 200 years of peaceful and profitable Great Lakes maritime trade will be at risk.

Upstream challenges related to pollution involve many of the common, and critical, industries which operate along the tributaries that feed the lakes. Agriculture is a huge part of the Great Lakes ...